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1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>technology</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/technology/googles-fate-in-a-facebook-world">Google's fate in a Facebook world</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 6, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; font: 1.05em 'Arial',sans-serif;">Today's Google is a mature corporate behemoth facing challenges in a range of tech fields as it appears to grasp for a way forward.</span> <span style="font-weight:normal"> <a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/technology/googles-fate-in-a-facebook-world" class="more">Read Article</a> </span> </p> <p class="author" style="color:#1578c9;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3f57e91672448210VgnVCM200000e66411acRCRD">David George-Cosh</a></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote>  </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"><img width="700" height="20" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/bg-national-conversation-footer1.gif"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-left: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-top: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;" class="extract"> <blockquote> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="18%" align="left" valign="top" style="padding-right:6px;"> <div class="image"> <img width="119" height="79" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/Image/chinaanalweb_tn.jpg" style="position: relative;" class="null"> </div> </td> <td width="69%" align="left" valign="top" style="vertical-align:top"> <h4 style="color: #6A206A;font-size: 1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>economics</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/equality-for-chinas-rural-migrants-is-all-important">Equality for China's rural migrants is all-important</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 6, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; font: 1.05em 'Arial',sans-serif;">China's urbanisation has lagged behind its industrialisation - now its workers who move to urban areas need better support.</span> <span style="font-weight:normal"> <a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/equality-for-chinas-rural-migrants-is-all-important" class="more">Read Article</a> </span> </p> <p class="author" style="color:#1578c9;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=112bd74c3c948210VgnVCM200000e66411acRCRD">Fan Gang</a></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote>  </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"><img width="700" height="20" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/bg-national-conversation-footer1.gif"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-left: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-top: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;" class="extract"> <blockquote> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="69%" align="left" valign="top" style="vertical-align:top"> <h4 style="color: #6A206A;font-size: 1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>economics</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/timely-reality-check-for-the-avant-garde-supporters-of-beirut">Timely reality check for the avant-garde supporters of Beirut</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 6, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; font: 1.05em 'Arial',sans-serif;">Why must we insist that Lebanon always have hint of danger when there is none? Reality is not what always drives today's instant and hungry global media.</span> <span style="font-weight:normal"> <a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/timely-reality-check-for-the-avant-garde-supporters-of-beirut" class="more">Read Article</a> </span> </p> <p class="author" style="color:#1578c9;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c4217fdfa2448210VgnVCM100000e56411acRCRD">Michael Karam</a></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote>  </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"><img width="700" height="20" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/bg-national-conversation-footer1.gif"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-left: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-top: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;" class="extract"> <blockquote> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="18%" align="left" valign="top" style="padding-right:6px;"> <div class="image"> <img width="119" height="79" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/Image/baliweb_tn.jpg" style="position: relative;" class="null"> </div> </td> <td width="69%" align="left" valign="top" style="vertical-align:top"> <h4 style="color: #6A206A;font-size: 1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>finance</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/finance/china-ready-to-dominate-world-heard-it-all-before">China ready to dominate world? Heard it all before.</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 6, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; font: 1.05em 'Arial',sans-serif;">Commentators have the fast-growing economy preparing to break free from the US and make 2011 the global Year of the 'Dragon'. But history would seem to dictate it will not.</span> <span style="font-weight:normal"> <a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/finance/china-ready-to-dominate-world-heard-it-all-before" class="more">Read Article</a> </span> </p> <p class="author" style="color:#1578c9;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c0e1af400e9c8210VgnVCM200000e66411acRCRD">N Balakrishnan</a></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote>  </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"><img width="700" height="20" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/bg-national-conversation-footer1.gif"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-left: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-top: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;" class="extract"> <blockquote> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="69%" align="left" valign="top" style="vertical-align:top"> <h4 style="color: #6A206A;font-size: 1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>technology</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/technology/middle-east-web-entrepreneurs-can-take-it-easy-for-now">Middle East web entrepreneurs can take it easy for now</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 5, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; font: 1.05em 'Arial',sans-serif;">Facebook has more than 75 million users in the Middle East, the level of regional spending on digital advertising is still minuscule. And minuscule it will remain, for the time being.