The board of directors for Saudi Aramco and Dow Chemical Co. visited the Sadara Chemical Company complex to view the progress of the mega project in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The chemicals and plastics complex, based in Jubail, is 98 percent finished.…
The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) Industrial Sector Committee hosted a consultative meeting to evaluate the International Standard Industrial Classification for all of the economic activities (ISIC4). The goal…
Space and aviation industry leaders in Saudi Arabia and India said their industries are good opportunities for foreign direct investment projects. “For those people who have cash in their pockets,…
Grandstream Networks, which offers SIP unified communication solutions, recently partnered with Baud Telecom, the leading supplier for integrated solutions in Saudi Arabia, to expand Grandstream’s footprint in Saudi Arabia. Installers,…
The Qatar Tourism Authority estimates that the Qatar tourism industry will reach $7.2 billion by 2025, based on the country seeing 3 million visitors in 2015 and expecting 4 million…
Saudi Arabia saw softwood lumber imports increase 24 percent between 2014 and 2015, Woodstat, a statistics firm that tracks changes in the forestry and lumber industries around the world, recently…
The Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) recently released its important provisions and action plan for the next several months. The DIAC board discussed details about implementing the Islamic arbitration window…
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry partnered with the Economist Intelligence Unit to publish “A Common Wealth: Building Gulf-CIS Ties” to emphasize investment opportunities in trade relations between the…
The most recent stage of the successful United Arab Emirates-Pacific Partnership Fund (UAE-PPF) involved completing a solar power project in Vanuatu in the South Pacific. This is the sixth Pacific project…
The Astana International Financial Center recently announced that it intends to use the model of the Dubai International Financial Center to improve its reliability and establish Astana and CIS as…
The United Arab Emirates presented information about integrated economic solutions that could create strategic planning options for Commonwealth of Independent States at the recent Commonwealth of Independent States Global Business…
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Middle East has released its most recent tax survey that suggests that streamlining and clarifying Saudi Arabian taxes and business regimes could help the area’s businesses gain new…
Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry leaders recently stepped up their efforts to prepare for the fifth Dubai-Hamburg Business Forum set for March 22 in the Dubai chamber’s headquarters. The…
The Oman International Development and Investment Company Co. SAOG (Ominvest) was named a diamond sponsor for the Oman Economic Forum on March 23 and 24. This year’s forum, titled “Oman: a…
Global Traveler Magazine, a top business and luxury travel magazine, awarded Saudia its Publisher’s Recognition Award for Service Excellence and Reliability. Global Traveler Publisher Francis Gallagher said the airline’s ongoing improvements…
Saudi Arabia’s senior bankers and government leaders are scheduled to gather in May at the 11th Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference in Riyadh, allowing the leaders to make plans for some…
SPARK, a nongovernmental organization that helps ambitious young people become leaders through entrepreneurship and higher education, and Silatech, a regional social organization that connects Arab youth to careers, have announced an…
EQUATE Petrochemical Company, the first international joint-venture petrochemical company in Kuwait, sponsored the recent 3rd Research & Innovation Summit 2016 in Dubai. The Gulf Petrochemicals & Chemical Association (GPCA) organized…
Export Development Canada has invested $373,000 in Tower Solutions, an engineering, design and installation company, to deliver a new contract based in Saudi Arabia. Tower Solutions specializes in portable towers that…
Aluminium Bahrain BSC (Alba), the leading international aluminium smelter in Bahrain, recently said it has finished Phase I of Project Titan, a two-year efficiency program, and saved $148 per metric ton,…
Council of Saudi Chambers Secretary General Khalid Al Otaiby met with Mayor Erion Veliaj of Tirana, Albania, to discuss areas of economic collaboration between the two countries. The two leaders sought to…
Italy’s Finmeccanica attended the Bahrain Air Show 2016 as one company for the first time. Finmeccanica, a high technology industrial and aerospace business in Italy, is in the process of…
PA Resources AB agreed to sell its North Sea assets to Oman-based Petrogas E&P. The assets, which make up 24 percent of PA Resources’ interest in license 12/06 based in…
Elian, which specializes in corporate and fund services and international finance, recently agreed to purchase SFM Europe, a top supplier of corporate services that has trillions of dollars worth of assets.…
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met recently in Washington to talk about regional issues involving Syria’s conflict, the military coalition led…
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