CNN Market Place Middle East
SHOW #147
IN FOCUS: BUILDING BRIDGES THROUGH BUSINESS
In a number of outsourcing projects, technology company Cisco is providing jobs for both Palestinians and Israelis and encouraging them to work together. This week, MME takes a look at how Cisco's Israeli-Palestinian cooperation in technology development can be a good thing for business.
FACETIME: HUSSEIN AL-UZRI, CHAIRMAN, TRADE BANK OF IRAQ
The Trade Bank of Iraq describes itself as "the Middle East's Best Trade Bank" and a key player in luring foreign investors into in Iraq. Last month the bank's headquarters in Baghdad was struck by two suicide car bombers in a string of attacks on the country's financial, trade and banking groups. This week, MME talks to the bank's chairman, Hussain al-Uzri, about the challenges facing Iraq's financial institutions.
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