[escenic_image id="5513846"]When Dubai World requested a standstill on $60 billion worth of outstanding debt, stock markets were jolted and an entire wave of nervous speculation unfurled overnight…

[escenic_image id="5513443"]Tarik Yousef is one of the leading young economic minds in the Middle East.  Dean of the Dubai School of Government, he is also affiliated with Georgetown University,…

[escenic_image id="5513438"]The UAE’s banking sector is composed of 24 national banks with 657 subsidiaries, and 28 foreign banks with 82 subsidiaries. According to the reports of UAE Central Bank,…

[escenic_image id="5512632"]In the summer of 2008, the US dollar had experienced a serious depreciation against other global currencies.  It took two dollars to buy a British pound and $1.60 to buy a…

[escenic_image id="5511453"]The European Union’s (EU) share of gas in its consumption of primary energy has risen from 18% in 1990, to 24% in its latest count. Gas plays a crucial role in its…

[escenic_image id="5511169"]Though the liquidity crisis experienced by the global economy has become a hackneyed subject due to more than a year’s worth of intense punditry, investors are still eager…

[escenic_image id="5510975"]Globally, the post-crisis economic environment has considerably increased reliance on the bond market.  Governments are financing record amounts of stimulus that is being…

[escenic_image id="5510767"] The New Silk Road Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan – each of these toponyms is better known to international investor community individually rather…

[escenic_image id="5510565"] BRICs as the Emerging (Decoupled) Leaders Prior to the global financial crisis, there was a virulent debate over the concept of decoupling, the idea that the performance…

[escenic_image id="5510019"] A Blessing or a Curse? Its well-known nickname is "black gold".  But Terry Lynn Karl said it can be "The Midas Touch" and the man who founded OPEC once called it "the…