More than 30 years after a body was set up to assess the viability of a trans-Arab railway project the idea still remains on paper. It was way back ...
Pascal Lamy, Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), has hailed Oman’s trade performance as ‘overall good’ even during the global financial crisis. ...
The banking sector outlook for Egypt, which has embarked on significant banking reforms since 2004, is stable for 2009 and is not significantly affected by the global financial crisis due to its minimal exposure, according ...
For its first major media event, the United Nations Office in Tunis has chosen, rightly, the theme of "The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). . Having been adopted in September 2000, Millennium, however has not lost its topicality, being due to continue until 2015 ...
France is eyeing contracts for airplanes and railways in Qatar and Saudi Arabia as it seeks to boost trade with the oil-rich states, French Economy Minister Christine ...
OPEC oil exporter Kuwait is looking to raise its stake in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and invest in Chinese energy and industrial sectors, its finance minister said. Speaking on the sidelines of the ...
Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund said on Friday it would focus for now on its domestic investments, including Gulf Air, but would be on the lookout for global investments in sectors like tourism. ...
Egypt's central bank cut its overnight deposit rate by 50 basis points to 9.5 percent and its overnight lending rate by 100 basis points to 11.0 percent, the bank said ...
