Growing demand underpins Saudi petrochemical sector
Despite the volatility in the global economy during the first half of 2014, improvement in demand, mainly from advanced economies,...
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India and China among Qatar's major export markets
India, Japan, South Korea, China and Singapore are the major export markets for Qatar with exports to these five Asian...
Big projects to push Bahraini GDP up by 3.5% in 2014
A series of large infrastructure projects will lift Bahrain’s non-oil GDP growth by 4.4 percent this year, increasing the size...
FDI in Qatar’s industrial sector increases to $35.4 billion
The foreign direct investment inflow into Qatar’s industrial sector touched an estimated QR129bn, according to May 2014 update. The figure...
Family-owned businesses make up the largest sector of the GCC economy
Approximately 80 per cent of non-oil GDP within the Middle East region is accounted for by family-owned business groups. Typically,...
Saudi and Kuwait firms in $2.2 billion alliance
Two Saudi and Kuwait companies have agreed to create a joint venture that will channel nearly SR8 billion ($2.2 billion)...
Pushing Dubai’s capital markets forward
When the UAE officially transitioned from “frontier” to “emerging” on a key market index in June 2013, a new era...
Qatar to raise foreign ownership cap to 49%
Qatar is set to almost double its foreign ownership limit to 49 percent in a move that could bolster investment...
Saudi Zain signs $1.2 billion supply deals to upgrade network
Zain Saudi, Saudi Arabia's third biggest telecoms operator, said it has signed infrastructure supply contracts worth SR4.5 billion ($1.2 billion)...
Bahrain's FDI surges 11%
Bahrain last year saw foreign direct investment of $989 million, an increase of 11 per cent from the 2012 level,...
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