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| Budget rejected in pay rise row |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Parliament has refused to approve the national budget, already delayed by six months, because it does not include 15 per cent pay rises for 45,000 civil servants.... |
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| National drugs database plea |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain has been urged to set up a national database of prescription drugs in a bid to tighten controls on the supply of painkillers.... |
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| WHO reports a healthy outlook... |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain is on track to achieve most of its key health targets related to the Millennium Development Goals, according to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report.... |
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| Budget set back |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| MPs have vetoed the national budget in a vote that could see up to 350,000 Bahrainis miss out on financial benefits.... |
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| Bapco wins top award for project |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bapco's replacement of steam turbo-generators at the No 2 power plant project has been named as the GCC power and water desalination project of the year.... |
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| IMF: Bahrain needs to cut public debt after 2012 spending boost |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain, which last year boosted state spending, urgently needs to reform its economy to stop its debt burden becoming unsustainable, The International Monetary Fund said.... |
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| Oman's economy up 11.6% |
| Source : Emirates 24/7 |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Strong oil prices and high public spending boosted Oman's GDP by nearly 11.5 per cent in current prices in 2012 and both oil and non-oil sectors recorded high growth rates.... |
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| Sri Lanka eyes UAE investments |
| Source : Emirates 24/7 |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Sri Lanka offers numerous investments opportunities to foreign investors as the country is open for investment in manufacturing, trading, tourism and services sectors, said Rishad Bathiudeen, Minister of Industry and... |
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| Not in Kuwait |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| When I see the main headlines in the newspapers, including those about electricity power cuts, deportation of a million expats in 10 years, the jumbo sized mistake with Dow Chemicals,... |
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| ENBD to tap debt markets |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Emirates NBD (ENBD), Dubai's biggest lender, plans to tap global debt markets for its first capital-boosting bond issue, as Gulf banks take advantage of tight pricing and high investor demand... |
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| Firm sponsors major report |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Silah Gulf, the Bahrain-based business process outsourcing and customer experience provider serving the GCC region, is sponsoring the Global Contact Centre Benchmarking Report.... |
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| Insurance issues probed |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Company (BKIC) conducted a seminar on construction insurance at InterContinental Regency Hotel.... |
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| Dnata buys stake |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Dnata, the airlines services arm of Emirates, has bought out Air France-KLM's stake in an Italian joint venture catering business, it said in a statement yesterday.... |
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| Consolidation urged by IMF |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain, which last year boosted state spending urgently, needs to reform its economy to stop its debt burden becoming unsustainable, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said.... |
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| Global Sharia board urged by institution |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| The Islamic Development Bank (IDB), a Jeddah-based multilateral institution, has called for the creation of a global Sharia advisory board that can offer greater uniformity for the Islamic finance industry,... |
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| Kuwait in accord to buy 25 planes |
| Source : Gulf Daily News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| State-owned Kuwait Airways said it had signed an initial agreement with Airbus to buy 25 new aircraft and take an option on 10 more in the biggest overhaul of its... |
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| Kuwait Capital Market Authority appoints new 29 auditors |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| The Kuwait Capital Market Authority (CMA) approved Thursday the appointment of 29 new auditors to examine records and financial accounts of the companies subject to the CMA law.... |
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| Bahrain to host Islamic funds and investment meet |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| More than 400 key players, regulators and thought leaders in the global Islamic funds and investments industry are set to gather in the Kingdom of Bahrain on the 27th and... |
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| Emaar's villa sales revenue doubles |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Emaar Properties announced on Thursday that its first-quarter revenue from villa sales doubled from a year earlier in line with a general upswing in demand and prices of luxury villas.... |
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| Solar energy is among QNRS' top challenges |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Developing or deploying at least 2% solar energy has been identified by the Qatar National Research Strategy (QNRS) Forum 2013 as one of the six grand challenges to be addressed... |
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