Middle East Executive Reports 1998 |
Title | Subject | Authors |
Antiboycott activity in fiscal 1997: continuing downward drift likely. | Economics | Fenton, Howard N. |
Arab financial systems: lessons from Asia and future challenges. | Economics | Chabrier, Paul |
A single European market: implications for banking and finance in the Gulf. | Economics | Azzam, Henry T. |
Bahrain liberalizes commercial agency law. | Economics | Stovall, Howard L., Stokes, E. Hugh |
Budget blues: low oil prices leave region's governments facing tough spending choices.(Gulf region) | Economics | Mann, Mimi |
Combating corruption in international business: OECD Convention signed.(Organization for Economic cooperation and Development) | Economics | Qayyum, Ayesha |
Companies law amendments. | Economics | Hinton, Sara |
Convention on combating bribery of foreign public officials. (adopted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) | Economics | |
Desert Fox message: new U.S. policy toward Iraq. | Economics | Pelletreau, Robert H. |
Doing business in Turkmenistan: a tax primer for foreign investors.(includes related article on the seven free economic zones in Turkmenistan) | Economics | |
Dubai: copyright judgment. | Economics | Mann, Mimi |
Dubai: lack of jurisdiction in banking dispute. (Dubai Court of First Instance dismisses case) | Economics | |
Effects of Y2K and the EMU on Arabian Gulf companies: economic and legal consequences.(Gulf States) | Economics | Edmondes, Nicholas |
Egypt amends company law to provide expedited approval procedure for incorporation. | Economics | Matouk, Fouad John |
Egypt: banks, insurance and oil firms to be privatized .... | Economics | |
Egyptian spending on advertising growing 30% a year as reforms begin to move through economy. | Economics | |
Egypt's computer market: strong growth potential. (forecasts for 1998 and 1999) | Economics | |
Egypt's new 1997 investment guarantees and incentives law. | Economics | Talaat, Mohammad B. |
Executive briefing.(UAE Federal Supreme Court judgments) | Economics | Mann, Mimi |
Extraterritorial application of U.S. securities laws. | Economics | Valat de Cordova, Thierry |
Financial market development and fiduciary agreements.(Lebanon's fiduciary policies) | Economics | Nehme, Chafic |
Free zones in the U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates) | Economics | Cranidge, Neil |
GCC allows local banks to operate in member states.(Gulf Cooperation Council) | Economics | Mann, Mimi |
GCC states: gas grid.... (Gulf Cooperation Council member nations to set up a joint gas distribution network) | Economics | |
Government contracting in Dubai. | Economics | |
Growing importance of gas means expanding market for imported equipment. (United Arab Emirates) | Economics | |
Gulf producers and the oil majors: it's not deja vu all over again. | Economics | Copaken, Robert R. |
Hiring personnel in Kazakhstan: informal guide for foreign firms. | Economics | |
Intellectual Property Protection: 1998 USTR Special 301 decisions. | Economics | Mann, Mimi |
Internet popularity, lower costs reviving U.A.E.'s ISDN market.(integrated services digital networking) | Economics | |
Iran, the United States and the Total deals. (analysis of the US's 'waiver' of sanctions against French oil firm Total for its participation in the Iran oil development program) | Economics | Pelletreau, Robert H. |
Islamic banking gains momentum, expands market and competes with conventional banking in Arab states. | Economics | Iqbal, Zamir |
Islamic Development Bank launches billion-dollar infrastructure fund. | Economics | |
Jordan: JTC privatization. (Jordan Telecommunications Company) | Economics | |
Jordan: patent protection for pharmaceuticals. | Economics | Mann, Mimi |
Jordan: privatization effort falters as telecom sale suspended.(privatization of Jordan Telecommunications Corp) | Economics | |
Kuwait approves budget.... | Economics | |
Kuwait: draft privatization law .... | Economics | |
Kuwait: KAC on road to privatization. (Kuwait Airways Corporation) | Economics | |
Kuwait: progress on draft foreign investment law.... | Economics | |
Kuwait's oil industry: strategy to move into the next century. | Economics | |
Kuwait's oil industry: strategy to move into the next century. (Part II: Refining, Transportation, Marketing, Overseas Activities and Gas) | Economics | |
Kuwait: to open oil sector by year's end .... | Economics | |
Marketing investment products and financial services on the Internet: A U.A.E. perspective.(United Arab Emirates) | Economics | O'Connor, Michael M. |
