India aims to double trade with Arab world The Hindu | Special Correspondent | - PHOTO: S. SUBRAMANIUM | EXIT TIMING: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma (right) with FICCI President Rajan Bharti Mittal (centre) and Ahmed Benhelli, Deputy Secretary General, League of Arab States, at the second India-Arab Investment Projects Conclave i...
Abu Dhabi's tourism industry urged to go digital Middle East Online ABU DHABI - Stakeholders in Abu Dhabi’s expanding tourism industry are to be coached in digital marketing as experts pinpoint a rising trend in visitors pre-booking experience in advance of arriving in their destination of choice. | In a move to capitalise on web-marketing’s ability to increase sale...
Lebanese commercial banks' assets reach $115 billion at end of 2009 Daily Star Lebanon | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: The consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks operating in Lebanon shows that total assets reached $115.2 billion at the end of 2009, up 22.3 percent from the end of 2008, ...
Islamic finance offers London a chance it must not miss The Times | The announcement by Thomson Reuters that it plans to launch an Islamic Finance internet portal in 2010 is a clear affirmation of the commercial significance to the global economy of the growing interest in Islamic finance and banking. It confirms t...
Trade gap with Arab block to narrow DNA India | New Delhi: Export-import transactions with the Arab block, India’s largest trade partner, may close the fiscal down 14% year on year despite a drop of more than 35% seen during the six months to September. | Even better, trade numbers could d...
Oil near $72 amid US cold snap, Iran tensions Kansas City Star More News | Oil prices rose near to $72 a barrel Monday in Asia after hitting a two-month low last week, boosted by tensions over Iran's nuclear program and persistently cold weath...
UAE inflation hits 9-yr low in 2009 The Guardian * Inflation 1.5 pct y/y in 2009 vs 12.3 pct in 2008 * Consumer prices -0.4 pct y/y in Dec vs 0.17 pct in Nov * Prices -0.7 pct m/m vs +0.4 pct-preliminary data (Adds details, backg...
Etisalat debuts Collect Call service in the UAE Khaleej Times Etisalat introduced and innovative 'Collect Call' service, designed to make it easier for customers to connect with friends and family with calls charged to the call receiver. | Et...
A small victory: Economic Development in Pakistan Newsvine | THE recent conference in London to chart the future course for Afghanistan produced a small victory for Pakistan. Islamabad had insisted for many years that a long-term, stable solution to the 30-year-old Afghan problem could only be found if some ...
Iran's uranium enrichment: a really bad development' The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- Iran told the United Nations' nuclear watchdog Monday it will begin producing purer uranium, a step experts said could bring Tehran significantly closer to having the fuel for a nuclear weapon. | Iran plans to enrich uranium at its Na...
