Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
Renewable energies could stretch the lifeline of the GCC's oil and gas exports and in some decades from now they even have the potential to develop into a major pillar of the economy, says a study by Eckart Woertz, an economist at the Gulf Research Centre in Dubai and author of Alternative Energy Trends and Implications for GCC Countries.
The decision by Bahrain to introduce a one per cent tax to cover unemployment benefit is a positive shift for the economic growth of the country.
Transparency in banking in many Gulf countries is still an issue, but less so in Bahrain, according to The Report: Bahrain 2008, which was launched last week.
UNITED Bank Limited (UBL)_is gearing up for its 30th year in business in Bahrain having come to the Gulf just 10 years after it was founded.
SHAMIL Bank, a leading Bahrain-based Islamic commercial and investment bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ithmaar Bank, has announced corporate restructuring in line with its long term strategic objectives.
THE increasing sophistication of the region's wealth management and protection markets, combined with the demand for more tailored products in areas such as Islamic finance, is making the Middle East's financial sector one of the most interesting in the world for international companies.
