Qatar, which is one of the fastest growing economies in the region, is an attractive destination for US investments, Minister of Economy and Commerce HE Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed al Thani has said.

The new foreign direct investment (FDI) law, which is expected to be in place by the end of this year, and the economic zones, is expected to make Qatar a perfect hub for trade/re-exports, according to a top government official.

Qatar Insurance Group is establishing a new company ‘Epicure Investment’ with an initial capital of QR1.8mn in the Qatar Financial Center (QFC).

India has recorded an 87% jump in exports to Qatar in one year from April 2017 to March 2018, reaching nearly $1.5bn according to the country’s envoy.

The total non-oil intra-trade between the UAE and Saudi Arabia amounted to Dh720 billion ($196 billion) since the establishment of the GCC Customs Union in 2003 until the end of the first half (H1) of 2018, marking a growth of 1,230 per cent.

Bahrain will be the next country to implement five per cent value-added tax (VAT) after the UAE and Saudi Arabia as part of the GCC framework agreed between the six states, according to tax experts.

This is one of the most unusual and interesting gold (GLD) markets that I can remember in well over a decade.

Prime Minister Omar Razzaz on Sunday launched the Innovation Startups and Small and Medium Enterprises Fund (ISSF) with a capital of $98 million to fund and support entrepreneurs in Jordan.

The volume of trade exchange between Jordan and Spain is currently at JOD430 million, compared to JOD230 million in 2013, Spain's Ambassador to Jordan Santiago Cabanas said Sunday, noting that the value of Spanish investment in the Kingdom stand at JOD600 million.

In the past few months, expatriates have been subjected to a fierce war by many citizens who call for deporting a large number of foreign workers as Kuwait has become an ever growing center for such labor.

Qatar Chamber (QC) and Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry have announced that they would intensify cooperation and collaboration in making the upcoming"Made in Qatar 2018" expo in Muscat a grand success.

The World Bank (WB) announced Saturday a $300 million loan to Egypt for complementing the current ‘’Sustainable Rural Sanitation Services Program’’ to support the expansion of the government’s efforts to improve rural sanitation services in Egypt’s poorest governorates.

One of the clearly visible indications of economic stagnation in Lebanon is the hundreds of discount signs on windows of shops and stores in some of Beirut’s famous shopping streets.

In an attempt to speed up resolution of labour dispute cases, an electronic link between the Ministry of Manpower (MoM) and the Public Prosecution was launched on Sunday.

Naguib Sawiris’ La Mancha Group and a number of other investors have joined New York-based hedge fund Paulson & Co. on an initiative that means to “promote constructive engagement between the gold mining industry and the investment community,”.