Middle East News – Saudi Arabia seeks to avoid real estate ills
Saudi Arabia seeks to avoid real estate ills
The kingdom has taken a number of measures designed to ensure that it does not suffer the boom and bust travails of neighbouring Dubai’s property market
Iran’s Islamic Open University to open branch in Iraqi Kurdistan (Payvand Iran News)
Chairman of Expediency Council in a meeting with vice-president of Kurdistan Region in Iraq and secretary general of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said Iran’s Islamic Open University (IOU) would open its branch in the region.
Gulf gambles on a rosy future for aluminium
Middle East states are looking to the long term as they invest billions of dollars in smelters while prices for the product are at rock bottom and stocks are high
Mitchell due to meet Netanyahu
George Mitchell, the US Middle East envoy, is scheduled to meet Israel’s prime minister and foreign minister, in a bid to test the new government’s readiness to embark on a fresh regional peace effort
Iran’s IOU to open branch in Iraqi Kurdistan (Zawya)
16 April 2009 Chairman of Expediency Council said Iran’s IOU would open its branch in the region.
Arabtec Saudi Arabia Embarks On Its First Project in the Kingdom (Zawya)
KSA, Al Riyadh, 16 April 2009: Arabtec Construction Arabtec Construction LLC, a subsidiary of Arabtec Holding PJSC, announced yesterday that it has broken grounds on its first project in Saudi Arabia on 2 April 2009, less than one month after signing the MOU for the formation of Arabtec Saudi Arabia on 7 March, 2009.
Deutsche Bank appoints Joe Barchini as Chief Operating Officer for the UAE and Qatar (Zawya)
Dubai, 14 April 2009 – Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank announced today the appointment of Joe Barchini as Chief Operating Officer for the UAE and Qatar. Barchini will report to Mounir Husseini, Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank ’s Chief Country Officer for the UAE and Qatar, and Alexander Schuetz, Chief Operating Officer for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Saudis set aside $800m for foreign food
Saudi Arabia is putting $800m into a new public company that will invest in overseas agricultural projects
UAE s Bottled Water Industry Set to Sustain Growth by Boosting Capacity (Khaleej Times)
DUBAI – The UAE consumes more potable water per capita than any other country, and its bottled water industry is riding that wave.
A lesson in academic acumen
Sabis Educational Services is a family-owned Lebanese company which already runs 61 schools in 15 countries and has ambitious expansion plans
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