Bahrain follows the trend of other Gulf countries, including strong economic growth, worrisome inflation, and a vision towards economic diversification to non-oil sectors. The strength of Bahrain’s economy comes from …
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Much like other Gulf economies, Kuwait is experiencing an economic boom attributed to rising world oil prices. However, the country differs from Bahrain, Oman, and Qatar in that it has …
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Barring an unprecedented and wholly non-expectable immense natural catastrophe and the slightly greater probabilities of another Middle East war or massive occurrences of domestic or imported terrorism, the outlook for …
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Top 10 IPOs for the Region in 2007 1. DP World UAE, Transport $2.822 billion, 17% equity offered Lead Manager: Deutsche Bank 2. Development Bank Saudi Arabia, Financial Services $2.807 …
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E What made Byblos Bank decide to expand into Sudan? Byblos Bank has had a 30-year relationship with Sudan. We never had any problems and it was a good experience. …
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The Beirut Stock Exchange closed its fourth trading week in October with the year’s best index showing as the BLOM stock index reached 1373.636 points on Oct 26. Banking shares …
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Global emissions of carbon dioxide have risen by 88% since 1971 and are projected to rise by another 52% by 2030. In 1971, the current OECD countries were responsible for …
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The process of reforms initiated by the government during the last 20 years has lead to a quantitative change in the educational system in Tunisia. After having succeeded at raising …
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Morocco faced a disappointing setback to its recent positive GDP growth, plummeting from 9.3% during Q3 in 2006 to 1.7% in Q3 2007. The High Commissariat for Planning released a …
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After nosing around the market for the past few years, Emaar of the UAE now appears ready to dive head first into the Algerian real estate market. On October 3, …