Qatar and Algeria ink $2 billion steel complex deal
Qatar and Algeria will enter into a joint venture, to construct a steel complex costing $2bn in Algeria's industrial area...
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Investments in the Saudi industrial city of Ras Al-Khair exceed $1.33 billion
Total investments in the new industrial city of Ras Al-Khair, near Jubail, have exceeded SR 5 billion ($1.33 billion), said...
Qatar: Streamlining insurance regulation
The Qatar Central Bank’s (QCB) February takeover of responsibility for licensing and supervising insurance companies, reinsurance companies and insurance intermediaries,...
Saudi Arabia joins single Arab car insurance card scheme
The Saudi Council of Ministers approved the Kingdom's accession to the agreement on joint insurance cards for vehicles traveling across...
Prototype of world's first hybrid super car on display in KSA
Porsche Centre Saudi Arabia, Samaco Automotive, has presented the 918 Spyder prototype at its showroom in Jeddah to a select...
Car sales in Lebanon up 6% in first two months of 2013
Figures released by the Association of Automobile Importers in Lebanon (AIA) indicate that a total of 4,723 new passenger cars...
Iraq ready to cooperate in industrial zones with UNIDO
Iraqi Free Zones Commission expressed readiness to cooperate with UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) in establishing industrial zones and...
World Bank to extend $70 million loan for local SMEs in Jordan
The World Bank will extend a low interest, long-term $70 million loan to Jordan in order to facilitate the financing...
Online platform to promote local businesses in Qatar
Qatar Chamber (QC), in partnership with Qatarexpoonline.com, has launched an online platform for the QC-member companies to showcase Qatari businesses...
Lebanon represented in Forbes magazine list of world billionaires
Forbes magazine's annual survey of the world's billionaires for 2013 included six persons from Lebanon, unchanged from 2012, consisting of...
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