Qatar offers specific Free Zones in order to encourage Foreign Direct Investment, as Free Zones Enterprises can be fully owned by non-Qataris, which is not the case of companies located in Non-Free Zones areas in Qatar. In fact, Free Zones offer huge tax incentives and do not provide any...

In mid-February 2009, Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Colm McLoughlin received the January sales report. He left the report lying on his desk unopened and went to walk around the shops as he did every morning. When he returned, he sat down at his desk, looked at the cover of the report, then...