Business Weekly

Business Weekly




GIB long-term credit rating gets a boost

September 22 - 28, 2010
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Standard & Poor's Ratings Services (S&P) has affirmed Gulf International Bank's (GIB) BBB+ long-term counterparty credit rating with a stable outlook. It has also affirmed the Bank's A-2 short-term counterparty credit rating.





Bahrain to host Chemical Week

September 22 - 28, 2010
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The global challenges facing the Gulf fertiliser and petrochemical industries will be discussed during the annual Middle East Chemical Week in Bahrain.





Alba seals deal with European firm

September 22 - 28, 2010
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Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) and Sapa AB recently signed a multi-year agreement to supply a significant quantity of extrusion billetts to the Sapa Profiles Group in Europe.





Tourism boom spin-off

September 22 - 28, 2010
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PLANS for a multi-million dinar high-speed rail network linking Bahrain to Qatar may happen sooner rather than later thanks to the ambitious Gulf state's bid to host the 2022 World Cup, writes Michael Casey.