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Kuwaiti lawmakers criticize ruling family over squabbling

Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ :: Kuwait | 10 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Kuwaiti MPs criticized the ruling Al-Sabah family for feuding on Tuesday, warning that persistent infighting posed serious risks for the oil-rich Gulf emirate. “Disputes within the ruling family could be destructive to Kuwait,” liberal MP Abdullah al-Rumi...

Tags: Kuwaiti National Assembly, single currency, prime minister, Kuwait International Airport, minister sheikh, GCC, Gulf Cooperation Council, ruling family, gulf single, Kuwait, Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ, Currency, Middle East, Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Economic and monetary union, United Arab Emirates, Economic integration, Macroeconomics, Persian Gulf states, Western Asia, Government of Kuwait, National Assembly of Kuwait, House of Al-Sabah, Emirates, Politics, Arab League member states, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Currency union, Arabia, Marzouq Al-Ghanim, Kuwait National Assembly No-Confidence Votes, Political issues in Kuwait, Arab people, Musallam Al-Barrak, Adel Al-Saraawi

PG monetary council to be established in 2010

Sama :: Burkina Faso | 26 days ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The Saudi official added that Oman and the UAE were still in talks about the creation of the council. In June, 2009, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Bahrain signed an agreement to establish a joint monetary union council as a prelude to creating a joint...

Tags: National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwaiti, Kuwait Financial Forum, Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, UAE, single currency

Gulf Single Currency may Take Four Years

Dubai :: United Arab Emirates | about 1 month ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Four Gulf Arab states that are planning monetary union won�t be able to introduce a single currency for at least four years, Banque Saudi 
Fransi said. “We regard divergence of views among Gulf Cooperation Council states as a key factor holding back...

Tags: Banque Saudi Fransi, single currency

GFH CEO to consult with shareholders in Kuwait

Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ :: Kuwait | 2 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting held in Bahrain last September 10 during which Fahour outlined the significant strides GFH has taken in recent weeks and will continue to make in the weeks and months ahead. Key elements of the new strategy...

Tags: Kuwaiti, single currency, Kuwait, Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ

Gulf states 'must tackle slump alone'

Muscat :: Oman | 7 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi, UAE Central Bank Governor, said GCC members would discuss a new timetable for a common currency, but that response from each member to the downturn had been different. Gulf Arab central bankers gave little sign of a new timetable...

Tags: central banks, Central Bank of Oman, GCC, UAE Central Bank, Omani, single currency, monetary union

Gulf states extend single currency deadline

Manama :: Bahrain | 8 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar - have been working for years towards launching a single currency in 2010, a deadline that analysts and even policymakers had long said was untenable. "The physical currency, it will not be in 2010," Naser...

Tags: single currency, monetary union

Majority want to keep sterling

London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Britain joining the euro ten years after it was introduced, according to a poll published yesterday. Some 71 per cent of people are against entering the European single currency, with only 23 per cent in favour, the ICM survey for BBC Radio 4's The World...

Tags: ICM, european single, BBC Radio, icm survey, single currency, poll published, join euro

Euro rises versus dollar

London :: United Kingdom | 11 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

The euro rose against the dollar and remained close to parity versus sterling on Wednesday, the final trading day of 2008. In late morning trade, the European single currency climbed to 1.4087 dollars from 1.4068 dollars in New York late on Tuesday. Against...

Tags: yen, us dollar, single currency

Gulf states agree on monetary union

Muscat :: Oman | 11 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Gulf Arab states will maintain their 2010 deadline for a single currency, the secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has said. Leaders of GCC countries (Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain) approved...

Tags: Gaza Strip, monetary union, Israeli, gulf arabs, Gulf Cooperation Council, single currency, Central Bank of Oman, Omani, GCC, United Arab Emirates

Backgrounder: Pre-conditions for adoption of euro

Brussels :: Belgium | 11 months ago

Credibility Credibility of 5

Slovakia will adopt the euro on Jan. 1,when the European currency celebrates its 10th anniversary. It will be the third enlargement of the euro zone.     All European Union (EU) member states are eligible to join the euro zone. Slovakia secured its membership...

Tags: Slovakia, euro zone, European Union, 10th anniversary, single currency, basic facts, Robert Fico, 16th member

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