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Chip shortage affects new cars one way, used cars another way

The chip shortage has been the biggest party pooper ever. It is affecting everything from your PlayStation 5 to your brand new BMW. Gone are the days when we used to have those simple Sony and Kenwood stereo systems, these days all cars have a touchscreen infotainment screen and voice commands. While this saves the carmakers money in the long term, as they have to make updates […]

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Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Tue, 18 Jan 2022

My vote for Biden was not because I liked him it was because I could not take one more minute of that fat fascist pig gushing all over himself and self congratulating himself for doing nothing of substance for all Americans. Republican voters need to push him out of the picture and move on from Trumpisim or be prepared to never see their party with another presidential […]

Saudi, Emirati religious moderation inspires few beyond borders

By James M Dorsey Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have drawn praise for social reforms that have domestically reduced the role of religion in public life, enhanced women’s rights, and, in the case of the UAE, catered to non-Muslim lifestyles. Yet, Saudi and Emirati efforts to position their countries as the Muslim world’s beacons of an autocratic notion of moderate Islam have done little to […]

Gulf’s autocrats heave sigh of relief

By James M Dorsey The United States has signalled in advance of next week’s Summit for Democracy that it is unlikely to translate lip service to adherence to human rights and democratic values in the Middle East into a policy that demonstrates seriousness and commitment. In a statement, the State Department said the December 9-10 summit would “set forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle […]

Contribution of Foreign Nationals to the U.S. Economy

The population size and diversity of immigrants in the United States has increased over the years. In 2018, it was reported that immigrants living in the U.S. accounted for 13.7% of the U.S. population. In the last few years there has been an increased focus on immigration, particularly looking at whether foreign nationals burden or strengthen the country’s economy. This highlighted interest in immigrants and their contribution […]

Turkey, Iran find soft power tricky

By James M. Dorsey The times they are a changin’. Iranian leaders may not be Bob Dylan fans, but his words are likely to resonate as they contemplate their next steps in Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Lebanon, and Azerbaijan. The same is true for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The president’s shine as a fierce defender of Muslim causes, except for when there is an economic price tag […]

Iran polls: Messages for Biden and Raisi

By James M. Dorsey “It’s the economy, stupid.” That is the message of a just-published survey of Iranian public opinion. However, the substance of the message differs for newly elected hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Biden administration as Mr. Raisi toughens his negotiating position and the United States grapples with alternative ways of curbing the Islamic republic’s nuclear programme should the parties fail to agree on terms […]

Gulf states are in a pickle

James M Dorsey Gulf states are in a pickle. They fear that the emerging parameters of a reconfigured US commitment to security in the Middle East threaten to upend a more-than-a-century-old pillar of regional security and leave them with no good alternatives. The shaky pillar is the Gulf monarchies’ reliance on a powerful external ally that, in the words of Middle East scholar Roby C. Barrett, “shares the […]

Energy best performing sector

Matein Khalid My periodic please-all summer asking my friends to accumulate energy stocks on the 77-65 Brent sell off in July has been vindicated with a vengeance this autumn as energy is the best performing sector in both September and October with the XLE now up a stellar 46%, who could have imagined that Oxy would rise from 10 to 35 when Brent was $35, the world […]

A disaster since summer

Matein Khalid Brazil stock market performance unfortunately vindicates General Charles de Gaulle’s morose prediction “Brazil is a country of the future and always will be”. In my Wall Street salad days, we were neurologically programmed to buy Brazilian equities when crude oil/soft commodities price boomed, when the global economic growth was in acceleration mode and when a right wing pro-Uncle Sam President with close ties to the […]

Headwinds in UAE nation branding campaign

James M Dorsey For at least the last two decades, the United Arab Emirates, aided by some of the world’s foremost consulting and public affairs companies, has waged one of, if not the Middle East’s most successful nation branding campaign. The campaign has been supported by cutting edge technological and economic initiatives; a bold and assertive foreign policy backed by the UAE’s financial and military muscle; a […]

UAE-Israel relations risk being built on questionable assumptions

James M Dorsey A year of diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel has proven to be mutually beneficial. The question is whether the assumptions underlying the UAE’s initiative that led three other Arab countries to also formalise their relations with the Jewish state will prove to be correct in the medium and long term. UAE Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed laid out the strategic […]

Afghanistan has lessons for the Gulf

James M Dorsey The US withdrawal from Afghanistan will likely clarify what the Gulf’s security options are. Gulf states are likely to monitor how Russia and China handle the perceived security vacuum and security threats in the wake of the US withdrawal and abandonment, for all practical matters, of Central Asia. It will tell Gulf states to what degree Russia and China may be viable alternatives for […]

Is the U.S progressing towards a fair opportunity to Muslims?

It may seem that after the end of Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban, and the end of Trump as the president himself, that the US is progressing towards a better treatment of Muslims in America. This is far from the case, though, according to American Activist Angela David, who claims a more radical approach is needed to “grasp things at the root”. Some may argue it could be […]

Bottomliners by Eric and Bill Teitelbaum for Wed, 01 Sep 2021

Nonsense Trump and Pompeo released 5000 Taliban warriors and let them return to fight in Afghanistan and then the southern border is backlogged by 4 years of Trump shutting down legal immigration making it impossible to become a US citizen . But yeah live in your brainwashed Trump alternate universe the rest of us see through the lies and ignorance of people like you .. Adblock test […]