Business Weekly

Business Weekly




Tashyeed appoints Asteco to boost sales

January 9 - 15, 2008
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Bahrain-based company Tashyeed Properties appointed Asteco as its sales representative for the company's new residential development that will be unveiled shortly.





Instrata Capital names Townsend as executive director

January 9 - 15, 2008
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Instrata Capital, the Bahrain-based alternative asset management firm, announced the appointment of Patrick Townsend, pictured at right, as executive director on Monday.





Some undesirables pop up with affluence

January 9 - 15, 2008
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When a single bargain struck by a trader on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange took oil to the $100 milestone last week it sent tremors across the world particularly to big oil consumers such as the US, China and India.





Oil price pushed to record high over $100 by 'vanity trade'

January 9 - 15, 2008
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A maverick oil trader in New York has aroused the ire of colleagues by enacting a "vanity trade" which first pushed the price of a barrel of crude over the crucial benchmark of $100.





Batelco launches O-net

January 9 - 15, 2008
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Batelco started the New Year with the launch of O-net Mobile Broadband, its first HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) service to customers in Bahrain.