UAE Controls 17% of Arab GDP in 2010
The UAE accounted for nearly 17 % of the combined Arab GDP in 2010 and controlled around a third of the total…
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Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Launches Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2012
The arrival of Shaikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan -Vice Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council- marked the…
Orange Business Services Opens New Local Company in Saudi Arabia
Orange Business Services, the business services arm of France Telecom-Orange and one of the Middle East's major ICT…
GCC Foreign Assets To Reach $1.9trn
Net foreign assets held by Gulf states are forecast to soar to $1.9 trillion in 2012 as a result of high oil…
WH Smith Expands in GGC
UK retail giant WH Smith has announced expansion plans in the Gulf region as it looks to offset weakness on…
KSA Tops the List of Exporters to Arab Countries
Saudi Arabia topped the list of countries exporting to other Arab countries valued at $7.9 billion in 2011,…
ADX Closed Higher 0.23% Backed By Etisalat Gains
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) General Index closed 0.23% higher at 2,505.43 Tuesday. Market bellwether…
Takaful Still Growing By 23% Says Latest Figures
Latest comparative figures for Takaful, collated by the World Islamic Insurance Directory (WIID) released at the…
GCC Exports to Japan Increases by 40% in 2011
A sharp increase in oil prices boosted exports of goods by the UAE and five other Gulf hydrocarbon producers to…
Leaps and Bounds Drive ICT Industry to Grow
The UAE's ICT industry is growing by 25-30 per cent per year across all sectors including hardware, software,…
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