Qatar to boost government spending by 18 percent
Qatar plans to boost government spending by 18 percent to 210.6 billion riyals ($57.8 billion) in the 2013-14 fiscal year...
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Oman reaps benefits of insightful economic plans
While addressing the Shura Council recently, Ali Bin Masoud Al Sunaidy, Minister of Commerce and Industry, informed members that the...
Qatar drives GCC exports to the UK
Qatar has been the most active GCC investor in the UK in recent years, and has rapidly built up a...
QGBC and QU highlight women’s role in Qatar’s thriving construction industry
Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, focused on the vital...
Kuwait's Agility sees $80 million revenue from Iraq contract
Kuwaiti logistics firm Agility said it would book close to $80 million in revenues from a three-year contract which it...
Investments in the Saudi industrial city of Ras Al-Khair exceed $1.33 billion
Total investments in the new industrial city of Ras Al-Khair, near Jubail, have exceeded SR 5 billion ($1.33 billion), said...
UAE’s foreign trade at $214.5 billion
The UAE’s foreign trade in the first nine months of 2012 touched Dh782.7 billion, compared to Dh684.9 billion for the...
Qatar and Algeria ink $2 billion steel complex deal
Qatar and Algeria will enter into a joint venture, to construct a steel complex costing $2bn in Algeria's industrial area...
Saudi nonoil sector growth to remain above 7%
Saudi Arabia's real GDP growth is expected to rise by 3% in real terms, driven by the vibrant nonoil sector...
France to invest in the electricity sector of Iraq
Boris Boluon, the French ambassador to Iraq has remarked that his country is keen to invest in Iraq, especially in...
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