[escenic_image id="553694"]As Western nations again mull over whether to ratchet up sanctions on Iran, it helps to understand these punitive measures for what they are. Broadly speaking, sanctions…

[escenic_image id="555182"]By now it should be clear that the “de-coupling” of the global economy, far from the whimsy of radical salon economists, is an established fact. While the US and other…

[escenic_image id="554927"]If a really close friend advises buying shares in a company without offering any other details, a good investor would unearth them somehow, no matter who that friend is…

[escenic_image id="555217"]The current financial crisis described by Alan Greenspan as ‘once in a century credit tsunami’ has shaken the very foundations of the capitalist financial system. An urge…

[escenic_image id="555016"]In war and in business there is such a thing as a tactical retreat: a strategic pullback in the lull before the storm. And Bagdad’s apparent concession to Kurds in regards…

[escenic_image id="556294"]Manifestations of the global economic crisis began to unfold in early October 2007 and since then the crisis has been affecting the economies of most countries of the world…

[escenic_image id="555299"]Nations should think of this recession as a backdraft (if you missed the 1991 movie starring Robert De Niro, that occurs when a fire sucks up all the oxygen until…

[escenic_image id="555316"]Gulf stock markets suffered severe losses during 2008 with a loss average of 45%, against the backdrop of the global economic crisis and its repercussions in the countries…

[escenic_image id="555345"]Do not be fooled by the recent surge in share prices. The depths and breadth of the current recession is as yet unfathomable for even the shrewdest of economists and…

[escenic_image id="555038"]With the clear intention to prevent the reproduction of the last century’s economic debacle, the leaders of the 20 richest world economies met in London on April 2, 2009 in…