Category: Opinion
The International Monetary Fund lowered its outlook for the world economy on Tuesday, and warned that the global financial system faces growing risks from the debt crisis in Europe. The IMF now expects the global economy to grow 3.3% in 2012, according to an update to its World Economic Outlook. In September, the IMF said [...]
The recent uptick in PMI numbers in the US and the EM world has many wondering whether the growth slowdown is over and done with. While this is likely true for some EM economies, particularly LatAm economies, one would caution against taking such a benign view of these data points at this stage for the rest [...]
Total capital invested in the hedge fund industry regained the $2 trillion milestone to conclude 2011, according to data released today by HFR (Hedge Fund Research, Inc.), the leading provider of data, indices and analysis of hedge funds. The industry originally eclipsed $2 trillion in AUM in 1Q11 and peaked at $2.04 trillion at mid-year [...]
“I have been harassed.” If you are a young lady who is even slightly foreign-looking and walking alone, you will utter this sentence sooner or later. The best-case scenario is that someone will say to you, “Ma?allah!” which can be used with good intentions but usually is not. I hate that there is no proper [...]
Russian energy companies Rosneft and Transneft are seeking a 25 per cent stake in a planned Turkish oil pipeline, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin has said. The pipeline, to be built by Turkey’s Calik Holding and Eni of Italy, will link the Turkish ports of Samsun and Ceyhan and has strong backing from the [...]
I recently received the following question: “I am getting married to a Turk soon. I am a foreign citizen and a resident of Turkey. I have been told that I needed to get my birth certificate translated into Turkish, which I have done. I have also been told that the Turkish authorities might need other [...]
CHICAGO (January 9, 2012) – Hedge funds concluded a challenging 2011 with a decline in December, as the HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index declined by -0.18 percent, bringing full year 2011 performance to -4.8 percent, according to data released today by HFR (Hedge Fund Research, Inc.), the leading provider of data, indices and analysis of [...]
An investigation has been launched in the United States about a film directed by Oscar-recipient Kathryn Bigelow about the killing of Al Qaida leader Osame bin Laden. The claims, made by Senator Peter King a supporter of the IRA who has spoken out against Muslims in the US – relate to a film by director [...]
The United Nations (UN) has declared October 11 as the “Day of World Girls” after a proposal made by Turkey. A draft resolution prepared by Turkey, Canada and Peru to celebrate October 11 as the “Day of World Girls” was approved by 193 countries at the UN General Assembly on Monday. Speaking to the AA, [...]
Turkish intellectual property law, Sometimes lawyers feel that all those violations experienced by their clients will never touch them. This is certainly not the case. It happens to us, too. Just recently, I was wandering in a bookshop, and I checked the legal books section, and what did I find but a legal guidebook for foreigners [...]
Legal guidebook for foreigners
Turkish intellectual property law, Sometimes lawyers feel that all those violations experienced by their clients will never touch them. This is certainly not the case. It happens to us, too. Just recently, I was wandering in a bookshop, and I checked the legal books section, and what did I find but a legal guidebook for foreigners [...]
With average property prices in England and Wales currently listed as £233,139*, we look at what you can get for your money in the UK and abroad. This figure has only risen 1.5% over the past year showing a very static domestic market compared with a 16.4% annual price increase seen 3 years ago. London [...]
A hospital in southern Turkey on Saturday performed the world’s first triple limb transplant, attaching two arms and one leg to a 34-year-old man, an official said. At the same time, a team of doctors at Akdeniz University Hospital, in the Mediterranean coastal city of Antalya, transplanted the face of the same donor onto another [...]
Flu-Fighting Foods that we need because getting cold nearly all over the world and better to be safe and with out flu around so lets take some actions and stay away from flu because buried in the controversy over whether to get the H1N1 vaccination (or even where to find one), is that one of [...]