Lebanon posts highest growth rate in 2009 tourist arrivals Daily Star Lebanon | By The Daily Star | Wednesday, March 03, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Preliminary figures issued by the UN World Tourism Organization indicate that Lebanon posted the highest growth rate in tourist arrivals in the world during 2009 with a 39 percent increase from the previous year, as reported by...
Hotel, apartment use in Lebanon at record 2m nights Daily Star Lebanon | By The Daily Star | Thursday, February 25, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Figures compiled by the Tourism Ministry show that a total of 769,551 persons used hotels and furnished apartments in Lebanon and spent 1,955,679 nights in such facilities in 2009, constituting an increase of 21.2 percent and...
ME firms queue for orders to RP food suppliers in expo The Daily Tribune | 03/10/2010 | More Middle East buyers are showing interest in local preserved fruits and tropical juices following increased inquiries in the recent Gulfood 2010, Middle East’s leading food fair, according to the Center for International Trade Expos...
Gulf NPLs Set to Surge Khaleej Times DUBAI - Gulf banks may see further increases in non-performing loans, or NPLs, with the region's financial sector lagging an anticipated regional economic recovery in 2010, analysts at Standard & Poor's Rating Services and UBS AG said on Monday. | "T...
Bahrain's GFH to set up $326 m Syrian unit Khaleej Times Bahrain's Gulf Finance House said it was close to setting up a $326 million unit in Syria as the Islamic investment bank looks to boost revenues in an untapped banking market. | Shares in GFH were unchanged on the Bahrain stock exchange on Sunday. In...
Bahrain's Gulf Finance to set up $326 mln Syrian unit The Guardian DUBAI, March 7 (Reuters) - Bahrain's Gulf Finance House (GFH) said it was close to setting up a $326 million unit in Syria as the Islamic investment bank looks to boost revenues in a relatively untapped banking market. Shares in GFH were unchanged on...
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Dubai stocks rebound; Kuwait index falls Arab News | Arab News | JEDDAH/DUBAI: Dubai's index ended higher as stocks rallied from the previous day's seven-week closing low, but further volatility is expected as the UAE's results sea...
Saudi business confidence rises Arab News | Md Rasooldeen | Arab News | RIYADH: The Kingdom's business community remains the most confident in the region, according to a new survey released on Saturday by HSBC, the global ...
Yemens donors meet on fixing nations economy The Himalayan | RIYADH: Yemen's main donors are meeting here today on how best to deploy billions of dollars to strengthen the Sanaa government and stem the rise of violent extremism in the Arabian peninsula country. | Officials from the six Gulf Cooperation Counc...
Jordan turns to Islamic banking Al Jazeera | The Jordanian government has borrowed $100 million from the Jordan Islamic Bank, following the successful performance of Islamic banking during the latest global financial crisis. | Mohammad Abu Hamour, the Jordanian finance minister, signed the loan agreement on behalf of the government on Monday. | He said that the credit would be used for...
