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Unemployment rate in Jordan rises to 12.8%

The number of people unemployed in Jordan increased in the first three months of the year to 12.8 percent from 11.4 percent in the same period in 2011, according

Saudi dependence on oil “wrong and dangerous” – Alwaleed

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, billionaire investor and chairman of Kingdom Holding, said Saudi Arabia’s economic dependence on oil and lack of a diverse

New $12bn Qatar investment firm set for IPO

A new $12bn Qatari investment firm, backed by assets from the sovereign wealth fund, will offer shares to the public in May as part of plans by the tiny Gulf state

A new capital for art

If the museum of Islamic art and Jean Nouvel’s Burj Doha look like Qatar’s most permanent investments in architecture, the real art business in the country is growing

Dubai owner of Leeds Utd says mulling more stake sales

The Dubai-based owner of English football club Leeds United said that it is currently evaluating the possibility of selling further stakes in the team, after it offloaded

Saudi women to be granted national ID cards

Saudi women will be for the first time granted national identity cards, giving them the freedom to act independently.

Tourism to be Saudi’s biggest employer by 2020

Saudi Arabia’s burgeoning travel industry will soon be the largest employer in the kingdom, according to the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA).

Qatar emir plans palace for Greek isle: report

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani had bought the six privately owned islets in the Echinades group for $11m.

Dubai’s home ownership on the rise

Dubai’s freehold real-estate market is increasingly becomes a dominating force, with owner occupied home ownership now accounting for nearly one in six transactions,

Saudi oil export demand to rise ‘in coming months’

Demand for Saudi crude is likely to rise over the next few months, Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi told Reuters on Monday, in a sign the world's largest oil exporter

Qatari investors to buy top French retailer

Qatari investors are set to buy 100 percent of French department store Printemps in a deal likely to be worth up to 2 billion euros ($2.57 billion), official 

Ooredoo approves 50pc cash dividends

Ooredoo (formerly known as Qtel Group), a leading telecom company with a presence across the Mena region, has announced plans to distribute a cash dividend
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