Business Weekly

Business Weekly




AUB named best Middle East foreign exchange bank

December 2008
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Ahli United Bank (AUB) has been named 'Best Foreign Exchange Bank in the Middle East 2009' by well known New-York based banking publication Global Finance magazine.





Sakana bags best Islamic mortgage provider award

December 2008
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Sakana Holistic Housing Solutions was warded Best Islamic Mortgage Provider of the Middle East at the International Real Estate Finance Summit 2008 held in London recently. Sakana is an innovative Islamic mortgage provider which is a a 50:50 joint venture between BBK and Shamil Bank.





Achievements of Alba hailed

December 2008
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Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) earned high praise from the Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Federal Ministry of Defence, Christian Schmidt, for its outstanding reputation in terms of safety and environment protection programmes among aluminum smelters around the world.





GCC-EU free trade at a stalemate

December 2008
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The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council has suspended the free trade talks with the European Union.





Workshop analyses best human resources pracices

December 2008
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The Labour Fund (Tamkeen) has conducted a workshop focusing on best practices in human resources.





Education Ministry in key partnership

December 2008
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Furthering its commitment to transforming Bahrain into a knowledge-based society the Ministry of Education has signed a Partners in Learning agreement with Microsoft Bahrain.