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- Second-generation reforms pick up steam
- Thriving Middle East economies still need to touch the poor
- Oil prices slump despite Katrina fallout
- Oger Telecom awaits Turkish Treasury decision on IPO
- Surge in stock markets should encourage serious IPOs
- Caribbean leaders sign up to Petrocaribe
- Will Egypt take advantage of its golden opportunity to regain its leading role in the region?
- Dolphin signs $1 billion Islamic financing deal
- Western states slam OPEC's failure to curb oil-price spike
- Baghdad airport reopens after resolving pay dispute
- EU finance ministers agree to support Gaza economy
- Saudi Arabia sees WTO entry by 2006 with key U.S. pact secured
- Establishing a 'Public Organization Re-engineering Council'
- Oman to retain stake in troubled Gulf Air
- Dana Gas set to launch $561 million IPO
- Gulf carriers battle for control of the regional market
- Gaza economy poses challenge for PA
- Islamic Arab Insurance Company eyes expansion
- Jordan to cut oil subsidies amid price hike
- World Bank gives gloomy assessment of Iraq's immediate hopes for recovery
- OPEC impotent when it comes to oil prices
- Amid elections and U.S. troop reduction, Afghanistan still lacks essentials for a viable state
- Asian workers protest months of unpaid wages in oil-rich Gulf
- Jordan falls in investors' sights as economic growth continues
- Marriage of equals: AJIB buys stake in Arab Advisors
- OPEC quenches thirst of oil market
- IEA emergency reserves set to counter Hurricane Rita impact
- U.A.E.'s control of IPO's expansion pays off
- African oil excites world interest
- Asian workers in Gulf protest conditions
- Iraq could gain access to IMF money by year-end
- Middle East's biggest IT fair opens in Dubai
- Syria rescues pound by initiating modicum of reforms
- Gulf states urged to push for reforms to sustain growth
- Dubai's Free Zone gets private investors on board
- OPEC may not be able to meet oil demands
- Saudi Arabia to raise oil output by 2008
- Money laundering task force approves wide-ranging regulations to combat terror funding
- Palestinian economy minister insists there is visible upswing
- OPEC criticizes lack of investment in oil refineries
- Dubai merger sees world's largest port operation
- Foreign Direct Investment inflow to Mideast sees 51-percent rise
- Gulf Air develops new strategy after Abu Dhabi pullout
- Turkish premier in talks with U.A.E. over boosting economic links
- Oil project worth $8.5 billion stirs opposition in Kuwaiti Parliament
- OIC urges support for Islamic free-trade area
- Bahrain moves to consolidate capital market position
- Airbus gets set to supply region with new aircraft
- South Africa's MTN in talks for Turkcell's Iran stake
- Saudi Arabia tops region in creating positive investment climate
- IPIC seeks stake in Taiwan oil giant
- Egypt to help Lebanon in oil-and-gas exploration
- Profit-taking expected to rein in Turkish financial-market gains
- Investcom IPO raises $741 million
- Bahrain mandates three banks to lead arrange facility
- Oil prices start to slide as energy demand diminishes in U.S.
- Dow Jones and Zawya to offer joint news service
- Dubai firm to invest $5 billion in Turkey
- Turkey to build water pipeline to North Cyprus
- World oil prices rebound despite cooling energy demand in U.S.
- BankMuscat lists shares in London
- Reform 'crucial' for Saudi Arabia's long-term survival
- Traders look for slowdown in regional bourses
- United States is home to a booming business in anti-Americanism
- EU bans poultry from Turkey after outbreak of bird flu
- Project Kuwait: A short-term solution to a complex problem
- Aid for Gaza aimed to jump start economy
- Success of U.A.E.'s Dana Gas IPO rescues regional solidarity and confidence
- Germans take first investment steps in Dubai
- SHUAA Capital announces Ahlia purchase
- Turks impound MEA plane over unpaid CDR bill
- World oil prices fall as U.S. reports weakening demand
- United States to finance upgrades of dilapidated Iraqi oil terminals
- Unions accuse Cyprus Airways of victimization
- Stranded MEA passengers return from Turkey
- Syria's troubled oil future
- Emaar plans $4.8 billion Damascus real estate project
- Saudi Arabia not confirmed on WTO agenda
- Syrian official slams private, public sector monopolies
- Dubai court to start proceedings against stock-market violators
- Kingdom of Jordan celebrates a decade of fixed exchange rates and economic stability
- Kuwait's Gulf Bank posts strong results for 2005
- Egypt modernization drive spurs industrial sector
- Arabs must face the 'flat earth' challenge: health, education, social services and freedoms
- EU and GCC free trade talks to resume
- Oil prices continue downward trend
- Iraq oil exports halted by attacks and weather
- Bahrain's Arab Banking Corporation reports a 28 percent increase in profits to $98 million
- Istanbul, U.A.E. real estate group to build office towers
- Turkey delays signing EU energy treaty
- EU, GCC officials begin energetic two-day negotiations on long-stalled free-trade deal
- Global announces net profit of $143 million in 2005
- Syria ill-equipped to combat sanctions
- Kuwaiti shares surge to new record high
- Arabic edition of BusinessWeek hits newstands
- World oil prices escalate on forecasted winter demand
- Dubai's TNI reports net earnings of $22.67 million
- GCC excludes oil from free-trade talks with EU
- Kuwait's five-month revenues surpass expectations by 17 percent
- Dow Jones to increase number of indices in Islamic financial market

