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| IDB increases its capital from $ 45 bn to $ 150 bn |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| The Islamic Development Bank Group has decided to increase its authorized capital from $ 45 billion (30 billion Islamic dinars) to $ 150 billion (100 billion dinars) on... |
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| New GCC tobacco tax could fuel growth of illicit trade |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| The dilemma facing GCC finance ministers as they deliberate over a 100 percent increase in duty on tobacco products is underlined by a White Paper published yesterday which spotlights growth... |
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| New Saudi Force in America! |
| Source : Al Hayat |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| It is not true that Saudi Arabia only looks at the present moment that is overflowing with oil, without keeping an eye on the future of the economy and the... |
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| Emirates NBD's Tier 1 bond due today |
| Source : Emirates 24/7 |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Emirates NBD, Dubai's largest lender, plans to price its first core capital-boosting bond on Wednesday, arranging banks said, amid strong demand for the imminent deal.... |
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| Emirates to increase flights to Colombo |
| Source : Emirates 24/7 |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, will increase capacity on its services to Colombo from June 30, 2013, with the addition of three more flights per week, the... |
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| Kuwait''s trade surplus with Japan narrows 11 pct in April |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan narrowed 11.1 percent in April to JPY 121.1 billion (USD 1.2 billion) from a year earlier, shrinking for the second month in a row, as... |
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| Kuwait Oil price drops to USD 100.81 pb |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Price of Kuwaiti crude oil dropped 24 cents to USD 100.81 per barrel on Tuesday compared to USD 101.05 pb on Monday, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said on Wednesday.... |
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| USD unchanged against Kuwaiti dinar at KD 0.286 |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Exchange rate of the US dollar stood unchanged at KD 0.286 while the euro went up against the Kuwaiti dinar to KD 0.369, said the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK)... |
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| Lebanese farmland firm to invest up to $800 million in Sudan |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to invest up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be sold to Saudi Arabia, its president said on Tuesday.... |
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| Civil Defense warns against electricity overload |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| The General Directorate of Civil Defense in Riyadh has warned citizens and residents in the capital against overloading electrical appliances, which leads to over-heating in the wires and connections and... |
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| Kashmir ready to host Saudi tourists |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Kashmir, the northwestern region in India, has often been called paradise on earth for its natural beauty. When it became a valley of conflict due to territorial disputes between India,... |
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| Omantel signs pact for new submarine cable |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Omantel has inked an agreement for another submarine cable, the "Bay of Bengal Gateway" submarine cable system (BBG). This new submarine cable will enhance the robustness and reliability of international... |
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| Nawras Musafir offers major savings on data roaming in GCC |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Nawras has announced the launch of Musafir, the first mobile data roaming solution designed to help customers stay online for less when travelling to any GCC country.
With prepaid and postpaid... |
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| Nawras invests RO 60m in first phase of network turbo charging |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Nawras telecommunications has invested nearly R0 60m in turbocharging its network the first phase of which extends from Al Bustan till beyond Al Musannah along the Batinah Coast.... |
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| al Mazyona rewards as 10 customers win RO 500,000 in quarterly prize draw |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| The 2013 al Mazyona savings scheme offering a prize basket of RO 7 million from Bank Muscat celebrated the first quarterly prize draw in which 10 customers covering all the... |
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| Bank Muscat's mBanking wins best mobile payment app in ME award |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, has won the 'Best Mobile Payment Application in the Middle East' award for its state-of-the-art mBanking mobile services.... |
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| Middle East's first solar EOR project commissioned |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| The first solar enhanced oil recovery project in the Middle East has been successfully commissioned at the Amal West field of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) yesterday.... |
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| OPWP to study co-location of power plant with Suwaiq water project |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP), the sole procurer of all new power generation and water desalination capacity in the Sultanate, says it will evaluate the potential for co-locating... |
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| Apartment rents skyrocket by 30% this year |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| In a surprising move, rent prices for apartments and villas shot up by 30 percent, according to real estate experts.... |
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| Free insurance cover for GCC remitters |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-22 |
| A newly introduced free life insurance scheme by a remittance company operating in the UAE will cater mainly to blue-collared migrant workers in the GCC region, besides the usual customers.... |
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