A Dubai company will open stem cell research centers in the UAE, jumping into one of the most promising (and controversial), areas of modern medical technology. As Beep Beep's David George-Cosh reports, the centers will focus on treatments using adult stem cells, not the embryonic cells that have raised alarm bells among religous groups around the world.
Effective Measure, the analytics / audience measurement company that are trying to become the standard for web traffic ratings in the Middle East, has secured $4 million in venture capital from Rho Ventures, a big American VC firm.
I'll be among the many descending on Beirut in late March for Arabnet, the Arab web industry conference. If you'll be there, and are on Twitter, and are the type of person who likes to show some love via Avatar modification, you can add an Arabnet twibbon here.
The acquisition of Zain's African assets seems to be cruising along pretty nicely, with India's Bharti Airtel pretty close to lining up $9 billion of mid-term debt finance, the Wall Street Journal reports. It seems that Bharti's previous efforts to buy South Africa's MTN means that much of the paperwork and preparations for a deal of this size have already been done.
The US government is closing in on those responsible for the Chinese hacking attack on Google and other foreign companies doing business in China, the Financial Times says in a great piece of reporting. It is a properly juicy story and well worth a read.