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ME insurance industry eyes 17pc growth

The Middle East life insurance industry is looking for a growth of around 17 per cent this year after a slowdown in 2009. 'The industry

Saudi house, land prices rise in H2

The housing and land prices in Saudi Arabia continue to rise as a growing population and expectations of a long-awaited mortgage

Mideast ‘an emerging aluminium hub’

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the largest aluminium smelters in the world, said it was confident about the region's status as

Abu Dhabi non-oil sector is ’45pc of GDP’

Abu Dhabi's non-oil sector accounts for over 45 per cent of its gross domestic product, reaching its economic diversification target five

Cairo to host first Arab agricultural forum

Expert will discuss key issues related to strategic agri-planning and agri-investments impediments at the first 'Arab Forum for Agricultural

Mideast annual food imports ‘top $25bn’

Surging demand from the Middle East’s rapidly growing and high-income population has raised annual food imports to over $25 billion

Dubai property prices ‘to go down substantially’ – Prince Alwaleed

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has warned that Dubai’s property market faces substantial

Half of the UAE’s employers are planning to recruit in 2010’s last quarter

More than half of the region's employers, 54%, plan to recruit in the last quarter of this year, according to the new Bayt.com Jobs Index study conducted by the region's number one job site

Saudi agri investor to focus on home market first

Saudi-based agricultural investment firm Agroinvest, which plans to raise 1 billion riyals ($267m) in January, will focus on its home market

Taqa, Etisalat lead loan rebound in Gulf as debt crisis ebbs

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co, the state-run utility known as Taqa, and Emirates Telecommunications Corp are planning at least $12bn

Qatar Central Bank expects 2010 economic growth of 16%

The economic growth of Qatar is expected to almost double this year to 16 percent, making it the fastest growing economy in the Middle East

Kuwait’s Global Q3 loss more than doubles

Kuwait's Global Investment House on Sunday said its loss for the third-quarter more than doubled, hurt by a sharp drop in the value of its investments
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