The Iraqi parliament is close to sealing a consensus that would somehow give each Iraqi citizen a share of the revenues generated from the exports of the country’s rich oil resources. Contrary to recent reports that appeared in various media outlets, most of those who will benefit from this new development are the population in the […]
MENA’s oil and gas revenues to reach US$320B in 2010
For the next two and a half decades, the global energy demands are expected to grow and it is highly likely that the world’s energy needs would be more than 50 percent higher in 2030 than today, the International Energy Agency said. During that time, the annual average growth rate for the global energy […]
Companies Continue to Pull Advertisements From Facebook
The number of companies that are pulling advertisements from social media platforms is continuing to grow. A group of companies led by the Anti-Defamation League and the NAACP, want Facebook to stop promoting hate on their social media platform, and momentum is accelerating. Facebook’s share price is starting to experience downward pressure, its profit engine […]
India is Downgraded and the RBI is Attempting to Stimulate Transaction Growth
While the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is attempting to stimulate the economy with de-regulation, Moody’s cut is outlook on India’s credit rating. The budget in India remains the main concern for analysts, as the government cuts corporate taxes amidst an economic slowdown. To additionally help stimulate growth, the RBI announced new measures that will […]
Why Businesses Prefer Paid Over Free Advertising?
A dilemma that most business marketers face these days is whether to go for paid advertising or free. You have a budget. And to perform better than your competitors, you will have to align your marketing initiatives towards the best performing channels. And you have to accommodate everything in this budget. And, it goes without […]
Will Art Replace Wine as the Passion Investment of Choice?
According to the 2017 Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index, fine wine has been supplanted by art as the most popular passion investment—a term meaning collectibles that people take pleasure from owning, such as watches, classic cars and stamps. The report shows that the wealthy spent more money on art than ‘investment grade wine’ in 2017, […]