Business News, 16th October 2008

 

 

Gulf News

 

 

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?

Tips to protect your business

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

Fears of recession grow

Experts call for action amid Saudi mutual fund crash

Leaders press for reforms

Liquidity worries wipe out Indian share gains

Pakistan rupee hits new low

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

 

 

Khaleej Times

 

 

Foreign Investors’ Trading Patterns to be Studied: ADX

Abraaj Capital Acquires Stakein 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

 

 

Arabian Business

 

MEP sector needs sustainable growth

Dutco Balfour Beatty opens HSE centre

Sunland Group launches The Atrium

Webb and Erbas contracted on Saadiyat Island

Boucheron’s latest boutique

RMJM to masterplan Madinat Al Soor

Strata appoints regional director

New Yotel in Amsterdam

Al-Qaeda's number two in Iraq killed - US

Waha to significantly boost $5.5bn investment plan

ADX may act to curb 'hot money'

CBQ sees profit jump 36%

Campana Brothers win designer of the year award at Design Miami

Ford shows off SYNC in-car information

Glaxo buys Bristol-Myers Egypt unit for $210mn

Iraq, Turkey in talks over spate of air strikes

Syria, Lebanon formally establish diplomatic ties