Jordan’s ICT sector grows 25% per year
A regional cable network (RCN) earmarked for completion later this year, together with a new, national five-year strategy for the...
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Gulf’s $46 billion ports bring capacity seeking market
GCC states risk creating a glut in container capacity as they spend $46 billion on port projects amid sputtering global...
Bahrain GDP to grow 4-5%
Bahrain's annual gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow by 4-5 per cent in 2012, driven primarily by increases...
UAE’s nominal GDP rises by us$ 62 billion in 2011
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), strong crude prices, coupled with high output boosted the UAE’s nominal GDP by...
Facebook to open Dubai office with eye on GCC region’s advertisers
Facebook Inc. (FB), the social networking company that listed last week in one of the largest initial public offerings in...
Qatar’s Al Faisal acquires Chicago Radisson Blu hotel
A subsidiary of Qatar’s Al Faisal Holding Company has added another international hotel property to its growing portfolio, this time...
Investments in Jordan soar by 64% to $600m in four months
Volume of investments benefiting from investment laws in Jordan exceeded half billion dollars during the first four months of this...
GITEX Saudi Arabia 2012 generates remarkable interest from the local public sector
H.E. Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Al-Suwaiyel, President of King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology, yesterday (May 22, 2012) inaugurated GITEX...
Lebanese Ministry of Industry signs deal to raise quality of industrial research
The Ministry of Industry signed a cooperation agreement with the American University of Beirut (AUB), the National Council for Scientific...
Iraqi economic growth highest among Arab countries in 2012
The Arab Organization to Guarantee Investments and Exports released a report and voiced expectations that the Iraqi economy will be...
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