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14 مايو 2013

Kuwaiti Parliament (Getty/AFP)
11:53 بتوقيت جرينتش

Kuwait’s GDP has been forecast to grow 1.1 per cent in 2013 as oil prices and production stabilises.

Institute of International Finance (file photo)
10:46 بتوقيت جرينتش

The UAE’s economic growth is projected to moderate to 3.6 per cent in 2013 from an estimated growth of 4.8 per cent last year.

Air Arabia
09:58 بتوقيت جرينتش

Air Arabia said on Monday its net profit for the first quarter of 2013 jumped 20 per cent to Dh59 million.

Islamic banking needs separate regulations and reporting standard
03:55 بتوقيت جرينتش

Central banks of the Islamic countries have been urged to adopt a separate set of regulation to reduce confusion among Muslim scholars

Dubai Financial Market
03:17 بتوقيت جرينتش

The UAE markets rose in tandem on Monday, with Dubai Financial Market gaining 0.50 per cent and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange 0.43 per cent.

13 مايو 2013

Campaign poster
18:55 بتوقيت جرينتش

Dubai tops the list of cities with the brightest future, followed by the two North American cities of Calgary and Denver

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’
14:10 بتوقيت جرينتش

Opec crude oil output rose in April from its lowest monthly level in more than a year due to the resolution of export disruptions in Iraq and Libya and a rise in Iranian sales

Gasoline prices needed to rise in line with those of its neighbours
13:58 بتوقيت جرينتش

Libya will join its neighbours in tackling sensitive fuel market reforms and plans to do away with all subsidies within three years, Oil Minister Abdelbari Al Arusi said.

Qatar’s Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabr al-Thani
13:19 بتوقيت جرينتش

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) received a $3bn Qatari deposit for the purchase of Egyptian bonds on Thursday, confirmed Nidal Assar, the sub-governor of the CBE.

International Air Transport Association
12:47 بتوقيت جرينتش

The UAE Cabinet has approved an agreement between the UAE and the International Air Transport Association (IATA)

RAK Petroleum plant
11:53 بتوقيت جرينتش

RAK Petroleum’s assets include a 42.8 per cent holding in Norwegian oil company DNO International ASA.

Tadawul FX offices
10:32 بتوقيت جرينتش

The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) ended yesterday’s trading in the red at 7,195.17 points

Egypt Prime Minister Ahmad Qandil
10:30 بتوقيت جرينتش

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil stated that negotiations currently being held with the IMF to secure the country’s pending $4.8bn loan were ongoing

Colonel Sameer Jassim Showaiter, Mr. Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Yateem and Mr. Silvan Varghese during the signing.
10:22 بتوقيت جرينتش

Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB) has signed a three-way memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bahrain Defence Force's Military Consumer Association (MCA) and its main supplier Glabrous International (GI).

Country will be “lucky to go past” its current oil production of about 9 mbpd by 2020
10:09 بتوقيت جرينتش

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said the kingdom has no plans to dramatically expand its oil production capacity to 15 million barrels per day