Dubai’s Jumeirah Group To Invest $2bn In Hotels Expansion

The expansion will see an addition of 4,300 hotels rooms over the next three years, state news agency WAM reported.

QP To Spend Around $11bn To Redevelop Offshore Oil Field

The project includes the expansion of a QP-owned gas processing plant at Mesaieed to help collect about 900 million cubic feet of sour gas per day.

Saudi Arabia Finds Another 32 MERS Cases As Disease Spreads

The rate of infection in Saudi Arabia has surged in recent weeks after big outbreaks associated with hospitals in Jeddah and Riyadh.

Dubai Fund ICD’s Financial Results Disclosed As It Readies Bond Sale

The fund had revenue of Dhs91.2 billion ($24.8 billion) for the six months ending June 30, 2013, compared with Dhs77.3 billion in the same period in 2012.

Dubai Charges Six Iranians With Businessman’s Kidnap

Abbas Yazdi, a businessman who owns a general trading company in Dubai, disappeared last June.

Serco Enters Middle East Defence Market With Qatar Deal

Serco will provide postgraduate-level military education courses for Qatar’s officers in the navy, army and air force, in partnership with Britain’s Ministry of Defence and King’s College London.

Abu Dhabi Telco Etisalat Seeks Banks To Arrange Debut Bond Deal – IFR

The plan is to use bond market financing to take out a bridge loan signed in connection with the acquisition.

Qatar Sees No Worrying Rise In Concentration Of Bank Lending

Qatar spent roughly 6.5 per cent of GDP on capital injections and other measures to maintain stability in its banking sector following the 2008 global credit crunch.

RAKBANK Ups Foreign Ownership Limit By 20%

The new FOL would be 40 per cent and aims to improve the liquidity available to foreign investors.

Dubai Holding Reveals 40 Plots For Mid-Range Hotels

The company plans to add budget hotels to meet growing demand

Kuwaiti Logistics Group Agility Q1 Net Profit Rises 11%

Agility made a profit of 11.24 million dinars ($40.04 million) in the first three months of 2014.

Etihad Does Not Need To Conduct Tender Offer For India’s Jet-Regulator

SEBI was examining whether the share sale agreement between the two airlines amounted to an acquisition of joint control in the Indian airline.

Saudi Arabia Crude Output Rises To 9.66m Bpd In April-Source

Saudi Arabia supplied 9.650 million bpd in April to the market, up from 9.533 million bpd in March, an industry source said.

UAE Federal Credit Bureau To Start In June – CEO

Al Etihad Credit Bureau has so far collected 22 to 24 months of data from around 70 credit data providers.

Emirates To Recover Dhs1bn Loss From Runway Closure Within The Year – Chairman

Up to 25 per cent of the carrier’s fleet will be grounded during the 80-day runway closure.

UAE To Increase Screening Of GCC Camel Shipments Over MERS Fears

All camel shipments from the GCC will be quarantined for 24 to 28 hours until the laboratory tests are conducted, the ministry said.

Saudi Arabia Plans New Pilgrimage Airport At Taif

Most of the several million haj pilgrims coming from abroad each year now arrive at a special terminal in Jeddah’s international airport.

Emirates Airline 2013 Profit Rises 43%

Emirates made a profit of Dhs3.3 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31, it said in a statement.

Saudi Arabia Finds Another 18 MERS Cases As Disease Spreads

The total number of infections nearly doubled in April and has risen by a further 21 percent already in May.

Bahrain’s GFH Appeals Kuwait Market Regulator Monitoring

Kuwait’s regulator noticed GFH stock traded in high volumes in May 2013, the Islamic investment firm said in a statement.

Dubai To Spend Dhs6bn By 2025 To Become Green Paradise

The emirate is also mulling a law that would mandate the private sector to develop green areas in the city, a senior municipality official said.

UAE’s Etisalat Expects To Close Maroc Telecom Deal On May 14

Etisalat has agreed to pay 4.2 billion euros for the stake.

Head Of Jeddah Hospital Replaced As Saudi Fights MERS Virus

The head of Jeddah’s King Fahd Hospital was replaced as WHO warned of “breaches” in infection prevention.

Arabtec’s Net Profit More Than Doubles

The Dubai-based contractor said is planning a series of acquisitions and mergers.

“Saudi Liberals” Website Founder Sentenced To 10 Years In Jail

Badawi was arrested in June 2012 and charged with cyber crime and disobeying his father.

Omantel Q1 Net Profit Rises 18%, Beats Estimates

Omantel attributed the profit rise to a 29 per cent increase in wholesale revenue.

Emaar Confirms Four Dubai Inns

The budget hotel rooms span 26 sqm, with prices around Dhs300 a night

Saudi’s Abdul Mohsen Al-Hokair Gets Regulator Nod For IPO

The IPO will be divided into two sections and conducted as a book-build offering, the statement said.

AECOM Wins $28m Jeddah Metro Contract

The company will supply pre-programme management consultancy services and staff.

Hyatt Launches New Dubai Hotel Concept, Eyes Gulf Expansion

The group will launch four new projects in the UAE and Saudi Arabia by 2015, officials said.