An anonymous poster went on a rant about the GDN, and who could blame him? But in the interest of contiguity, I have removed that comment and posted it here, as a new article so we can all join in this over-due rant! The Gulf Daily News. I’d use it as toiletpaper if I ever …
Month: January 2005
Heard on the grapevine that “someone high up” in the Dubai government had a very long meeting with Formula 1 or the FIA in the presence of a last-generation champion to discuss (and almost approved) the concept of Dubai hosting the F1 race on a street circuit, a-la Monaco. Did anyone hear anything to corroborate/refute …
Bahrain is the “most freeâ€? economy in the Arab region, according to the Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal 2005 Index of Economic Freedom. Ranked 20th in the list of most free economies in the world, Bahrain “features many of the characteristics that mark a prosperous economy: low inflation, strong property rights, low regulation and low barriers …