Lebanese restaurant Café Blanc to open a branch in Qatar
Lebanese restaurant Café Blanc is boosting its presence across the MENA region. According to newswires, it will be establishing a...
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Syrian investors to build factories in Lebanon
Syrian industrialists are queuing up to establish industrial plants in Lebanon, the industry minister told. “At least a dozen Syrian...
Saudi industrial city of Yanbu to receive $21.3 billion worth of new investments
The Industrial City of Yanbu is expected to receive new investments worth more than SR 80 billion ($21.3 billion) in...
QDB and Shell sign agreement to promote Qatari SMEs
Qatar Shell has partnered with Qatar Development Bank to open the doors for local Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to...
SMEs in the UAE receive $275 million funding
International banking heavyweight HSBC announced in a media statement that it has fully allocated its Dh1 billion ($275 million) UAE...
Saudi Ma'aden signs $266.6 million gold mining deal
Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma'aden announced that its affiliate Ma'aden Gold and Base Metals Company (MGBM) has signed a contract...
Is the sun setting on gold?
After climbing 500% in a decade, perhaps it is time for gold investors to accept that the yellow metal is...
Qatar's petrochemical output to surge by 2020
Qatar's petrochemical production will exceed 23mn tons per year (tpy) by 2020 on the back of the country's downstream sector...
More than 30,000 cameras are monitoring Dubai
In total, government authorities and the private sector in Dubai operate an estimated 30,000 closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) to monitor public...
Budget boost for education in Oman
The government in Oman is channeling extra funding into education as part of a broader bid to provide its younger...
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