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Kuwait’s budget surplus widens, spending slow

Kuwait's budget surplus widened to KD13.2 billion ($47.6 billion) in the first nine months of its 2011-12 fiscal year, nearly double its year-ago level on higher than

QP, Qapco to build $5bn petchem complex

Qatar Petroleum and Qatar Petrochemical Co (Qapco) will build a $5 billion petrochemical 

Etisalat keen to enter Libya market

Etisalat, the Gulf's largest telecom firm, wants to acquire a licence in Libya or invest in one of the North African country's existing operators, its chairman told

France Tel, Sawiris reach accord on Mobinil

France Telecom reached a preliminary accord to buy out most of Egyptian tycoon Naguib Sawiris' stake in their jointly owned telecom operator Mobinil, in a deal

Qatar building boom risks property slump

Qatar's ambitious economic policies have sustained double-digit growth rates while much of the world has struggled over the past few years. But the gas-rich Gulf

Kuwait economy to grow 3.8pc

Kuwait's economy is likely to grow 3.8 per cent in 2012, supported by a steady consumer sector

Siemens wins $1bn Saudi power plant deal

Siemens has won a major order worth more than $1 billion for combined cycle power plant in Saudi Arabia. With an installed capacity of 4 gigawatts (GW) IPP 

Dubai apartment rents fall 8% in 2011

Dubai's residential real estate market is set to outperform the office sector this year due to "stronger fundamentals" and "solid population growth", CB Richard 

Egypt eyes 2012 tourism rebound despite clashes

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism hopes to see a recovery in tourist numbers to between 12 and 13 million

MidEast leads world on hotel demand in 2011

 Demand for hotel rooms in the Middle East grew by nine percent in 2011, the highest growth rate in the world

Qatar group among top bidders for Turkish TAV stake

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has joined hands with US private equity firm Carlyle Group to bid for a near 40 per cent stake in Turkish airport operator

$25bn high-speed train project to link GCC

Saudi Arabia has approved a $25 billion railway project, which will link Bahrain and the other GCC countries through a 2,117km network, a report said.
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