Egypt falls after call for austerity
CAIRO: Selling by foreigners pushed Egypt's benchmark index lower after Prime Minister…
PM tells Egyptians austerity needed to help economy
CAIRO: Egypt’s prime minister said Sunday that the economic situation was worse…
Oman stress-tests banks to limit euro crisis impact
ABU DHABI: Oman has started implementing stress tests in its banking sector…
Standard Chartered eyes Oman, Nigeria for Islamic banking
DUBAI: Standard Chartered is in discussions with regulators to offer Islamic banking…
Saudi to OK some foreign ownership of stocks: sources
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's plans to open up its stock market will limit…
S&P reviewing ratings of 50 MENA banks on new criteria
DUBAI: Standard & Poor's (S&P) is reviewing credit ratings on 50 banks…
Arab Monetary Fund says unlikely to offer aid to Europe
ABU DHABI: The Arab Monetary Fund is unlikely to offer any funding…
Egypt core inflation falls, urban inflation rises in November
CAIRO: Egypt's core consumer price inflation declined to 7.04 percent on an…
Yemen seeks gasoline in January in tender
LONDON: Yemen is seeking to import four cargoes of gasoline in January…
Qatar creates 50 mln euro fund for French suburb start-ups
PARIS: Qatar has set up a €50-million ($67-million) fund for entrepreneurs from…