The deals include a $720 million package and agreements with Standard Chartered Bank and DBS Singapore.
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed again ranks first in the region on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s billionaires.
Hub designed to promote guest interaction, showcase arts and offer day-and-night F&B
A bomb detonated during a protest in a village west of the capital Manama.
Some 45 per cent of financial firms were victims of fraud last year, PwC’s 2014 global economic crime survey showed.
Land prices in areas such as Studio City rose 15 to 20 per cent.
Oman aims to raise gas output to an average of 120 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d) over the five-year period from 2014 through 2018, according to an official.
The Court of First Instance fined Ahmed Yousef Behbehani after a complaint by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA).
The current regulations only allow small shipments, such as parcels sent by online retailers, to be cleared by customs.
The 91 per cent acceptance means Al-Futtaim will hold 533 million shares in CMC, which distributes Ford, Suzuki and Volkswagen vehicles among other brands in the region.
Saudi Arabia is holding thousands of foreign workers who failed to correct irregularities in their work visas before an amnesty expired in November last year.
Revenue for the group, which operates three hospitals and 12 clinics in the UAE, rose 12.5 per cent year-on-year to $365 million in 2013.
The mall will be built in phases with the first phase measuring almost 300,000 square feet.
The airline benefited from a 30 per cent increase in partnership revenues, to $820 million, as its equity alliance stable rose to seven airlines.
Talks between the airlines intensified last month and sources close to the matter said Etihad might be interested in buying a stake of up to 40 per cent in the Italian carrier.
Etihad would have to be convinced that Alitalia could be moved to profitability, the Abu Dhabi airline’s CEO James Hogan told reporters.
The low-cost airline announced full-year 2013 net profit of Dhs222.8 million.
The bank will seek shareholder approval for its sukuk programme at a meeting on March 19 and regulatory approval thereafter, local media reported.
Continued tensions in Ukraine have caused energy prices to rise and financial markets to decline.
Regulators around the world are increasing their scrutiny of Islamic finance, including the boards of sharia scholars who rule on whether activities follow religious principles.
Shell Oman Marketing Company previously supplied half of Oman Air’s fuel at Muscat airport.
The enterprise solutions provider signed deals with STC and Etisalat at the Mobile World Congress.
Low-cost carrier about to step into the aviation breach following RAK Airways’ closure
KUNA gave no details on the surgery, but said Sheikh Sabah would remain in hospital for “the normal period of recuperation”.
Saadan joined Aramco in 1980 and has worked as vice-president of corporate planning and chief executive of the Aramco-Exxon Mobil refinery in Yanbu.
Guests numbers at Abu Dhabi hotels reached 276, 970 during January with hotels earning Dhs522 million in revenues.
The firm will construct nine turnkey substations for Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation’s phase 11 expansion.
Around 114 expatriate employees in civil services have been replaced to date while the remaining 480 positions will gradually be given to Omanis by 2015, an official said.
The Gulf carrier will initially operate the extra flights on two three-class Boeing 777-300ERs, leased from partner Jet Airways, and from May 1, Jet Airways will take over the service
The developer said that it will auction off residential plots ranging from 7,750 to 8,700 square feet on March 4.