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New Zealand will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the GCC in April 2010, said a senior official. "We got approval from the GCC for negotiating for the free trade agreements in 2006 and started the first round of negotiations in July 2007. We were...
Tags: GCC, New Zealand, Auckland, Western Asia, Free trade area, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Persian Gulf states, Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Recovery in the GCC countries is set to gain momentum in the next two years and the region is not expected to lag in the global business cycle this time around, according to a new report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BoA ML) Global Research. "As...
Tags: GCC, Dubai, oil priced, consensus view, Mena & Frontiers Conference, shaped recovery, Qatar, Doha, Constitutional monarchies, Western Asia, United Arab Emirates, Stagflation, Price of petroleum, Persian Gulf states, Inflation, Arab League member states, Business Finance
Current account surpluses in the oil-rich GCC region have dropped by $50 billion to $350 billion, due to the fall in oil prices, and will shrink further by $150-200 billion next year, said a senior official of the International Monetary Fund However,...
Tags: account surpluses, current account, GCC, United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Financial crises, Stock market crashes, Economy of Singapore, Economic relations of Japan, Petrodollar recycling, International economics, International Monetary Fund, International development, Business Finance, Arabia, Peak oil, Persian Gulf states, Arab League member states, Western Asia
When Greg Osbourne was asked if he would consider increasing his work load, he didn’t hesitate. Osbourne, already the college’s men’s golf coach, reached a quick decision before informing Glendale college men’s Athletic Director John Cicuto and women’s...
Tags: Greg Osbourne, Kirt Kohlmeier, Athletic Director Terry Coblentz, Alexa Petroski, John Cicuto, GCC, Brittany Gonzales, Glendale, allnews
The UAE’s withdrawal from the Gulf monetary union was based on fundamental reservations including currency plans and the role of the monetary council, the UAE central bank chief said. “The UAE had fundamental and secondary reservations on the monetary...
Tags: UAE, monetary union, GCC, central banking, monetary policy, fundamental reservation, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Public finance, United Arab Emirates, Inflation, Central bank, Eco, Business Finance, Persian Gulf states, Macroeconomics
Countries in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region have taken strides in implementing e-government, but there is still substantial ground to cover. To successfully implement e-government, Mena nations must take a customer-centric approach and...
Tags: GCC, Mena, human resources, Shehadi, Ukraine, Business Finance, Middle East, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, E-Government, Social Issues, Politics
November 2009 Slower growth rates in Gulf oil producers because of post-crisis collapse in crude prices allied with weakening domestic demand and postponement of major projects will adversely affect the performance of companies in the region in the first...
Tags: oil prices, financial crisis, GCC, private sector, Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Financial crisis of 2007¬タモ2009, economics, Asian Financial Crisis, Late-2000s recession, Financial crises, Stock market crashes, Recessions, Business Finance
Gulf oil producers will push for finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) with Malaysia following a sharp increase in their economic, trade and investment relations, the region's private sector leader said yesterday. The six Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC)...
Tags: Malaysia, GCC, Abdul Rahim Hassan Naqi, Kuala Lumpur, Middle East, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Business Finance
The total value of construction projects for the commercial sector in the GCC between 2009 and 2010 is $34 billion and around two per cent of this spend, totalling over $710 million, will be within Oman, a latest research report said. The study carried...
Tags: office space, Oman, IDC, office projects, GCC, square metre, Muscat, Constitutional monarchies, Western Asia, United Arab Emirates, Persian Gulf states, Arab League member states, Arabia
In the current global economic scenario, the Middle East luxury market is proving to be a safe bet for luxury retailers worldwide. Luxury goods manufacturer Montblanc recently announced the opening of its boutique in Oman...In the coming months, the French...
Tags: Middle East, GCC, Van Cleef & Arpels, Oman, luxury retailers, Montblanc, Muscat, Constitutional monarchies, Western Asia, Van Cleef & Arpels, Persian Gulf states, Luxury brands, Arabia, Business Finance