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BAHRAIN’s industries have been urged to minimise the quantities of waste they generate – either by recycling, reusing it or exporting it.
The GCC stock markets have generally recovered from last year’s downturn, but the overheating of the real estate sector might spell fresh trouble.
Bahrain-based Sharia-compliant insurance firm Takaful International is to expand its operations across the Gulf.
Bahrain-based Shamil Bank announced a record net income of $28.39 million for the first quarter of the year.
The leading Gulf International Exhibition for Construction, Interiors and Furniture, gulfBID 2007, is set to open on May 15 to 17 with a total of more than 190 exhibitors coming from 18 countries.
BATELCO chairman Shaikh Hamad bin Abdulla Al Khalifa announced a strong start to 2007 with a net profit of BD24.8 million, an increase of seven per cent for the first quarter of the year versus Q1 2006.
HDI Middle East and Africa (HDI-MEA), the world’s largest membership association for technical service and customer support professionals, has predicted that Middle Eastern call centre positions will increase by 30 per cent annually, as competitive costs, multi-lingual residents and tax incentives encourage companies to outsource their call centre and technical support operations to the region.
Bahrain Islamic Bank (BIsB) executive director for information technology Ashraf Shokry has won this year’s the FT Summit Award for the Middle East in 2007.
BAHRAIN-based Al Salam Bank announced the appointment of a highly-qualified and experienced professional to its senior management team.
