Morning briefing: 14 May 2013

Three Kuwaiti lawmakers have requested to question Oil Minister Hani Hussein over the payment of a $2.2 billion penalty to Dow Chemical after the emirate pulled out of a deal with the U.S. firm.

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Budget airline Air Arabia , the UAE's only publicly-listed carrier, reported a 20 percent rise in first quarter net profit, it said on Monday.

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Bahrain Telecommunications Co (Batelco) reported a 17 percent drop in first-quarter profit on Monday, due to tough competition in its domestic market.

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The operators of Turkish electricity barge Fatmagül Sultan based in Lebanon said on Monday that the boat resumed electricity production after fixing a problem related to fuel supplies.

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