Tourism and retail usually see major spikes globally, but businesses need to be prepared to capitalise on the surge in consumerism. Al Majalla also examines the unique dynamics of MENA/GCC summers.

A colossal infrastructure project costing $17bn has not yet enticed Beijing. Cost, security, uncertainty, and alternatives are just some of the reasons. So, will Baghdad bag its Beijing sponsor?

Trump has brought currency valuation into the campaign spotlight, when it should be free market forces that balance and re-evaluate the currency with status as the world's main means of exchangern

Big industrial manufacturers forced to leave their homeland have invested more than $1bn in their new home over the past decade, but overly complex bureaucracy means they can only do so unofficially

A year after Wassim Mansouri became governor of the Bank of Lebanon, depositors remain disappointed. His is an unenviable task, upon which rest the hopes of many, but reform is needed

Private jets are in demand as status symbols and mid-size planes have taken off in popularity, helping the São Paulo firm show how the Global South can compete with the giants of the industry

Cairo wants to regenerate its shipbuilding capabilities to boost its maritime fleet, but experts say this is a long-term plan requiring lots of investment. Can Egypt hope to compete?

If filmmakers flock to Cannes, and billionaires dovetail at Davos, then economists and central bankers make for Jackson Hole in Wyoming. Ahead of US elections, all eyes are on the Federal Reserve

War sent oil firms running while the loss of territorial control in the oil- and gas-rich north-east left the Kurds with the hydrocarbons and Damascus reliant on Iran. Will the good times roll again?

Unusual selloffs, concern about jobs, and questions over interest rates led to a recent global panic, with some big firms losing $300bn overnight. Then the world righted itself. What does it tell us?