Emaar lifts Dubai index to 20-week high Arab News | Arab News | JEDDAH/DUBAI: Emaar Properties lifted the Dubai index to a 20-week closing high yesterday as most Gulf markets advanced on surging global sentiment and oil's climb to a new six-month peak. | Further gains are expected today, providing US stocks hold firm overnight, traders said. | Emaa...
Monetary union draft to be revised Arab News | Arab News | JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah announced yesterday that a draft agreement on a GCC monetary union would be revised to resolve differences between member countries. | In an interview with Kuwait's Alseyassah Arabic daily, King Abdullah hoped differences with the...
Over-priced Gulf stock markets could run out of steam Gulf News | Dubai: Gulf stock markets could suffer a double-digit correction as a slump in summer trading and little improvement in the wider economy spark selling across key sectors, analysts said. | Analysts warn the rally - four of seven markets are at...
Gulf states look east after EU trade deal hits wall Gulf News | Muscat: Gulf countries are expected to sign trade pacts with China, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand starting this year after talks with the European Union for a similar deal hit a wall, an Omani official said. | The Gulf Cooperation Council ...
Emaar lifts Dubai index to 20-week high Arab News | Arab News | JEDDAH/DUBAI: Emaar Properties lifted the Dubai index to a 20-week closing high yesterday as most Gulf markets advanced on surging global sentiment and oil's climb to a new six-month peak. | Further gains are expected today, providing U...
Monetary union draft to be revised Arab News | Arab News | JEDDAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah announced yesterday that a draft agreement on a GCC monetary union would be revised to resolve differences between member countries. | In an interview with Kuwait's Alseyassah Arab...
How I misspent my youth, by the BBC newsman Al Qaeda shot The Daily Mail | As the BBC's Security Correspondent, FRANK GARDNER - who was paralysed from the waist down after being shot by Al Qaeda sympathisers in Saudi Arabia in 2004 - is noted for his so...
OPEC sees $50 oil good for now Inquirer | KUWAIT -- Gulf OPEC producers see an oil price of about $50 a barrel as good enough for now given the global economic slowdown and the seasonal fall in fuel demand, a senior Gulf...
The interview: Frank Gardner The Observer | Frank Gardner wheels his chair into Carluccio's restaurant in Putney, south west London, with his walking frame worn around his neck - he knows how to make travelling heavy look light. Whenever he travels nowadays, he carries only the most modest r...
The interview: Frank Gardner The Guardian | The BBC security correspondent's recovery from a life-threatening attack by al-Qaida gunmen five years ago is little short of miraculous, as is his increased mobility. But far from dwelling on the past, he prefers to focus on the present - his pass...
Kuwaiti elections: Voters' views BBC News | Khaled al-Mashaan, Chairman and MD of Alargan Real Estate | I always vote, it's my duty. If people don't vote because they mistrust the system, well, we have to allow time for our young parliament to grow. It's a question of maturity. | My top issu...
The Saddam Files: His final interviews The Independent | Achievements | "Saddam stated he has served the Iraqi people for a very long time. He considers his greatest accomplishments to be the social programs for the citizens of Iraq and improvements in other sectors of the economy including enhancements to education, the healthcare system, industry, agriculture, and other areas that generally enhanced ...
