Investment in Bahrain grows amid global crisis

The volume of Bahrain’s investment capital has soared by 22.3 percent to top BD15.3 billion ($40.5bn), it has been revealed.
New figures were released by Industry and Commerce Minister Dr Hassan Fakhro at a cabinet meeting on Sunday which also showed that the number of commercial registrations had increased by nine percent as the Gulf nation bucked the global economic gloom.
The report also revealed a fall in the number of commercial violations, Gulf Daily News reported on Monday without giving further details.