MEED
Issue 47 19-25 November 2010
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Abdulla al-Hamli
Abdulla al-Hamli is chief executive, Dubai Islamic Bank -
Abu Dhabi state schools deploy new student management system
New database technology worth AED40m, with plans for deployment in schools across the UAE -
Algeria closing out international business
The state is asserting its dominance over foreign investors in no uncertain terms in Algiers -
Algiers reins in free market
The challenge for the government is to regulate foreign investments, while also reward risk taking firms for promoting economic growth -
Aramco plans six new power projects
Oil major’s move prompted by concerns over capacity of Saudi Electricity Company to provide electricity -
Baghdad leads Gulf’s projects growth
Iraq maintains its position as the fastest growing market this year by recording a 115.6 per cent rise -
Barzan to approach export credit agencies
Qatar Petroleum project finance also expected to include a bond issue -
Cairo cuts a path to the interior
Construction of a major arterial motorway linking Upper Egypt to the Red Sea is under way, bringing in its wake enormous potential for trade and development -
DM Healthcare
The Dubai-based firm aims to be largest private care provider in the GCC and India by 2015 -
DM Healthcare: MEED Assessment
The Dubai-based firm aims to be largest private care provider in the GCC and India by 2015 -
Dubai contractors left licking their wounds
Dubai is no longer a source of new contract awards for construction companies, but it is still an important base for those looking for opportunities further afield -
Ebrahim al-Shamsi
Ebrahim al-Shamsi is chief executive, Emirates Islamic Bank -
Giel-Jan Van Der Tol
Giel-Jan Van Der Tol is cheif executive, Dubai Bank -
Gulf cuts building costs to protect margins
The global economic downturn and collapse of the real-estate market have hit Gulf contractors hard. Companies need to work harder to win contracts and the returns on offer are slim -
Hala Lattouf: Jordan’s minister of social development
Responsible for helping the country’s poor, Hala Lattouf has a high profile in Jordan’s government as it strives to modernise the country on limited resources -
Hussain al-Qemzi
Hussain al-Qemzi is chief executive, Noor Islamic Bank -
Kuwait receives bids for faculty buildings
Low bidder may face disqualification from tender -
Lebanese banks look to London
Bank Audi looks to establish presence in London -
Lebanese lenders look to offset risk
Banks in Lebanon are in desperate need of diversifying out of their home market to reduce risk -
Lebanon telecoms regulator receives funding to upgrade services
Tender issued for capacity building project -
Middle East classrooms become more interactive
Governments and educational institutions adopt technological tools to aid and enhance education across Middle East -
Mohamed Abdalla
Mohamed Abdalla is chief executive of Sharjah Islamic Bank -
Morocco to invite bids for high-speed railway
The tenders for construction deals will only be issued once the detailed design is complete -
Political stalemate ends as Iraq chooses its leaders
Nouri al-Maliki will retain his position as prime minister -
Q&A: Azad Moopen, founding chairman, DM Healthcare
The Dubai-based firm aims to be largest private care provider in the GCC and India by 2015 -
Qatar supports property sector
The Qatar government has intervened to reduce the oversupply of office space in Doha, but some of its methods are proving controversial -
Region's construction prices remain soft
The slowing of construction activity in the region, coupled with adequate supply, has meant prices of materials and labour remained weak in the third quarter of 2010 -
Riyadh signs Ras al-Zour power and water contracts
Final agreement signifies the end of a long delay to tender the scheme -
Riyadh’s building boom
The oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia looks certain to dominate the construction projects sector in the region with a five-year programme for infrastructure expansion investment -
Riyadh’s building plans offer hope
The kingdom’s infrastructure plans are an opportunity for the region’s work-hungry contractors -
Sabic and ExxonMobil to move $5bn joint venture to Jubail
Yanbu site for carbon black project discarded and whole operation will now be based in Eastern Province -
Sabic focused on future growth
The $5bn elastomer project is one of the cornerstones of the company’s growth plans in the kingdom -
Saudi Aramco to go solo on power
Plan to build a series of power plants for itself in the kingdom will reduce burden on state utility -
Special Report: Construction – Developers pin hopes on 2011
Contractors look to the New Year after 2010 remains unlikely to see any pickup in activity -
Tirad Mahmoud
Tirad Mahmoud is chief executive, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank -
UAE Islamic banking
Six heads of Islamic banks based in the UAE: Giel-Jan Van Der Tol, Hussain al-Qemzi, Tirad Mahmoud, Mohamed Abdalla, Abdulla al-Hamli and Ebrahim al-Shamsi
