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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    
GCC Rail Projects Provide Huge Opportunities for Rail and Related Global Businesses [14 May 2009]  
Apart from about 4000km long rail tracks criss-crossing the GCC states, there are several other railway projects in progress and coming up across Gulf region. France, China, the US, UK and India alrea  ...More
Tags: GCC     rail projects    
Saudi Arabian Citizenship for Long-term Expats [14 Jul 2009]  
According to sources, Saudi Arabia is understood to have informed the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Geneva-based world labour body that it has plans of considering its expats into natur  ...More
Tags: Saudi Arabia     ILO     GCC    
India Awaits Major Surge in Investments from the GCC [23 Nov 2009]  
The Indian Ambassador to Qatar, Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa told the 12th Industrialists’ Conference, organised by the Gulf Organisation for Industrial Consulting that her country was expecting a surge in in  ...More
Tags: India    investment    GCC    Qatar    FDI    
GCC to Perk Up on Low Realty Cost [22 Dec 2009]  
In a recent report by AT Kearney, a leading global management consulting firm stated Dubai's capacity to "rebound fast should not be underestimated, with low real estate prices at offer now”. It furth  ...More
Tags: GCC    Dubai    Economy    China    India    UAE    Dubai    
GCC Becomes the Largest Food Importer [17 Feb 2010]  
According to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the GCC is the biggest importer of food in the world by buying more than 90 percent of its total needs. The GCC’s very high reliance on external food s  ...More
Tags: GCC    WTO    food importer    BMI    UAE    
GCC Puts Oil and Gas Exports at $18.3tn [24 May 2010]  
The head of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) while addressing the second day of the MENASA (Middle East, North Africa and South Asia) Forum in Dubai said with the presumption of average oil  ...More
Tags: GCC     oil     stock     crude     finance     Dubai    
Kuwait Out-reaches to South America for Bettering Ties [14 Jul 2010]  
A high profile delegation headed by the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Nasser Al Mohammed will begin its tour of South America on Wednesday. The three-week trip to nine countries including Antigua an  ...More
Tags: Kuwait     KUNA     Al Sammak     KCCI     GCC     America    
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    
Kuwait Enhances Infra-structure to Match Others in the Region [03 Jan 2011]  
After slow progress in infra-structural development in Kuwait in recent years, the state has planned to expedite all projects including the development of Boubyan seaport, better known as Mubarak Al-K  ...More
Tags: GCC     Kuwait     Airports     Seaports     Shipping     Flights    
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