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August 2, 2011
The Saudi real estate sector is the next candidate to receive government spending and legislative changes.
August 1, 2011
According to the Palestinian Authorities, a resolution for recognition of statehood will be submitted to the General Assembly of the UN in September 2011.
July 31, 2011
An annual report showed that the Group of Arab States attracted investments of about $64.3 billion dollars over the past year compared to 83.9 billion dollars in 2009.
July 28, 2011
Saudi Aramco has launched the Karan offshore gas field.
July 27, 2011
July 26, 2011
Oil ministers of Iran, Iraq and Syria have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of a shared gas pipeline.
July 25, 2011
The Egyptian government has decided to cancel privatization of the business sector.
July 24, 2011
The situation in Syria has worsened to the extent that senior figures in the government are exchanging accusations over economic growth figures.
July 21, 2011
News that Egypt and Saudi Arabia plan to build a bridge spanning the Red Sea made the rounds today.
July 20, 2011
Sources within Abu Dhabi announced that large numbers of foreign employees have been laid off in order to reduce costs and to help employ the Emirati youth.
July 19, 2011
A member of the World Bank Group will invest about $10.5 million to support a leading Saudi energy company to acquire 51% of the Jordanian Central Electricity Generating Company.
July 18, 2011
According to the head of the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, the volume of child labor in Egypt is as high as 1,594,000.
July 17, 2011
Shoppers in Saudi Arabia have seen a rapid rise in inflation in the month before Ramadan.
July 14, 2011
Most of Yemen's commercial banks have ceased all activities and many employees have been laid off, due to the deteriorating situation in the country.
July 13, 2011
Saudi Arabia’s labor ministry issued new laws affecting women at the workplace.
