2010

February 28: IMF serves up its own estimates on debts of Dubai

February 21: Push bluefin off the menu or go without for good

February 14: EU's challenge in Greece seems all too familiar

February 7: View from Davos sends chill down economic spines

January 31: To set the record straight you just have to be there

January 24: UAE banks ask not for whom the bad loans toll

January 17: One good thing about this year: it is not last year

January 7: A message to you: take time to smell the roses

2009

December 31: Bean counters should resolve to face the pain now

December 24: For Flight 2010, seat belts are still required

December 10: Sharing the gain in Dubai also means sharing the pain

November 19: The bankers are circling, all's well with recovery

November 12: Time to dust off Karl for this new global chapter

November 5: Predicting the future purely as a matter of interest

October 29: Bouncing back from a classic bank chequemate

October 22: Bonds are as good as the gentlemen offering them

October 15: Recent gains by equities may be mirage in desert

October 8: Cost of borrowing has dropped, but interest is limited

October 1: Fuzzy logic now surrounds the pricing of risk

September 24: Recovery doubts remain in the wake of trade surge

September 17: Water under the bridge and huge challenges ahead

September 10: Cautionary tale may be written in the rise of gold

September 3: With one bound, banks leap free of falling Eibor

August 27: Gulf still waiting for US Fed chief to make right move

August 20: Nakheel package did not have to cost so much

August 13: One small step for starters, but no giant leap

August 6: Interbank lending best left to private sector

July 30: SWFs must accept credit rating debate is about default risk

July 23: Local financial gossip starting to smell a bit fishy

July 16: Singapore economic recovery draws on skewed statistics

July 9: We interrupt this column for a plea to stop road carnage

June 18: Attracting human capital with a stake in the nation

June 11: Green shoots? Dig deeper into the yield curve

June 4: SWFs no tool of fiscal policy

May 28: French footprints, Xtreme chicken and corporate dead wood

May 21: Fannie-Mae style agency to help banks free up cash

May 7: More drama likely before the tragedy comes to an end

April 30: Swine flu and the cautionary tale of two cities

April 23: It's not quite the Great Depression; we've moved on

April 16: Maybe the Aztec economists could solve this mess

April 9: When the boat stops sinking, don't stop bailing

April 2: Optimism brews, but the bad news bubbles away

March 19: A man's world but nothing without a woman or a girl

March 12: Buying bank loans makes economic sense

March 5: Optimism is a good thing, in moderation

February 26: Transparency key to emerging from the economic crisis

February 19: Beware the law of unintended consequences

February 12: There's plenty in stock for that Valentine's gift

February 5: Listen through the Davos rants for a hint of the future

January 22: Make the most of a new reality: a global economy

January 15: Saudis reacquaint themselves with working culture

January 8: Gulf companies may resort to pulling a Ukraine

January 1: Buckle up, Flight 2009 is expected to hit turbulence

2008

December 25: How the world is dealing with the issue of debtors

December 18: Government unlikely to help out consumers

December 11: Little interest even in zero per cent rates

December 4: Treasury can help Gulf's economies gain traction

November 27: A wonderland of bailouts and zombie banks

November 13: Communication key to central bank policy making

November 6: Private investors prepare to enter uncharted waters

October 30: Nothing in life is certain but death and now taxes

October 23:  Beam me up from all this financial chaos, Scotty

October 16: UAE faces down financial Godzilla

October 9: Decline in US spending could hit Gulf lending

October 2: Don't expect sovereign funds to ride to the rescue

September 25: Private equity alive and kicking in the Gulf

September 18: UAE property boom and stock drop do not add up

September 11: Improved hospitality to foreign investors needed in the UAE

September 4: Emerging markets may be ready to stand on their own

August 28: Economics alone cannot predict who grabs Olympic glory

August 21: China aims for an Olympic encore with economy

August 14: People do not behave as rationally as economists seem to think they do

August 7: Risks and rewards

July 31: Politics of oil about as murky as the skies over Beijing

July 24: The Adic deal for the Chrysler Building could ease oil prices

July 17: Obama may not bring the changes the Gulf wants

July 10: America has been shaken but it is clearly not stirred

June 19: It's easy to ignore the world on 37 cents a litre

June 12: Henry Paulson: A man of two minds or two men?

June 5: The search for inflation's scapegoats

May 22: 'Jedi mind tricks' can't conceal SWF conflicts

May 15: Subprime crisis recalls military blast from past

May 1: The UAE is tied to the US

April 24: Don't worry, be happy

April 17: Embrace the peg