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Venture Explains: America’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs

The US government has decided to impose import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum from Europe, Mexico and Canada. Other countries, including Japan, Washington’s closest ally in Asia, are already subject to the tariffs. Why?…

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Venture Explains: The Plummeting Price of Steel

What’s happening? According to Al Ghad, the price of steel in Jordan dropped 23 percent to JD385 per ton in the first 10 months of the year, compared to the same period in 2014. The declining cost of the metal in…

The Good State of Real Estate

Lamudi’s Khaled Anabtawi believes 2015 is shaping up to be another strong year for Jordan’s real estate sector.  By Elisa Oddone Jordan’s real estate market, which makes up around 5 percent of the Kingdom’s GDP, seems to be in good…