Greg Young says the rebranding is crucial to the Omani telecom operator’s future success.
The burden of supporting Syria’s displaced citizens has dampened business and investor confidence in Lebanon.
Widely seen as a failed state, Yemen remains one of the gravest threats to stability in the Gulf and beyond.
The electric-powered hop-in-hop-off system, slated to begin operations in early 2015, will run for seven kilometers.
Investment, risk, opportunity, diversification and sustainability are the key tenants of any SME business strategy, according to Sailesh Nathan, regional director SME Chamber of India.
Differences still exist between the six GCC states over issues relating to Egypt, Libya and Iran.
The company building Dubai’s mega theme park complex saw its share prices fall nine per cent on Wednesday.
News outlet Al Arabiya tops the list with over six million followers for its breaking news Twitter handle.
Dubai’s Omniyat broke ground on a 225-unit tower in Dubai Maritime City on Tuesday, which the developer valued at Dhs600 million ($163 million).
The duty free shopping centre, situated in Lagos, is scheduled to be completed by 2016.
A chicken farm backed by Qatari investors will have capacity to produce 45 million kgs of chicken meat by 2018.
The decree said the reshuffle was in preparation for the Kingdom’s 2015 budget, which is expected to be announced late this month.
US investment bank Morgan Stanley said oil prices could fall as low as $43 a barrel next year.
Iran’s defence expenditure will rise 33.5 per cent to about 282 trillion rials, most of which will be assigned to the elite Revolutionary Guards.
The new innovation centre will help the industry to develop solutions that address challenges ranging from climate change to resource scarcity, and also help advance scientific discovery.
The Gulf’s largest companies by market capitalisation, revenues and countries, as researched by Markaz.
Halliburton’s takeover bid for Baker Hughes will have an impact far beyond US shores, writes Matein Khalid, a global equities investor and advisor to regional family offices.
OPEC’s relevance exists even if it doesn’t announce ambitious production-cutting agreements, writes Reuters’ columnist John Kemp.
Credit reform is well underway in the UAE with the Al Etihad Credit Bureau becoming fully operational.
The suspect has been identified as a 38-year-old Emirati woman.
The Huangs were arrested in January 2013 after an autopsy found their daughter died of dehydration and cachexia.
Saudi Arabia’s index rose 0.7 per cent while other Gulf markets declined.
The hotel will reportedly be owned by Al Habtoor Group but operated by Hilton Group, according to its current owner Steve Horve.
The Hartland International School, the first educational venture by Sobha, is slated to open in September 2015.
Brent hit a high of $71.46 a barrel on Wednesday before giving up some gains and moving close to $71.
The network will deliver speeds of up to 225 Mbps, nearly double the average 4G speed in certain parts of Doha.
US officials said that all the requirements have been met for Matthew and Grace Huang to leave the country.
The government gets about 90 per cent of its revenue from oil exports.
Saudi Arabia cut prices for crude sold to Asia in four of the past five months, part of its strategy in a fight for market share against non-OPEC producers.
Both U.S. crude and Brent have fallen for five straight months.