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Monthly Archives: January 2010

Baghdad carnage a sign of growing unrest

Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett A coordinated series of attacks against hotels used by foreign journalists and Iraqi politicians left nearly 40 people dead in Baghdad last week. Gunmen and suicide bombers targeted three hotels in and around the heavily fortified green zone, which is home to both the US embassy and the Iraqi […]

Burj rename a telling insight into Dubai’s economic reliance

Sunday Business Post By Raymond Barrett The full extent of Dubai’s financial implosion was revealed this week as the world’s tallest building was officially opened amid much fanfare in the small Persian Gulf emirate. At a height of 828 metres – twice the height of the Empire State Building – Burj Dubai was meant to […]