Qatar to acquire stake in Heathrow airport for US$ 1.4 billion
Qatar Holding announced that it will purchase a 20% stake in BAA Ltd., owner of London’s Heathrow Airport, for US$...
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Qatar buys 22% stake in China’s CITIC Capital
A unit of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has bought a 22 percent stake in CITIC Capital Holdings, linking one of...
Lebanon has significant natural gas wealth
Explorers will very likely find substantial quantities of natural gas and possibly oil off the Lebanese coast, according to a...
Iraq’s 2012 foreign commercial activity
Dunia Frontier Consultants tracks foreign commercial activity (FCA) in Iraq, defined as investments, service contracts or any other form of...
Dubai voted 13th most important city in the world
Dubai has been voted as the 13th most important global city and the eight fastest growing city in importance for...
$66.4 billion sukuk issued globally in 2012
The volume of sukuk issued globally during the first half of the current year reached $ 66.4 billion, according to...
No significant impact of Eurozone crisis on banks in Dubai and the GCC
The emirate’s banking sector is still working to shake off the lingering effects of the global financial crisis, with lenders...
Jordanian company launches largest Arabic online encyclopedia
An Amman based company is about to launch the largest Arabic encyclopedia, TAGpedia, with about 500,000 articles going on line...
Revenues of the port of Beirut up by 8.7%
The latest statistics of the Port of Beirut showed that its revenues reached a cumulative US$ 100.5 million in the...
Jordan planning ahead
The early August approval of a $2bn loan by the IMF to Jordan has once again brought the Kingdom’s financial...
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