Batelco Announces Extra Benefits for Broadband Customers
**Higher Speed & Higher Usage with NO Increase in Price**
ECSSR Expects A 15% Rise In GCC Spending In 2011
Gulf oil producers overshot budgeted spending by nearly 12% in 2010 and are expected to exceed their budgets again this year.
EFG HERMES Points To Relatively Contained Inflation In The MENA Region In 2011
EFG Hermes recently released its quarterly Economic Note on the MENA region in which it addressed inflation and interest rate trends in the region.
Bahrain rated GCC’s ‘most open economy’, according to KPMG
Bahrain has been rated the most open economy in the GCC following its successful efforts to diversify away from oil and gas, in a recent report by accountants KPMG.
IMF predicts Kuwait’s real GDP growth at 5% for 2011
The IMF expects the Kuwaiti economy to grow steadily in 2011 and over the medium term as the government implements the four-year development plan.
Batelco Ramadan Bowling Tournament Launched
**Event in Memory of the late Hasan Ramadan Now On**
An Incentive Scheme to Encourage SMEs to Go Public
The Casablanca Stock Exchange launches an incentive scheme to encourage SMEs to go public.
Fitch Removed Bahrain’s Ratings From Rating Watch Negative
The outlook is stable.
Markaz: Second Half of 2011 to Be Neutral For GCC Markets
Kuwait Financial Centre has released a review of its “What to expect in 2011” report in which it adopted a rather neutral view of the GCC markets for the second part of 2011.
GPIC Employees’ Children Enjoy a Trip To The Lost Paradise of Dilmun
An interesting trip for the children participating in the summer program organized by GPIC.