Middle east stock markets: good results in 1997.... | Economics | |
... Moody's: "financial stress." | Economics | |
New capital market law makes important changes.(Oman) | Economics | Hirst, Alastair |
New law on leasing/investment companies aimed at boosting Kuwait's financial sector. | Economics | Burke, Kevin |
New opportunities, niche markets for hotel/restaurant equipment.(West Bank and Gaza) | Economics | |
New York: discovery obligation extended to foreign subsidiaries.(New York Supreme Court ruling) | Economics | |
OECD bribery convention.(includes related article on other OECD instruments against corruption)(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions) | Economics | |
Offset guidelines: almost all Turkish defense-related projects will involve an offset obligation. | Economics | |
Omani decree approves accession to Paris and Berne Conventions. | Economics | Hirst, Alastair |
Oman's stock market: performance raising concerns, officials move to develop exchange institutionally. | Economics | |
Oman to join N.Y. Convention. | Economics | Hirst, Alastair |
Outlook for global oil demand through 2010 and implications for the Middle East economies. | Economics | Papadopoulos, Paul |
Outlook for global oil demand through year 2010 and implications for the Middle East economies. | Economics | Papadopoulos, Paul |
Project financing: infrastructure offers opportunities to combine conventional and Islamic finance. | Economics | Angell, Nicholas B., Khalil, Emad H. |
Qatar: moves to partially privatize telecoms....(Qatar Public Telecommunications Corp to be privatized) | Economics | |
Quick guide to negotiating and establishing franchises in the region - with examples from a Kuwaiti experience.(Kuwait, Regional)(Middle East) | Economics | Zouaoui, Jamil |
Saudi Arabia announces budget and projects larger deficit. | Economics | Mann, Mimi |
Saudi Arabia: telecoms privatization. | Economics | Mann, Mimi |
Saudi policies on trade, taxation and foreign investment: reaching consensus on WTO-related issues. | Economics | Taecker, Kevin |
Saudis take first steps in privatizing airline. (Saudi Arabian Airlines) | Economics | |
Steadily growing Saudi market for pollution control equipment. | Economics | |
Telecommunications privatization: resolution calls for corporatization of PTT but leaves many questions.(post, telephones and telegraphs services) | Economics | Miles, Steven |
The outlook for Gulf banks in light of low oil prices.(1999 forecast by Moody's Investors Service) | Economics | Cunningham, Andrew, Satel, Adel |
The Riyadh-Vienna decisions and the world oil market. | Economics | Takin, Manouchehr |
The Saudi offset concept, administration of the program, Saudi offset guidelines.(Saudi Arabia's Economic Offset Program: Achievements, Emerging Trends and Recent Developments, part 1)(Saudi Arabia) | Economics | |
The way it turned out - current constraints on investment.((Can the Current Declining Trend in Private Investment be Reversed?, part 2)) | Economics | Kanaan, Oussama |
Trade and project financing in Egypt: local, bilateral, multilateral lending sources. | Economics | |
Turkey's automotive parts sector: growth fueled by increased demand, competition, investment and exports.(Industry Overview) | Economics | |
U.A.E.: amendment of armed forces tenders regulations. | Economics | |
U.A.E. draft environmental law appears to be nearing enactment.(Law on the Protection and Development of the Environment) | Economics | Laubach, Charles S., Matta, Issa T. |
U.A.E.: federal tenders regulations amended.... (United Arab Emirates) | Economics | |
U.A.E. health insurance market: mandatory coverage for expatriates boosts interest in private insurance.(United Arab Emirates) | Economics | |
U.A.E.: labor law termination benefits.(United Arab Emirates) | Economics | |
U.A.E.: new rules for diplomatic and consular corps.(United Arab Emirates) | Economics | |
U.A.E.: ratification of maritime conventions ....(United Arab Emirates) | Economics | |
UNCC corporate claims update: decision reducing jurisdiction likely to have significant effect. (United Nations Compensation Commission) | Economics | Ulmer, Nicolas C. |
U.S. officials designate Irbid Industrial Estate as qualifying industrial zone. | Economics | Mann, Mimi |
U.S. sanctions on India and Pakistan. | Economics | McVey, Thomas B., Snead, W. David |
U.S. sanctions on Iran: how long will they last? | Economics | Pelletreau, Robert H. |
WTO and the globalization of Middle East enterprises. (World Trade Organization) | Economics | Azzam, Henry T. |
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