Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
While the GCC states barring Oman assert they would put in place a currency union by 2010, they have conveniently skirted the key question - when would the countries have a common currency.
Tuareg Capital, the private equity group with focus on Libya and Capital Management House, said that their investment initiative, the Libya Fund, via TAB Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of the fund has acquired a majority interest in Etelaf Oil Services, a Libyan based oil service company.
The Russians have undermined Opec's attempts to talk down the oil market by warning that crude prices could almost double to $250 a barrel within 18 months.
Abulhakeem Alkhayyat was recently appointed as CEO and managing director of Kuwait Finance House-Bahrain.
Gulf Finance House (GFH) launched the Gulf Atlantic Real Estate II (GARE II), a Sharia compliant UK commercial property fund, which builds upon the success of GFH's first UK property fund - Gulf Atlantic Real Estate (GARE) which was successfully exited in 2005 having delivered excellent income and total returns for investors.
NETGEAR, a worldwide provider of technologically advanced and branded networking products, highlighted its consumer and business networking products at the recently concluded 'Bahrain International eGovernment Forum'.
Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB), one of Bahrain's leading Islamic banks, made a presentation to the media, analysts and the BSE brokers at the Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Hotel & Spa regarding the listing of its shares on the Bahrain Stock Exchange.