</span> <span style="font-weight:normal"> <a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/technology/middle-east-web-entrepreneurs-can-take-it-easy-for-now" class="more">Read Article</a> </span> </p> <p class="author" style="color:#1578c9;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=1d482c04ffbcb210VgnVCM200000e66411acRCRD">Ben Flanagan</a></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote>  </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"><img width="700" height="20" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/bg-national-conversation-footer1.gif"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-left: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-top: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;" class="extract"> <blockquote> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="18%" align="left" valign="top" style="padding-right:6px;"> <div class="image"> <img width="119" height="79" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/Image/singaporeweb_tn.jpg" style="position: relative;" class="null"> </div> </td> <td width="69%" align="left" valign="top" style="vertical-align:top"> <h4 style="color: #6A206A;font-size: 1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>finance</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/finance/singapores-big-play-for-the-australian-exchange">Singapore's big play for the Australian exchange</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 5, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; font: 1.05em 'Arial',sans-serif;">Since the US$8.4 billion (Dh30.85bn) bid by Singapore Exchange to takeover of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) was announced in October, there has been no let up in punditry over the consequences of the national bourse falling into foreign hands.</span> <span style="font-weight:normal"> <a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/finance/singapores-big-play-for-the-australian-exchange" class="more">Read Article</a> </span> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote>  </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"><img width="700" height="20" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/bg-national-conversation-footer1.gif"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-left: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-top: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;" class="extract"> <blockquote> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="18%" align="left" valign="top" style="padding-right:6px;"> <div class="image"> <img width="119" height="79" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/Image/gamesanalysisweb_tn.jpg" style="position: relative;" class="null"> </div> </td> <td width="69%" align="left" valign="top" style="vertical-align:top"> <h4 style="color: #6A206A;font-size: 1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>technology</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/technology/video-games-set-to-outgun-hollywood">Video games set to outgun Hollywood</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 5, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; font: 1.05em 'Arial',sans-serif;">Computer games are fast becoming more lucrative than films and the phenomenon will only grow.</span> <span style="font-weight:normal"> <a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/technology/video-games-set-to-outgun-hollywood" class="more">Read Article</a> </span> </p> <p class="author" style="color:#1578c9;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=9d517fdfa2448210VgnVCM100000e56411acRCRD">Tony Glover</a></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote>  </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"><img width="700" height="20" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/bg-national-conversation-footer1.gif"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-left: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-top: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;" class="extract"> <blockquote> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="18%" align="left" valign="top" style="padding-right:6px;"> <div class="image"> <img width="119" height="79" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/Image/SaxoPress/AD20110105158753-2-The writing is _tn.jpg" style="position: relative;" class="null"> </div> </td> <td width="69%" align="left" valign="top" style="vertical-align:top"> <h4 style="color: #6A206A;font-size: 1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>economics</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/healthy-cycle-in-bicycles-future">Healthy cycle in bicycle's future</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 5, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; font: 1.05em 'Arial',sans-serif;">While the Emirates' love affair with the automobile is well-known a more humble form of transport is gaining favour as health concerns come to the fore.</span> <span style="font-weight:normal"> <a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/healthy-cycle-in-bicycles-future" class="more">Read Article</a> </span> </p> <p class="author" style="color:#1578c9;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=3287e91672448210VgnVCM200000e66411acRCRD">Armina Ligaya</a></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote>  </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"><img width="700" height="20" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/bg-national-conversation-footer1.gif"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-left: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-top: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;" class="extract"> <blockquote> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="18%" align="left" valign="top" style="padding-right:6px;"> <div class="image"> <img width="119" height="79" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/Image/russiancolweb_tn.jpg" style="position: relative;" class="null"> </div> </td> <td width="69%" align="left" valign="top" style="vertical-align:top"> <h4 style="color: #6A206A;font-size: 1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>economics</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/banished-dissidents-prove-putins-russia-cannot-be-trus">Banished dissidents prove Putin's Russia cannot be trus</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 5, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; font: 1.05em 'Arial',sans-serif;">Why does the fate of a self-confessed 'robber baron' who chanced his arm in politics and fell foul of an authoritarian Russian leader matter to the West or the Middle East?</span> <span style="font-weight:normal"> <a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/banished-dissidents-prove-putins-russia-cannot-be-trus" class="more">Read Article</a> </span> </p> <p class="author" style="color:#1578c9;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:0px;"><b><a href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=5567e91672448210VgnVCM200000e66411acRCRD">Frank Kane</a></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote>  </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px;"><img width="700" height="20" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/staticfiles/images/portal/bg-national-conversation-footer1.gif"></div> <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 30px; border-left: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-right: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); border-top: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);background-image:none;" class="extract"> <blockquote> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="18%" align="left" valign="top" style="padding-right:6px;"> <div class="image"> <img width="119" height="79" alt="" src="/web/20110106041220im_/http://www.thenational.ae/deployedfiles/Assets/Richmedia/Image/aussiefloodsweb_tn.jpg" style="position: relative;" class="null"> </div> </td> <td width="69%" align="left" valign="top" style="vertical-align:top"> <h4 style="color: #6A206A;font-size: 1.17em;font-weight: bold;text-transform:capitalize;"><stron>energy</strong></h4> <p style="margin-right: 45px"> <span class="text"><a style="font:1.667em 'Georgia',serif;" href="/web/20110106041220/http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/energy/australian-floods-hit-miners">Australian floods hit miners</a><br/></span> <span class="date_industry_insight" style="margin-right: 45px"> Jan 4, 2011 </span><br/>  <span style="font-weight:normal; 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