Gulf States

Bidding the Dollar Adieu

Eric C. Anderson | Posted 10.07.2009 | Business


Eric C. Anderson

Uur former benefactors would now like to diversify their foreign exchange reserves in a manner that reduces losses before the dollar is only useful when hauled to the grocery store in wheelbarrows.

A Canadian Model for the Gulf

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 10.17.2009 | World


Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Here are educated young Arab men and women with Western upbringings. They look like us and speak like us but are charged with ambition and hope for the future: They are Arabs 2.0.

Solar Could Supply All Day-Time Energy Needed For Gulf Arab States

Yahoo! News | Ali Khalil | Posted 02.20.2009 | Green


Oil-rich Gulf Arab states enjoy year-round sunshine but they remain slow in adopting environmental technologies to let them harvest their abundant sol...

Behind the Costly Fannie/Freddie Mortgage Bailout

Danny Schechter | Posted 10.08.2008 | Business


Danny Schechter

In a globalized entangled and interconnected economy, no region can expect not to be impacted when the world's number one economy goes south.