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This is a photo showing the fronds on the Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates as seen from the air on 1 May 2007. The complexities of the construction have been blamed, in part, for the extended delays to the completion of the project, the date of which has been pushed back multiple times and is now nearly two years late.
(photo: Creative Commons / Imre Solt)
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 season gets under way. | Emaar Properties rose 1.7 percent and Arabtec climbed 3.4 percent. | "Earnings season will provide...
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation - HSBC
(photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
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 associate bank of SABB. | Dwelling on levels of confidence among entrepreneurs in the region, the report stressed that b...
New CEO to further promote Iskandar
The Star
| Irda chief aims to attract more investments | zaza@thestar.com.my | JOHOR BARU: Iskandar Regional Development Authority's (Irda) new chief executive officer, Ismail Ibrahim, has pledged to continue with the good work of his predecessors to ensure t...
Arab investment for India
Newsvine
| 2010-02-06 06:27:20 - Prof. Z.M. Khan- Secretary General, Institute of Objective Studies, Ms. (Dr.) Swati Piramal - President – ASSOCHAM (Director, Piramal Healthcare) , Dr. M. Manzoor Alam, President, Indo-Arab Economic Cooperation Forum, Dr. Sh...
Corporate news
Arab News
| MODON | With the support of Al-Kharj Gov. Prince Abdulrahman bin Nasser, Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdullah Zainal Alireza, who is also the chairman of Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON), signed two agreements for new development p...
Bahrain SWF moves Gulf Air ownership to govt
The Guardian
* SWF moves Gulf Air ownership back to govt * CEO says investment was not attractive enough * Says carrier could still be privatised (Adds comments from CEO, statement, background) MANAMA, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat ...
Abu Dhabi to attract $12 bn capital investments
Samachaar
Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi will attract new capital investments worth more than 45 billion dirhams (about $12 billion) over the next five years, WAM news agency said citing an official report. | The investments will be made by the existing as well as new c...
ART Marine to be Exclusive Yacht Charter Partner for Aldar's Yas Marina
redOrbit
Posted on: Thursday, 28 January 2010, 07:09 CST | ABU DHABI, UAE, January 28 /PRNewswire/ -- ART Marine, an Abraaj Capital portfolio company and the Middle East's largest importer and distributor of luxury motor yachts, has signed a long-term agreeme...
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 season gets under way. | Emaar Properties rose 1.7 percent and Arabtec cl...
Money
Iranian oil workers work at Tehran's oil refinery, Iran, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007. Iran's president said Saturday that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is "under heavy economic and political pressures" and that the oil prices are below its real value, state-run-news agency reported.
(photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Iran creates national fund for energy projects
The Siasat Daily
| Tehran, February 08: Iran is to create a "national energy fund" to meet the need for capital for oil and gas projects, the Iranian Oil Minister says. | "The special fund will be created through cooperation with four state banks as well as the Central Bank of Iran," Masoud Mir-Kazemi said on Sunday in the southern city of Bushehr. | Mir-Kazemi exp...



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