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MEED 100 Special Report: The Middle East’s top 100 listed companies
Companies listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) have increased their domination of the MEED 100 in 2012
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Special Report: Capital markets - The Middle East's 100 largest listed companies 2011
After a strong rebound in 2010, growth in the Middle East’s capital markets has stalled
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Special Report: MEED 100 - The Middle East's top 100 listed companies in 2009
Saudi Arabian companies dominate this year’s MEED 100, with companies listed on the Tadawul accounting for 29 out of the region’s 100 biggest publicly quoted companies ranked by market capitalisation. Just three of the 20 companies that have dropped out of the top 100 over the past year are listed on the Saudi stock exchange.
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Special Report: Banking - Short-term loans plug finance gap
The project finance market received a systemic shock when the global credit crunch hit in 2008. This year, the number of banks pursuing project finance deals in the Middle East is still at an all-time low. Industry sources say that just eight to 12 banks are seeking deals in the current climate, down from more than 45 two years ago.
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Special Report: Oil & Gas - Region's domestic needs hit export plans
Iran’s export plans neatly encapsulate the problems faced by many of the region’s gas producers. Heavily subsidised prices for domestic consumers are a big burden on the Iranian government, as they are in Egypt. But both governments have created an expectation among consumers of cheap energy.
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Special Report: Saudi Arabia - Family firms enter a new era
The decision of the Saudi stock exchange (Tadawul) in August to reveal the names of all individual shareholders with a stake of more than 5 per cent in any single company may not have revealed the full picture of Saudi families’ strategic investments.
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Special Report: Power & Water - Gulf developer rankings
Rising demand for electricity, coupled with chronically inadequate physical and financial infrastructure, means the region’s emerging markets have enormous potential for private power developers.
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Special Report: Retail - Gulf boom attracts retail giants
With annual growth in GCC consumer spending over the coming five years projected at 10-20 per cent, it is easy to see why the region is witnessing a boom in the construction of shopping malls.
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Special Report: NOC Survey 2008 - Bureaucracy hampers national oil companies
As oil prices race past $140 a barrel, and with the world desperate for Middle East oil and gas, the region’s oil companies could think that they have no need to listen to what their suppliers and foreign partners think of them. But they would be foolish not to.
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Special Report: Banking - Gulf bank growth accelerates
There is consensus in the banking community that 2008 will be a much better year for the industry than 2007. A stormy 2007 revealed the full impact on banks of the 20-month-long market crash that began in February 2006, which triggered severe falls in advisory fees.
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Special Report: Capital markets - The drive for credibility
The region’s stock exchanges have had great success in making headlines as they have attempted to boost their profile as regional hubs for international capital.
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Special report: MEED 100 - Region's biggest listed companies in 2008
MEED’s analysis of the Middle East’s top 100 publicly quoted companies by capitalisation shows that the 18-month-long correction in the Gulf’s capital markets, which began in February 2006, has created some good opportunities for investors, if the authorities can restore confidence in the bourses.
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Special report: Contractor survey 2008
For four years, the Gulf’s construction industry has been grappling with spiralling costs. With oil prices showing no sign of decreasing, and an acceleration in government infrastructure spending, there will be no let-up.
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Special report: Telecoms - Regional competition grows
The era of state-monopoly operators will come to an end this year when the region’s last mobile phone monopoly market, Qatar, opens up to private sector competition.
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Special report: Sector outlook 2008
The urgent need to install the infrastructure required to support the region’s economic development means government-backed power, water, transport and energy projects will become the principal drivers of the region’s project sector in 2008.
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