Archive for 'USA'

UAE-USA Trade Deficit: Opportunity for Canada

UAE-USA Trade Deficit: Opportunity for Canada

The United States Bureau of Statistics recently announced what many trade professionals have known for some time now: trade between the US and the Middle East is on the decline. Exports from the USA to the [...]

Steve Jobs ('God of i-Pod'): an Arab-American?

Steve Jobs ('God of i-Pod'): an Arab-American?

I just found out about this a couple of days ago via www.360east.com, but apparantely it has been common knowledge for some time now. By blood, Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple Computers and the [...]

Battle for Media Control: Middle East Fighting Back

Battle for Media Control: Middle East Fighting Back

Once upon a time not long ago, the international community received its dose of Middle East news from outlets that were predominantly European or American. In those times, the Arabic street always complained about the biases [...]

Atlantica

Atlantica

The two-day 2007 Atlantica Conference began yesterday at the Halifax World Trade and Convention Center. For those of you who don’t know, ‘Atlantica’ is an effort at better economic integration for the Atlantic region of North [...]

Money Talks on Capitol Hill

Money Talks on Capitol Hill

On the topic of acquisitions, it appears that at least four US lobby groups are succeeding in brokering a deal that would see Dubai Aviation Enterprise (DAE) purchase the aviation arm of the Carlyle Group for [...]