Author : Liz Zuliani

Tokyo Electric Power Company began dumping more than 11,000 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Monday, mostly to make room...

China consumer prices rose sharply in February, suggesting government might have a difficult time curbing inflation this year. The consumer price index, the nation’s main gauge of inflation, rose...

Oman's economy is 60.7% services, 37.2% industry and 2.1% agriculture. It is one of the least farmable countries in the world, with only 0.12% of the land used for...

Oman's Economic HistorySince the 1970's, Oman has had a distinguished turnaround in the overall structure of their economy when Sultan Qabus came into power and a foundation of a...

After World War II, Syria expanded from a primarily agricultural base to manufacturing of handicrafts, textiles and flour mills. Factories were established in the 50s and 60s which processed...

Syria's economic structure and politics are highly centralised. Since the rise of the Baath party in 1963, centralisation of the economy has been followed in accordance to the socialist...

Saudi-Led Sunni Forces Enter Bahrain on Monday Credit: bahrainmujaz 18 March 2011. Saudi-Led Sunni Forces Enter Bahrain on Monday Credit: bahrainmujaz 18 March 2011. Even before Saudi Arabia sent...

The Palestinian economy is built around agriculture and small scale industries. The economy relies on Israel, which controls all movement of goods, services, people and finances into and out...

The Palestinian economy is largely dependent on the Israeli economy and is isolated from global trade. Israel is Palestine’s sole trading partner and controls all flows of goods, services,...

With the often severe restrictions on the Palestinian economy, particularly the movement of goods and services, its economy is limited. The flow of economic information out of the country...