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_thumb.jpg) | | 31 - Jan - 2010 | | Markaz report on GCC ICT Sector | | “Markaz” recently released its report on the GCC Information & Communications Technology (ICT) sector as part of its infrastructure research. The authors M.R. Raghu and Layla Al-Ammar note that as the world has become increasingly digitized, the GCC countries have made concentrated efforts at... | | read full |
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 | | 19 - Jan - 2010 | | Markaz Sponsors the CFA 2010 Charter Award Ceremony & Forecast Dinner | Markaz sponsored the CFA 2010 Charter Award Ceremony which was held on the 18th of January at Gulf University for Science & Technology “GUST”. On this occasion, Mariam Al-Suwailem, Assistant Manager – Media and Communications at Markaz said “We congratulate all the new... | | read full |
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_thumb.jpg) | | 17 - Jan - 2010 | | What to expect in 2010 for GCC Markets? | | GCC stock markets significantly underperformed the emerging markets during 2009. As against a 74% increase in emerging markets during 2009, GCC market returned a pale 18%. Surprisingly oil prices remained strong throughout 2009 with a YTD increase of 85%. A recent report released by Kuwait... | | read full |
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_thumb.jpg) | | 11 - Jan - 2010 | | GCC Banks - Done with Provisions? | | Markaz published a report on the GCC banking sector. The authors M.R. Raghu and Layla Al-Ammar note that the year 2009 can truly be declared as a year of provisioning. The 61 banks in the GCC region are estimated to provide a whopping USD9.4 bn in provisions during 2009, a 40% jump from 2008 and a... | | read full |
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