February 28, 2013
Egypt: Authorities concerned over 30 percent hike in cement costs

Egypt’s Consumer Protection Agency has reportedly filed a complaint over increased cement prices with the Protection of Competition and Prevention of Monopoly Practices Authority. The nation has seen an increase...

February 17, 2013
How Owning Bitcoin Is Owning An ETF On The Whole...

By Tony Gallippi, co-founder and CEO of BitPay, Inc. The Bitcoin economy is grassroots, techie, voluntarist, young, and fragmented. Investors looking to invest in the space are finding a lack...

February 13, 2013
Rivals for Attention

David Evans, Feb 14, 2013   There’s an old saying that nothing’s certain but death and taxes. I want to add something else to the list. There are only 168...

February 13, 2013
Israel: Real estate co divests malls to comply with merger...

Under terms of an antitrust agreement, real estate company Melisron, who was allowed to acquire British Israel by authorities, has sold two of its malls for more than $271 million....

February 05, 2013
Survey: Banks Expect Static Loan Market, With A Twinge Of...

What should you expect from the loan industry in 2013? Pretty much the same as you saw in 2012. That’s one finding from the Federal Reserve Board’s latest survey on...

February 01, 2013
Netherlands: Authorities continue crackdown on real estate traders

In continuing its crackdown on real estate traders, the Netherlands Competition Authority has reported that it has fined 65 investors nearly $9 million for the manipulation of closure auctions between...

January 31, 2013
Coming Through In The Clutch: Mobile Payments, Loyalty And Gifting...

Let’s say you plan on going to a local retailer and want to use your smartphone to search for items, browse offers and ultimately pay using a gift card. First,...

January 21, 2013
United Arab Bank Continues Expansion In UAE

United Arab Bank, a financial institution based in Sharjah, the third largest emirate of the UAE, plans to continue its growth and open ten more branches in the UAE this...

January 16, 2013
India: Real estate giant avoids penalty after complaint based on...

India’s largest real estate company looks in the clear after the Competition Commission of India declined to issue penalties against the conglomerate, DLF, for allaged abuse of dominance claims concerning...