Business News, 16th October 2008
Jet and Kingfisher
form alliance to battle high costs
French firm to fit
out control tower at Abu Dhabi airport
UNB profit up
63.5% in first nine months
Don't panic, GCC
markets will recover in the long run
Seeking a safe harbour for investment?
Mass developments
put pressure on infrastructure
Daman chief
bullish on Dubai's debt
MAF offers new
credit card with lots of discounts
Advertising
industry expects healthy growth in spending
Rotana to build 500-room budget hotel in Dubai World Central
ESI revenue grows
135% to Dh3b
UAE bourses
reverse gains as investors book profits
Investors expected
slump in markets
Bahraini shares
down 1% as banks post profits
Saudi market slump
felt in Oman
Experts call for
action amid Saudi mutual fund crash
Liquidity worries
wipe out Indian share gains
Oil prices fall to
13-month lows
Gitex sees 20% growth despite global financial meltdown
Intel announces a
leap of 8% in its revenue
UAE to form
national railway entity
Foreign Investors’
Trading
Patterns to be
Studied: ADX
Abraaj Capital Acquires Stake
in Karachi
Electric Supply Co
Tight Credit
Affects World
Trade, Say
Shipping Lines
Ad Industry to
Shift from ‘Very Fast to Fast Mode’
UNB Earns Dh1.37b
Profit in 9 months
Majid Al Futtaim Group Launches Credit
Card Company
Alabbar Co-chair of Inaugural WEF’s Global Agenda Summit
Commercial Bank of
Qatar Net profit Up 55 Per Cent
Ramada Makkah Opens in Saudi Arabia
Noor Islamic Bank
Offers Services at Terminal 3
Thales Gets Air
Traffic Control Tower Contract
EDC Represents UAE
at World Export Development Forum in Switzerland
India Stocks Fall;
Metal Producers Drop on Lower Demand, Prices
India Heading into
Rough Weather
Money market
strains ease as policy kicks in
Arab stock markets
drop after two days of gains
U.S. retail sales,
inflation fall; factories weak
Banks ask UK govt to lift dividend ban
Oil falls to
13-month low on economic weakness
Oct. US auto sales
tracking below 12 mln
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