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Reducing Risk And Optimising Business Opportunity In The Middle East

YoungUpstarts

But nowadays with oil reserves diminishing at an alarming rate in some countries of this vast region, diversification into relatively new sectors such as tourism and finance is the new game in town. But what’s it actually like living and working in the MENA region? Depends, is the answer, and in which country. Vital first step.

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Israel Ranked 29th in Easiness of Doing Business According to the World Bank

VC Cafe

The charge for registering a change of property ownership in Syria amounts to more than a quarter of the building’s entire value. However, it still takes 81 days to export from Kazakhstan compared to 5 in Estonia. In New Zealand it takes one day to create a new company; in Suriname it takes almost two years.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 3

Steve Blank

In class 1, we learned that national power is the combination of a country’s diplomacy (soft power and alliances), information/intelligence, its military, economic strength, finance, intelligence, and law enforcement. This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

Syria shuts down Internet in attempt to quell uprising. Today, Syria shut down the Internet nationwide Sand are limiting the functionality of mobile services and land lines in some cities as well. The always-on, ultra low-power, black and white display can display photos, notifications, news, sports scores, maps, notes, etc.