In today’s episode, we hear that the president has sent back to parliament three bills which had already passed – two on VAT and electricity, the other on extending a freeze on property foreclosures.
New financing schemes for homes announced in Bahrain
Submission of new requests for government housing commenced yesterday as part of the new financing programme, which also includes the option of raising the deduction ceiling to up to 35% of the salary …
Bahrain launches new housing finance schemes
The programmes had been earlier approved by Cabinet, a Bahrain News Agency report said Bahrain’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has launched its new housing finance programmes which aim to …
Why The World’s Oldest Sovereign Fund Is in Turmoil: QuickTake
Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s oldest and one of the largest, has played a key role in preparing OPEC’s fourth-largest producer for a post-oil future and helping prop up the economy as it …
Why The World’s Oldest Sovereign Fund Is in Turmoil: QuickTake
Kuwait’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s oldest and one of the largest, has played a key role in preparing OPEC’s fourth-largest producer for a post-oil future and helping prop up the economy as it …
Lebanon’s River Oaks community enters final phase of construction
A residential community off Lebanon Road is about to begin the final phase of construction. When complete, the development will have added more than 150 homes to the city.
Oman’s SWF, Die Developer sell Eclipse tower to Union Investment
Union Investment has acquired a 60-metre office tower in western Germany from the Oman Investment Authority and Die Developer Projektentwicklung. Union Investment has paid an undisclosed sum to buy …
Investors confront HSBC as break-up calls mount – live updates
Hundreds of onshore wind turbines to be made taller to overcome planning rules Tax burden under Sunak to remain at 70-year high – even after his promised income tax cut FTSE 100 dips 0.2pc; Pound …
The Leaders Who Aspire Only to Hold Onto Power
Ahmed Lamlas, the governor of Aden, had been cheerfully describing his progress in rebuilding Yemen’s interim capital—a program aiming to ensure that most cars in the city had license plates was under …
Scorched ‘out of control’ Chinese rocket debris found on LAND – and it could happen again
MASSIVE chunks of charred metal thought to be from a crashed rocket belonging to China have been found on land mere metres from people’s homes. The out-of-control Chinese booster rocket came …