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March 14, 2013
Qatar has begun talks with the UK government to invest up to £10 billion ($14.92 billion) into key infrastructure projects in Britain.
Majid Ali Al Mansouri Chairman of the DMA reviewed during a meeting with the Managing Directors of different sectors in the Department of Municipal Affairs the current working plans and future working models.
Three Best Practices Seminars introduced UAE businesses to the 7th cycle of the Business Performance Program.
Just days after the World Bank extended financing to Small and Medium Sized enterprises in Jordan, sparks are flying over a programme designed to help SMEs.
The UAE economy is expected to sustain an annual growth rate above 4 per cent in 2013, the Minister of Economy Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri said yesterday.
The US and EU have imposed tough trade restrictions on Tehran but the state may get its hands on US origin wheat.
Egypt and India have agreed to boost mutual trade to $8 billion per year by 2015.
March 13, 2013
The ongoing violence in Syria has cripples the country's economy, with agricultural imports from Jordan being frozen after the border was closed on Tuesday.
Dubai eGovernment has announced that it has added a new service to the list of its mPay services.
After several days of gains, Egypt's stock market lost ground on Tuesday, with main EGX30 index losing 1.05 percent with fears growing over a $4.8 billion loan from the IMF.
H.E. Hamad Buamim, Director General, Dubai Chamber, has been elected Deputy Chairman of the World Chambers Federation (WCF).
Egypt will not accept an emergency loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Minister of Finance El-Morsi El-Sayed Hegazy announced during a press conference on Tuesday.
March 12, 2013
Israel's system of checkpoints and restrictions in the occupied West Bank inflicts long-term damage on Palestinians' ability to compete in the global market, the World Bank said in a report on Tuesday
Dubai World Central, the world’s first purpose-built aerotropolis, has announced the inauguration of CWT-SML Logistics’ new 12,500 sqm logistics facility.
DP World has welcomed shipping line Simatech’s new service between Jebel Ali Port and Mogadishu as a significant step in re-establishing trade links between Somalia and the rest of the world.
