Arabian Business

OIL & GAS News 

Modest oil price recovery to boost GCC growth, says IMF

October 6, 2016 Ebrahim Arabian Business, GCC, Middle East, Oil and Gas, wck

Modest recovery in oil prices is unlikely to improve growth prospects for Middle East oil exporting economies, with projected average

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Construction Projects in Kuwait. Construction Projects in Middle East International Construction Projects Kuwait Economy 

Kuwait’s KIPCO starts construction on multi-billion dollar real estate project

September 26, 2016 Ebrahim Arabian Business, Kuwait, New projects in Kuwait

Kuwait Projects Co (KIPCO), the Gulf state’s largest investment company, said on Sunday construction had begun on its $2-$2.5 billion

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Kuwait Economy 

Kuwait shows ‘willingness’ to push through reforms, says IMF.

December 8, 2015 WCK Arabian Business, GCC, IMF, Kuwait, Kuwait shows 'willingness' to push through reforms, Middle East, petrodollar, says IMF, wck

Kuwait’s government is showing a willingness to push forward fiscal reforms including subsidy cuts needed to support its currency in

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Construction Projects in Kuwait. 

Kuwait sovereign wealth fund may sell assets to cover deficit.

October 12, 2015October 13, 2015 WCK Arabian Business, Future Generations Fund, Kuwait Economy, Kuwait sovereign wealth fund may sell assets to cover deficit, Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund, The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), wck

Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund, one of the world’s largest, is considering selling assets to cover a state budget deficit caused

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Kuwait Economy 

Kuwait to raise up to $3.3bn annually from new companies tax.

October 6, 2015 WCK Arabian Business, International Monetary Fund (IMF), KUNA, Kuwait Economy, Kuwait to raise up to $3.3bn annually from new companies tax, Shahid Mahmood, wck

Kuwait expects to raise between KD800 million and KD1 billion ($2.6-3.3 billion) every year when a new corporation tax is

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Kuwait deficit rises to $3.62bn in five months.

September 27, 2015 WCK Arabian Business, GCC, Kuwait, Kuwait deficit rises to $3.62bn in five months, Kuwait Economy, Middle East, wck

Kuwait’s budget deficit in the first five months of its fiscal year stood at 1.094 billion dinars ($3.62 billion) after

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Non Professional News. 

‘Reem Island Ghost’ executed for killing American teacher.

July 15, 2015 WCK 'Reem Island Ghost' executed for killing American teacher, Arabian Business, Middle East, UAE, wck, worldcentre kuwait

The United Arab Emirates executed a UAE woman convicted of terrorism early on Monday after the militant-inspired killing of an

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Construction Projects in Kuwait. 

Saudi Arabia summons Iran ambassador after poisoning of Saudis.

June 10, 2015 WCK Arabian Business, Iran, Kuwaiti Economy, Middle East, Saudi Arabia summons Iran ambassador after poisoning of Saudis, SAUDI ECONOMY, Shi'ite Islam, UAE Economy, wck, worldcentre kuwait

Saudi Arabia summoned Iran’s ambassador on Tuesday after four Saudis died from poisoning in the northeast Iranian city of Mashhad,

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Non Professional News. 

100 most powerful Arabs under the Age of 40.

April 19, 2015 WCK $8bn Kuwaiti conglomerate MA Al Kharafi & Sons, 100 most powerful Arabs under the Age of 40., 37-year-old Hassan Al Thawadi, Arab money, Arab Nations, Arabian Business, as well as English Premier League team Manchester City, Egypt’s Jawad Nabulsi, followed by Emirati media boss Noura Al Kaabi (36)., humanitarian, Kuwait’s Bader Al Kharafi, The entrepreneur, The UAE’s Khaldoon Al Mubarak (39), was fourth in the list, who runs Abu Dhabi investment fund Mubadala, worldcentre kuwait

Egypt’s Jawad Nabulsi has been named the world’s most influential young Arab, according to a new ranking published by Arabian

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OIL & GAS News 

“We have to live either $80 or with $60,” says Kuwait oil minister.

November 27, 2014 WCK " says Kuwait oil minister, # Oman’s Khazzan gas field, #"We have to live either $80 or with $60, #Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, ANZ bank, Arabian Business, Bahrain, Kuwait, Kuwait Shale gas, Oman, OPEC, OPEC CLUB, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Shale Gas, strategic petroleum reserves (SPR), UAE

Kuwait’s oil minister said on Wednesday the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) member will have to accept any

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Construction Projects in Kuwait. 

Oil giant Shell sells $1.1 billion of natural gas assets to Kuwait.

January 21, 2014 WCK # Shell, # world Oil Market, #Oil giant Shell sells $1.1 billion of natural gas assets to Kuwait., #oil nad gas, Arabian Business, Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company

World oil giant Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it had agreed to sell stakes in a gas project in

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Construction Projects in Middle East 

The Top 25 developers in the GULF Countries.

October 7, 2013 WCK Arabian Business, Arabian Wealth, Construction Business, Oil and Gas works, Oil and Gas Works in GCC, Oil and Gas Works in Iran, Oil and Gas Works in Iraq, Oil and Gas Works in Kuwait, Oil and Gas Works in Oman, Oil and Gas Works in Pakistan, Oil and Gas Works in Qatar, Oil and Gas Works in Saudi Arabia, Oil and Gas Works in UAE, The Top 25 developers in the GULF Countries.

It’s a well-established maxim that within typical property and construction cycles, it is the developers who feel the pain of

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Kuwait Finance House sells properties worth $298m

December 9, 2012 WCK Arabian Business, Kuwait Economy, Kuwait Finance House, Kuwait Financial Markets

Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has announced the sale of 16 real estate assets for KD84m ($298m) as it reorganises its

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