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Economics

Prime office space rents discounted in Manama

Bahrain Financial Harbour is having a hard time attracting and keeping tenants. Razan Alzayani / The National

May 27, 2012

The price of prime office space in Bahrain has dropped by a third in the past three years as hundreds of new buildings are opening at a time of financial and political uncertainty. Read Article Prime office space rents discounted in Manama

Gregor Stuart Hunter

Economics

Bahrain seeks economic kick-start

Bahrain's difficulties in convincing investors to return has been exacerbated by the recent unrest. Razan Alzayani / The National

May 27, 2012

Bahrain's economy is struggling to attract investment after last year's unrest, as the former banking capital of the Middle East attempts to reshape itself and projects are restarted in an effort to spur growth. Read Article Bahrain seeks economic kick-start

Gregor Stuart Hunter

Economics

A bridge and ever closer financial ties with Saudi

Bahrain's port operator, APM Terminals, expects to benefit from increased production of petrochemicals in Saudi Arabia's eastern provinces. Above, APM Terminal's facility in Bahrain. Razan Alzayani / The National

May 27, 2012

Businessmen say Bahrain is becoming ever closer to neighbouring Saudi Arabia economically, even as plans for a Gulf union meet with loud opposition. Read Article A bridge and ever closer financial ties with Saudi

Gregor Stuart Hunter

Economics

Bleak future for indebted euro zone, warns S&P

S&P says the euro zone faces a potentially growing headache caused by an ageing population. Orestis Panagiotou / EPA

May 25, 2012

The euro zone risks resembling a developing-world economy within a generation, if policymakers there fail to reform over-stretched welfare systems, Standard & Poor's warns. Read Article Bleak future for indebted euro zone, warns S&P

Tom Arnold

Economics

Jim Hime: From day of horrors comes a new life

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May 25, 2012

Profile: Jim Hime escaped from the World Trade Center on 9/11 and adopted a new outlook. The Abu Dhabi executive says he tries to take each day as it comes. Read Article Jim Hime: From day of horrors comes a new life

Gillian Duncan

Economics

Banking tightens UAE-India ties

May 24, 2012

Ties between the UAE and India have come a long way since the exchange of pearls for cotton. Read Article Banking tightens UAE-India ties

Tom Arnold

Economics

Don't fret America - China wants respect but not dominance

China is likely to surpass the US as the world's largest economy in 2017. Jonathan Alcorn / Bloomberg News

May 24, 2012

Is China poised to become the world's next superpower? This question is increasingly asked as China's economic growth surges ahead at more than 8 per cent a year, while the developed world remains mired in recession or near-recession Read Article Don't fret America - China wants respect but not dominance

Robert Skidelsky

Economics

Youth unemployment in Mena soars to more than 25 per cent

Young men at the beach near the port of Zarzis, Tunisia. 01/05/2011. Photo: Lindsay Mackenzie.

May 23, 2012

Joblessness among the young in the Arab world increased last year, as civil unrest hurt economic activity throughout the region. Read Article Youth unemployment in Mena soars to more than 25 per cent

Tom Arnold

Economics

With Kazakhstan at crossroads, level heads must prevail

May 23, 2012

Over a 21-year time frame, Kazakhstan's economy is arguably the most successful of those that broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991. It has not grown the fastest, nor is its economy the biggest. But it has been the best at advancing the prosperity of its citizens. Read Article With Kazakhstan at crossroads, level heads must prevail

Frank Kane

Economics

In cosmopolitan capital, Astana, the familiar and the foreign meet

In Astana, glass and steel monumentalism nestles, not always congruously, beside run-down bungalows complete with allotment gardens. Reuters

May 23, 2012

There is much about Astana that is recognisable, even familiar. But then something reminds you that you are in the heart of Turkic Asia, in a part of the world that has been the setting for momentous events for millennia. Read Article In cosmopolitan capital, Astana, the familiar and the foreign meet

Frank Kane

BUSINESS

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