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Al-Hajraf meets Kuwaitis working at the World Bank KUWAIT CITY, April 22, (Agencies): Kuwait has introduced a spate of measures to ensure a fair and conducive business environment that allows transactions to be completed in a timely manner, a pair of policymakers said on Sunday. The expedited system has resulted …

Total operating income grows 9% to KD 17.3mn KUWAIT CITY, April 22: Kuwait International Bank (KIB) reported a net profit attributable to shareholders of KD 7.7 million at the end of the first quarter of 2018. Net profit increased by 1.5 percent, or KD 0.1 million, as compared to the …

2017 was a continuation of four profitable and successful years KUWAIT CITY, April 22: Global Investment House (“Global” or the “Company”), a regional asset management and investment banking firm headquartered in Kuwait, with offices in major capital markets in the MENA region, held today its Annual General Meeting. The shareholders …

KUWAIT CITY, April 22: Kuwait stocks slipped into red on Sunday extending its losses to fourth straight session. The All Shares Index fell 8.55 points in lackluster trade to 4788.93 pts weighed by Ooredoo even as the broader market remained mixed. The Premier Market rose 3.21 pts to 4,776.40 pts …

Market has capacity to absorb higher oil prices: Saudi minister JEDDAH, April 21, (Agencies): The State of Kuwait has been committed to cutting oil production so as to restore balance at global markets, Kuwaiti Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Bakheet Al- Rashidi said on Friday. The minister made the …

New strategy focuses on offering next-level customer experience that delivers much more than just ‘banking’ KUWAIT CITY, April 15: KIB is no stranger to transformation. In fact, KIB has always recognized that change is not only inevitable, but a vital necessity. In today’s rapidly-evolving world, change is a must to …

Finally, the oil organiation is to announce shortly that its mission to balance the high oil inventory in the tanks to its five-year average will be reached soon. The present balance is an excess of 35 million barrels which OPEC, with the participation of Russia, can bring to order with …

Fund to help finance Golen-Gol Hydropower Project KUWAIT CITY, April 11: A supplementary loan agreement was signed today in Islamabad between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) whereby the fund will extend a loan of Kuwaiti dinars four million five hundred thousand (KD …

DUBAI, April 11 (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco said on Wednesday its facilities in the southwestern province of Jizan were operating “normally and safely” after Yemen’s Houthi movement said it launched a drone strike on a facility belonging to the Saudi state energy company. Share

Banks’ loan growth to start upward trend in 2018: SABB chief DUBAI, April 10, (RTRS): Saudi Arabia has opened books for a triple-tranche dollar bond while Qatar is meeting global investors ahead of its return to the debt markets since the beginning of a diplomatic crisis last year. The Saudi …