Analytical, informative and provocative, commentators featured in The National's Business section have much to say.
Here is your interactive guide to some of most eye-catching content of the day. Simply click on the author to read the stories behind the quotes:
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"Few people foresaw that the legacy of the Celtic tiger era might be ruins: shattered banks, ghost estates, persistent high unemployment, emigration and unhappiness."<a href="http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/little-bright-in-forecast-for-irelands-ailing-economy"> Clifford Coonan</a>
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<strong>"In 2011, the sun will rise for the children of India."</strong><span style="font-size:small"><em> </em></span><a href="http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/technology/the-rich-market-that-is-indias-poor">Kapil Sibal, India's former human resources and development minister.</a>
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"Leaders take advantage of changed circumstances to ignite reforms."<span style="font-size:small"><em> </em></span><a href="http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/economics/improvement-lessons-for-school-systems">Dr Mona Mourshed</a>.
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<strong>"We believe the Middle East, and in particular the GCC region, has great potential to maintain the economy in a much healthier status than other parts of the world."<span style="font-size:small"><em> </em></span></strong><a href="http://www.thenational.ae/business/travel-tourism/rotana-to-open-seven-hotels">Omer Kaddouri, the chief operating officer of Rotana.</a>
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"With gas in New York trading at about a quarter of the price of oil, who can blame traders for proclaiming that 'gas is trash'?"<span style="font-size:small"><em> </em></span><em></em><a href="http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/industry-insights/energy/a-peek-into-our-energy-crystal-ball">Tamsin Carlisle - The National.</a>
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<strong>"What investors should be watching this year: pay close attention to Treasury and bond yields in general across the board. This will have enormous impact on highly indebted governments and highly leveraged companies." </strong><a href="http://www.thenational.ae/business/markets/markets-outlook-bright-for-the-year.">Sameh Hassan, a fund manager at Duet Group, Dubai.</a>
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"There will not be an actual sell-down of the dollar but we will see countries looking to diversify out of the dollar into new reserves." <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/gcc-likely-to-stand-by-us-dollar">Shady Shaher, the MENA region economist at Standard Chartered.</a>
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<strong>"I expect radio will see a big boom, especially in the UAE and Saudi Arabia."</strong> <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/business/media/advertising-revenue-set-for-year-of-growth-in-mena">Elie Aoun, the managing director for the MENA region at Ipsos MediaCT.</a>
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"The goal here is really simple. We and our sellers want to provide the best shopping experience to buyers and create a place for them to easily buy items." <a href="http://www.thenational.ae/business/technology/refocus-of-souq-com-will-end-auction-service">Ronaldo Mouchawar, the chief executive of souq.com.</a>