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When Melhem's bosses in Dubai got a feeler from the White House on Sunday, it seemed that al-Arabiya was about to get an exclusive interview not with Obama but with new Middle East envoy George Mitchell. The previous Friday, Melhem had begun pressing for an interview with Mitchell...
With the conflict unresolved, Israel is pressing for a continuation of the 18-month economic siege imposed on the 1.5 million people of Gaza by Israel, the U.S. and certain European and Arab allies. But John Ging, head of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, warned of the danger of...
The small alpine ski town of Davos has just entered its peak season. Every January, a lively mélange of global business magnates, world leaders, entrepreneurs, activists, journalists and intellectuals descend upon the Swiss village to ski, socialize and participate in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum...
Adams, a city commissioner at the time, denied the charges vigorously, and his supporters, including Wiener, rallied to his support. Ball's charges were shouted down as "sleazy" and a "smear." Then Adams effectively won the mayor's office with a landslide victory in the primaries last May, making the...
The next wave of M&A, which will almost certainly begin within the month, is one designed at helping troubled companies survive by pressing cost cuts through consolidation of common functions. It is an ugly set of motivations but compelling enough to insure that investment banks can call some of...