From COMPANIES 6:37pm

Abu Dhabi awards Louvre branch contract

Joint venture with Dubai group secures deal

Analysis

Subhash Chandra
Billionaire media mogul launches new channel dubbing Indian soaps and lifestyle programmes into Arabic to feed the Middle East’s appetite for subcontinental content
6:37pm

Qatar extends $2.5bn lifeline to Egypt

Bid to use cash to cement ties with Islamist leaderships

From UK 8:54pm

MPs criticised over Gulf states inquiry

Peer protests that dissident voices were excluded from probe

Jan 7, 2013

Hopes and fears for the Mideast’s year

Egyptians walk at a fruit market in downtown Cairo on October 18, 2012 ©AFP Jan 7, 2013

Power crisis darkens outlook for Egypt

Fuel shortage triggers repeated outages

Jan 7, 2013

Bahrain upholds dissenters’ sentences

Terms range from five years to life imprisonment

A Bahraini Shiite Muslim woman, holding the national flag, sprays slogans on the street during an anti-government demonstration ©AFP From MIDDLE EASTERN POLITICS & SOCIETY Jan 2, 2013

Bahrain professionals aid protesters

Young Shia support revolt they say world tries to forget

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Jan 2, 2013

Saudis maintain high spending strategy

Record expenditure plan to ensure economic and political security

Airbus A330-200 operated by Etihad ©EPA Jan 2, 2013

Etihad eyes partnership route to growth

Airline uses code shares and minority stakes to expand its network

Dec 30, 2012

Dubai announces its resurgence

Emirate states its recovery with New Year show

From MIDDLE EASTERN FINANCE Dec 27, 2012

Middle East listings fuel equities hopes

Initial public offerings recorded $2bn this year

Dec 26, 2012

Sabic warns of threat to gas supplies

Top petrochemicals group warns of threat to industry expansion

From ASIA-PACIFIC Dec 21, 2012

Court blocks drone attack challenge

Pakistani man plans to appeal High Court decision

From COMPANIES Dec 21, 2012

Oman signs £2.5bn Eurofighter deal

Gulf state to buy 20 aircraft from BAE Systems

Dec 17, 2012

Kuwait stock market float hits legal snag

Blow to efforts to revive sluggish business environment

From SPECIAL REPORTS Dec 12, 2012

Regional commerce undergoes fast change

Financial services in Arab countries may not always be straightforward but appear more inviting than in the west, writes Michael Peel

Dec 12, 2012

Gulf states held back by volatility

Emerging economies prevented from being powerhouses

Dec 12, 2012

BP bounces back in Abu Dhabi

Producer appears to have returned to the oilfields race

From MARKETS Dec 11, 2012

Saudis cut oil output to lowest in a year

Surging US production and weaker growth sap demand

Dec 11, 2012

Bahraini activist’s sentence reduced

Appeals court cuts Rajab’s prison term to two years