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He has promises to keep,And Miles To Go Before He Can SleepMahmoud Mohieldin is one of those people you either love or hate there's no gray zone, no safe middle ground. As the brashest and most outspoken of the Nazif Cabinet's Economic Team, where he joins Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid and veteran Minister of Finance and Insurance Youssef Boutros-Ghali, Mohieldin has been working overtime since July 2004 to kick-start the nation's ailing economy. Two years into the job, he is routinely lauded in international circles for both his vision and the bluntness with which he implements it. It's gotten to the point where he seems almost invariably described in the foreign press as "Egypt's tough-minded investment minister." Those same attributes have won him little other than attacks here at home, particularly in the local press, and he knows it: Mohieldin has no illusions about his popularity with the majority of Egyptians who are staunchly opposed to his fast-track privatization program, but he says he's determined to remain focused on "ensuring the Egyptian people their right to a better future." Two years on, the statistics are promising and the programs are working, but the Economic Team still lacks credibility on the street. read more. Yahoo! and Canaan Partners invest USD 8.65 million in ...Chennai, Tamilnadu, India, 2006-08-05 (IndiaPRwire.com) -- Yahoo! Inc., a leading global Internet company and Canaan Partners, a global early stage venture investor in innovative technology companies, today announced that the companies have both invested US $8.65 million in BharatMatrimony.com Pvt. Ltd, the No. 1 matrimony service provider with 7.5 million registered members. Both investors will be represented on the board of the company. Veda Corporate Advisors acted as a strategic advisor to the transaction. Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO, BharatMatrimony Group, said, "It gives me immense pride that two of the world's leading companies in the technology and Internet space have invested in our business. More importantly, the global knowledge, partnerships and experience that both these investors bring will help us scale our business globally. read more. New design talent in office interiorsThe latest newcomer on the Dubai design circuit is 26-year-old Tanya Gyani. She has arrived from India to take on the role of senior designer for OFIS and head up a turnkey service for office interiors. Keen to get involved in the escalating office industry she is confident that there is a real requirement for this type of service in Dubai. It is important in office design to understand the real needs of the client. Do they sit at computers for eight hours a day? Is their work focused on communication? I can translate these needs into tangible spaces. If space planning and office design caters properly to the client, productivity will increase. Gyani describes her style as being inspired by nature and organic elements. In terms of materials, natural light is an inspiration. I aim to provide soft, comfortable spaces using pastels, light woods, semi-lustrous metals and fluid forms. read more. Gulf Navigation Holding signs Dh145m ship dealDubai: Gulf Navigation Holding (GNH), the region's rapidly growing oil and chemical carrier, and ST Shipping and Trading have signed a charter agreement for three ships at an approximate value of $40 million (Dh145 million). ST Shipping and Trading is the shipping arm of Switzerland-based Glencore, one of the largest oil trading houses in the world. Under the terms of the agreement, GNH will time-charter two ships to ST Shipping and Trading for up to two years under long-term fixed rate employment, and a third at a floating market rate with a fixed minimum charter rate. The process for delivery of the three vessels will be completed in the next few days. The vessels are double hull with a deadweight of 48,000 metric tonnes each and have a liquid capacity of about 50,000 cubic metres. read more. MOVES-Deutsche Bank, Gartmore, MerrillHONG KONG/LONDON/NEW YORK, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments and moves were announced on Wednesday. To tell us of other job changes, please email: moves read more. Gridskipper Interview: Secret Dubai DiarySecretdubai of Secret Dubai Diary is a blogger in Dubai who specializes in the intrigue and adventure of the United Arab Emirates, regularly prodding its dark and seedy underbelly. You've been writing Secret Dubai Diary since 2002, which is forever in blog time, let alone Dubai blog time. What got you started? When I first lived overseas, I had an email newsletter that I sent to friends and family, and it turned into a useful record of my travels, which I later put onto a website. This was before blogging had arrived. After I'd been in Dubai for nearly a year, I realised it would be useful to have some sort of record of my time here -- of all the intrigue and adventure in the UAE -- and by then blogging was available, so I thought that would be a useful method. Why a secret (i.e. read more. South Africa: Bags Full of Possibilities for Job CreationJOB creation is often seen as requiring big projects, massive capital outlay or state intervention. Business and government overlook opportunities in the so-called second economy. Instead of pouring money into job creation, why not support and expand existing markets created by the entrepreneurial instincts of poor people? An excellent example of this is the Johannesburg cross-border retail trade sector, where more than half a million people are coming into the city each year to shop, bringing in between R15bn and R20bn a year. Figures from South African Tourism indicate that one third, or R15,7bn, of the total spend by domestic and international tourists in SA in 2004 was in Johannesburg. Of this, R5,7bn, or more than one-third, was from regional shoppers travelling overland to SA. read more.Welcome to my Dubai In Job Offshore Opportunity archive, that is packed with advice that you are invited to kick around and kick around. If top quality Dubai In Job Offshore Opportunity facts is what you are enthusiastic about, Ask Jeeves can detect it for you.
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