Business Weekly

Business Weekly




The Banker honours Seera with 'Deal of the Year'

May 27 - June 2, 2009
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Bahrain-based Seera Investment Bank's leveraged buyout of BWA has been awarded the Deal of The Year 2009 by the Financial Times' The Banker - the world's premier banking and finance magazine.





It's tougher for family businesses

May 27 - June 2, 2009
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Managing a family business, and particularly succession planning, can present some unique problems.





Bank retail expansion on fast track

May 27 - June 2, 2009
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Shamil Bank, a leading Bahrain-based Islamic commercial and investment bank and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ithmaar Bank, said it was pushing ahead with aggressive expansion plans for its retail operations.





Bahrain Air clinch deal on cargo division operation

May 27 - June 2, 2009
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Bahrain Air, the first privately owned national carrier with affordable fares, signed a commercial joint venture agreement appointing Addax WLL to operate its cargo division from next month.





YAL to explore career options

May 27 - June 2, 2009
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Young Arab Leaders (YAL) Bahrain in association with AIESEC Bahrain, will host their third Youth Round Table (YRT) on Sunday at the Diplomat Radisson Hotel.





Investment provisions hit GFH

May 27 - June 2, 2009
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Bahrain-based Islamic lender Gulf Finance House has posted another, deeper quarterly loss due to investment provisions as the economic downturn hit real estate and infrastructure projects.





Batelco names six new GMs

May 27 - June 2, 2009
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Six Bahrainis who have risen through the ranks at Batelco have been promoted to general manager posts in line with the company's strategy to groom employees to become future leaders.