Arab stock markets gain $40 billion in 9 months
Arab stock markets have largely fluctuated this year but ended the first nine months with a gain of nearly $40...
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Iraq to spend $500 billion on energy projects by 2030
Iraq will invest around $500 billion in energy and linked industries with the help of the private sector by 2030,...
General Electric to invest SR 3.75 billion in Saudi Arabia
General Electric (GE) announced that it would invest SR 3.75 billion ($ 1 billion) in innovation, health care and energy...
Iraq eyes investors for projects worth more than $200 billion
Iraq is turning a sharp eye on Middle East real estate investors as it looks to produce some three million...
Doha Bank: Dubai back on track
The GCC states are rightly investing heavily into infrastructure development, modernizing the existing structure to pave way for uninterrupted economic...
Banking sector grows in Abu Dhabi
Growth in lending at the emirate’s top banks remained slow during the first half of 2012, but profits were generally...
Iraqi Free Zones reveal increase in investment
The General Bureau of the Free Zones associated to the Ministry of Finance announced an increase in the applications for...
MENA equity markets 'remarkably resilient'
While political events in the region continue to attract headlines, equity markets in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)...
US Eximbank OKs $5.0 billion loan for Saudi petrochemical complex
The U.S. Export-Import Bank has approved a record-breaking $4.975 billion direct loan to help build a petrochemical complex in Saudi...
Omani Banks' investments in foreign securities soar on surplus liquidity
Oman's commercial banks have raised their investments in foreign securities significantly this year amid surplus liquidity in the local banking...
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