| Is Arab Spring Bad For Investors? Forbes CASABLANCA—For almost a year, diplomats, experts and journalists have been telling investors not to worry about the new Islamist governments emerging in the wake of the Arab Spring. They are wrong. The optimist argument was simple: “democratic… |
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| The Arab Spring: Tragic event, or unfortunate setback? Reuters Blogs (blog) [emphasis added] There are a lot of ways to describe the Arab Spring. Most do not imply that it was either a tragic event or an unfortunate setback, but Jamie Dimon does. Or, at least, what his ghostwriters did. As a human being, that’s a pretty … |
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| Jordan and the ‘Arab Spring‘ The Jewish Press Jordan’s ‘Arab Spring‘ protests started as a peaceful small-scale demonstration against corruption in the town of Theeban in January 2011. Since then the protests have spread out to the outlying governorates, along with the rise of so-called popular … |
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| Preview: Arab Spring Egypt and Libya at the Side Gallery Journal Live by David Whetstone, The Journal THE ‘Arab Spring‘ is not yet 18 months old, but it has already seen tyrants toppled and dramatic changes in countries across the Middle East. Civil uprisings and bloody combat have fed the news media with headlines, … |
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| Sweden’s Ericsson says Q1 profits more than doubled with sale of stake in Sony … Washington Post This was blamed mainly on the back of the current financial crisis and the Arab Spring, where network operators in areas facing economic or political uncertainty are spending less. Gross margin also shrank to 33.3 percent from 38.5 percent, … |
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| AfDB Celebrates World Press Freedom Day With ‘Arab Awakening’ Roundtable AllAfrica.com The 2012 World Press Freedom Day has more resonance in Tunisia, in the year after its revolution which gave the country press freedom, and sparked the ‘Arab Spring‘ of 2011. Tunis has been the home of the African Development Bank since 2003, … |
