A downturn in sentiment has hit Middle East markets like Dubai as the global financial crisis continues.
The high profile marketing of the last few years has meant the lens of the global media has been turned towards the regions of promise in the East. But what of the balance of the region? If Europe for example refuses to be categorised homogenously then the rest of the Middle East needs to be understood as highly granulated, between large, wealthy markets like Saudi Arabia, established players like Kuwait, and small but very liquid states such as Qatar. Abu Dhabi is another Emirate, closely associated with the profile of Dubai, and it's important to understand more precisely the relati...
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