Smartphones To Stir $689b Retail Store Sales By ’16
Smartphones currently influence 5.1 percent of annual retail store sales, translating into $159 billion in…
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Jordan’s Arab Bank Group H1 Net Profits Rise 10 Pct
Jordan's Arab Bank Group saw its first-half net profits rise by 10 percent to $360 million compared with the same…
Hotels In Middle East Log Double Digit Growth In H1
Middle East hoteliers have reported improving occupancy and average room rates (ADR) boosted by double-digit demand…
UAE 3rd Most Competitive Economy In Middle East
The UAE ranks as the third most competitive economy in the region after Qatar and Saudi Arabia, according to the…
GCC To Invest $100b In Five Years To Combat Water Shortage
GCC governments have earmarked more than $100 billion in their water sectors between 2011 and 2016 to improve…
Arab Incubators Help Web Ventures Hatch
Just over a decade after the Arab world's first wave of internet companies began to sweep across the Middle East,…
National Bank Of Kuwait Reports Net Profits Of $431.M In The First Half Of 2012
National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), the largest Kuwaiti bank and the highest-rated in the Middle East, reported net…
STC, Huawei Jointly Launch Ascend P1 Series In Saudi Arabia
Saudi Telecom Co. ( STC ) and Huawei have joined forces for the much anticipated Saudi launch of the Huawei Ascend…
Middle East Lags World In 2012 Tourism Growth
The Middle East saw a one percent increase in international tourist arrivals in the first four months of 2012…
Daniel Ernst: US-Egypt Ties Don’t Have a Double Standard
In his interview with Al Shaab Yoreed talk show, Daniel Ernst, the U.S. Department of State's Regional Deputy…