Economy and Policy Saudi economic growth will slow to 4.4 percent in 2013 from 6.8 percent last year due to an expected fall in oil production, the International Monetary Fund has said. More from AFP Lebanese commercial banks will not be authorized to pour investments into potential public-private partnerships, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said Tuesday, adding that capital markets and financial institutions would fill the gap. More from The Daily Star Companies and Business Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to sink up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be sold to Saudi Arabia. More from Reuters Dubai contractor Arabtec has announced it has resolved a labour dispute that resulted in a four-day work stoppage without clarifying whether the workers’ demand for higher wages were met. More from Reuters Bahrain Telecommunications Co (Batelco), which has suffered a sustained profit slump, said Sheikh Mohamed
