Qatar ploughs money into Shell Canberra Times | Gas-rich Qatar is ploughing more of its commodity wealth back into the sector with the purchase of a major stake in Royal Dutch Shell, while also reportedly eyeing a chunk of Italian oil major ENI. | A Shell spokeswoman confirmed the purchase while declining to detail its size but the Middle East ...
Tourism can stimulate trade, development – UNCTAD XIII Ghana Business News | Kakum Park - One of Ghana's best tourist site | Participants at the just-ended United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD XIII) have underscored the role of tourism as a vital service sector, contributing to GDP and employment in developed and developing countries. | Held in Do...
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Push for Arabic internet content BBC News | While the number of people using the internet in the Middle East is rising rapidly, Arabic still only makes up just 2% of all content on the web. | The scope for the industry's growth is therefore massive, but one of the biggest obstacles is t...
Bahrain's flashy crony capitalism cannot last The Observer Teargas fired by riot police billows in a narrow street in Bilad al-Qadeem, Bahrain. Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP | In the Gulf Arab states, opulent hotels with gold-plated toilet handles, shopping malls larger than several football pitches, cloud-rea...
High times for GCC economies thanks to oil Gulf News | Plenty of evidence supports the suggestion that Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies are experiencing happy times. The proof entails appreciation of assets in international markets as well as growth of the gross national product (GDP) of the si...
India to step up oil imports from UAE The Hindu India and the United Arab Emirates on Friday discussed the prospects of closer energy ties including more import of oil, which could partly offset declining purchases from Iran, and investment in the downstream sector such as refineries. | While visi...
Bonn climate talks: EU plays down talk of Kyoto protocol rift The Guardian | Officials insist agreement can be reached despite row over length of new Kyoto deal A plenary session at the UN climate talks in Bonn, where talks of a rift over the future of the Kyoto protocol were downplayed. Photograph: UNFCCC | Divisions have ...
Kuwait Stock Exchange suspends 31 firms for not posting results Middle East Online | KUWAIT CITY - The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) on Wednesday suspended trading in the shares of 31 listed firms, a majority of them investment companies, for failing to report financial results on time. | A statement posted on the KSE website said th...
UAE joins 11-member Gas Exporting Countries Forum Gulf News | Abu Dhabi: The Cabinet gave approval yesterday for the UAE's decision to join the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). | The Gas Exporting Countries Forum is an intergovernmental organisation of 11 of the world's leading natural gas producers made...
