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GCC to Ward off the Fears of Fiscal Deficit, if Current Oil Prices Stay Afloat [13 Apr 2009]  
According to the Middle East oil experts, the current crude prices in the realm of $50/barrel will help GCC to avoid a potential budget deficit as announced by the latest bulletin of the Emirates Indu  ...More
Tags: gcc     oil price     gulf    
Migrant Workers Fuel e-Wallet Growth in the Gulf [24 Feb 2010]  
The current mobile phone finance players and aspiring entrants are vying among one another to extract a higher share of the future market of mobile payments, the latest mode of payment among migrant w  ...More
Tags: fuel    Gulf    VAS    business    Sweden    
Cameroon Pet Fishers Start to Earn More via WB-backed Project [01 Apr 2010]  
A sustainable aquaculture program developed by the World Fish Centre (WFC) with the sponsorship from the World Bank (WB) is bringing about a change among the ornamental fishing communities of Cameroon  ...More
Tags: Cameroon    fish    WFC    World Bank    Africa    Gulf    
Dubai Free Zone Firms Pick up Pace on Global Recovery Cues [24 Aug 2010]  
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in its latest release said that the firms within Dubai's free zones had traded $30.5bn worth of exports and re-exports last year to register a whopping 40.7  ...More
Tags: Dubai     Jebel Ali     DAFZ     Ras Al Khaimah     Gulf    
Terror Fear to Step-up Middle East Spend on Security Systems [18 Nov 2010]  
According to an industry expert, the increasing fear of terror strikes is compelling public as well as private sector in the Middle East to enhance their outlay on security systems and related technol  ...More
Tags: Security Systems    Gulf    Middle East    Intersec    
AMED Meet Makes Thailand a Venue for Asian Integration [15 Dec 2010]  
The ongoing 3rd Asia and Middle East Dialogue (AMED III) which is held at Bangkok has catapulted Thailand as a major business hub in the continent. The meeting scheduled between 15 and 16 December att  ...More
Tags: AMED     GCC     Gulf     Trade     Thailand     Middle East    
Joblessness Stirs Saudization sans Reflecting on Root Cause [06 Jan 2011]  
Saudi Arabias high unemployment rate has once again sparked off an outcry for Saudization after the recent data showed about 43 percent of kingdoms citizens aged between 20 and 24 years were unemploye  ...More
Tags: Saudi Arabia    Middle East    GCC    Jobs    Gulf Employment