- UBP Senior Portfolio Manager Fares Benouari has predicted that 2022 would see greater exposure to ESG, automation, and fintech in...
UBP Senior Portfolio Manager Fares Benouari has said the current global economic outlook depends on strains, spells, and administrative responses
He also pointed out that businesses, however, have made productivity gains, pivoting to digital, increasing efficiencies, and reducing costs
- Jordan’s persistently high levels of unemployment are driven by the limited capacity of its private sector to create more and...
WB finances the National Employment Programme (NEP) in the country to help its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic by promoting private sector-led job creation
The NEP aims to enable more than 2,000 private sector firms to hire and train over 63,000 new employees, a third of them women
- China has launched a sweeping state crackdown on tax evasion and perceived immoral behavior in the entertainment industry. The move...
YouTuber Huang Wei was ordered to pay a record $200 million fine for tax evasion on Monday
Actress Zheng Shuang was in August hit with a $46-million fine for tax evasion
- The queues are a worrying sight for Turkey's veteran President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is trying to fight inflation by...
Countries usually raise borrowing rates to slow spending and bring down prices -- a policy mix the Turkish leader, a pious Muslim, rejects citing Islamic laws against usury.
One newspaper claimed Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu was playing a "dirty game" by shutting down many of the discount bread shops, making the queues longer at existing ones.
- Top company leaders highlight priorities for MENA governments at CEO Dialogue Leaders of top regional and international companies in the...
The CEO Dialogue was hosted by the World Government Summit in collaboration with the Atlantic Council’s empowerME Initiative and Majid Al Futtaim.
They discussed economic and social changes in the region over the past few years, development and opportunities for global growth.
- Yemen has been devastated by a civil war between the Saudi-backed government and Iran-backed Huthi rebels since 2014.
Yemen has been devastated by a civil war between the Saudi-backed government and Iran-backed Huthi rebels since 2014
The fighting has killed tens of thousands, displaced millions and left some 80 percent of Yemenis dependent on aid
- The UAE is the most popular destination in the world for Indian tourists, according to figures submitted to Indian Parliament...
The second and third most popular destinations for Indians were Thailand and Bangladesh, but their figures were way below those of the UAE.
The Minister confirmed that 314,495 Indians left on tourist visas for the UAE in the first quarter of this year.
- European and UK gas prices rocketed Tuesday to all-time highs on strong winter demand and simmering geopolitical tensions between key...
European and UK markets beat previous records from October. They are currently about eight times greater than at the start of 2021.
Runaway spot gas prices, alongside other buoyant commodities including crude oil, have fueled mounting concern about spiking inflation worldwide.
- Lebanon needs to receive 12 to 15 billion dollars from its partners to kickstart its economic recovery and shore up...
Lebanon is grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis branded by the World Bank as one of the planet's worst in modern times.
Lebanon defaulted on its debt for the first time last year but political leaders have continued to resist key reforms demanded by donors to unlock necessary funds.





















