GCC retail market set to reach $221 billion by 2015
Growing population in Qatar and the UAE and higher per capita income are among the key drivers of the GCC...
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Iraq to raise $6 trillion from oil and gas sales by 2030
Iraq unveiled an ambitious energy strategy that aims to raise $6 trillion (4.5 trillion euros) from oil and gas sales...
Saudi Qasim University recruits 995 professors
The Ministry of Labor has granted the region of Qasim 955 visas to recruit professors from nine countries. The Secretary...
Designs unveiled for New Baghdad Library
AMBS Architects has shown its designs for the first public library to be built in Iraq since the 1970s. ...
South Korea urged to take part in $2.54 trillion GCC projects
The Federation of GCC Chambers have called upon South Korea to make use of the huge investment prospects worth $...
Japan to lend $1.2 billion to Iraq for port and refinery
Japan has offered loans of about 120 billion yen ($1.24 billion) to Iraq to build a new refinery and rebuild...
COM.IT to replace GITEX Saudi Arabia from November 16 to 19, 2013
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is on track to remain the Gulf’s biggest IT market this year, with IT spending...
Foreign investment in Oman has grown to $33 billion
A study conducted by the National Centre for Statistics and Information in collaboration with the Central Bank of Oman (CBO)...
New oil plan to provide work for 10 million Iraqis
Deputy Premier for energy affairs Hussein Shahristani announced that the oil plan will provide Iraq with additional $6 trillion and...
UAE creates $15 billion aluminum firm in state merger
Dubai and Abu Dhabi plan to merge their state aluminum producers in a $15 billion deal that suggests the two...
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