http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/countries/kuwaiten-usCopyright 2012 Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved.Wed, 16 May 2012 04:03:00 GMT5014476http://www.zawya.com/middle-east/countries/kuwaithttp://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gifhttp://www.zawya.com/story/UAE_accounts_for_31_of_GCC_banking_assets-ZAWYA20120516040329/The UAE banks have the largest share of banking assets in the GCC that rose by 8.9% in 2011 to USD 1.46 trillion, equivalent to 106% of regional gross domestic product, or GDP. Wed, 16 May 2012 06:58:05 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20120516040329Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Vopak_Horizon_boosts_storage_capacity-ZAWYA20120516040130/Vopak Horizon Fujairah, a joint venture between Royal Vopak, Horizon Terminals- wholly owned by Emirates National Oil Company (Enoc), the Government of Fujairah and Kuwait's Independent Petroleum Group, marked the opening of its sixth phase.Wed, 16 May 2012 06:54:57 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20120516040130Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Dubai_projects_generated_operational_revenues_for_Al_Mazaya_Holding-ZAWYA20120515105243/Al Mazaya Holding announced that its Dubai projects generated operational revenues achieved by the company in the first quarter of the year. Tue, 15 May 2012 14:37:51 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20120515105243Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/الانتهاء_من_مشروع_8_خزانات_للمياه_بالاحمدى-ZAWYA20120515132228/قيمة المشروع وصلت إلي 33 مليون دينار كويتي (119 مليون دولار).Tue, 15 May 2012 13:26:22 GMTZawya ZAWYA20120515132228Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Kuwait_Energy_reports_record_net_profit_of_USD348_million_for_2011_up_589-ZAWYA20120515112843/Kuwait Energy plc, one of the fastest growing independent oil and gas companies in the Middle East, announced its financial and operational results for the year 2011 during its annual meeting of shareholders. Tue, 15 May 2012 12:52:49 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20120515112843Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/GCC_to_further_discuss_union_proposal-ZAWYA20120515050433/Leaders agreed to allow more time for further discussions over a proposal to turn the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council into a union, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said after a GCC leaders' summit.Tue, 15 May 2012 10:47:12 GMTThe Saudi Gazette ZAWYA20120515050433Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Commercial_Facilities_Co_posts_positive_Q1_results_Net_profit_reaches_KWD4594m_up_38-ZAWYA20120515050851/Commercial Facilities Company (CFC) announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:43:00 GMTKuwait Times ZAWYA20120515050851Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/BMI_Middle_East_and_Africa_Food_and_Drink_May12-pdf_150512090206/BMI’s Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ratings assess a market’s attractiveness to industry investors in comparison with its peers. The reward part of the rating takes into account market size, current consumption levels, future industry growth prospects (based on our five-year industry forecasts), market fragmentation (with greater fragmentation indicating higher opportunities) and the size of the youth population. Meanwhile, the risk part of the rating takes into account the legislative environment, the level of development of the organised retail sector (with higher development leading to lower risks), as well as relevant aspects of the economic and political environment.Tue, 15 May 2012 08:58:00 GMTBusiness Monitor International Limited pdf_150512090206Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story/HRW_urges_Kuwait_to_sign_detention_reform_bill-ANA20120515T081533ZAAF40/Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Kuwait's ruler to sign into a law the amendments passed by parliament to significantly reduce durations of pre-trial detention.Tue, 15 May 2012 08:28:19 GMTAFP ANA20120515T081533ZAAF40Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/بيتك_شراء_مجمع_سكني_في_كندا_بـ_425_مليون_دولار-ZAWYA20120515042126/أعلن بيت التمويل الكويتي (بيتك) عن شراء مجمع سكني» كنتا ليك ابارتمنت» في مدينة أوتاوا بكندا بقيمة 42.5 مليون دولار كندي، يتكون من 146 وحدة سكنية جديدة في ثاني صفقة لـ «بيتك» في السوق الكندي بالتعاون مع الشريك الاستراتيجي شركة كيلام بروبرتيس العقارية العالمية. Tue, 15 May 2012 07:40:24 GMTAl Anba ZAWYA20120515042126Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Pure_Gold_revenue_climbs_20_in_Q1-ZAWYA20120515043337/Pure Gold Jewellers announced that its first-quarter revenue increased 20% compared to the corresponding period last year, with 28% due to higher volume sales in diamond jewellery and around 19% attributed to gold jewellery sales. Tue, 15 May 2012 07:11:41 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20120515043337Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/نمر_الصباح_الكويت_حريصة_على_زيادة_التجارة_بين_الدول_الإسلامية-ZAWYA20120515050502/الاتفاقية الاطارية للافضليات التجارية بين الدول الاعضاء في منظمة التعاون الاسلامي أحد أهم اعمدة العمل الاسلامي المشترك في المجال التجاري والاقتصادي لكونها تشكل اطارا لتبادل الامتيازات التجارية والجمركية بين الدول الاعضاء في منظمة التعاون الاسلامي ووسيلة اساسية لتنشيط المبادلات التجارية.Tue, 15 May 2012 07:11:32 GMTAnnahar ZAWYA20120515050502Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/الكويت_برج_صاهود_12_يوقع_عقد_أول_تكسية_صديقة_للبيئة_بمليون_دينار-ZAWYA20120515051325/أعلنت شركة سعود صاهود العقارية عن توقيع عقد إنجاز أول تكسية صديقة للبيئة لبرج عقاري في الكويت وذلك بالتعاون مع شركة الوماكو انترناشيونال المتخصصة إقليميا وعالميا في هذا المجال.Tue, 15 May 2012 07:09:55 GMTAnnahar ZAWYA20120515051325Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/GCC_warns_Iran_against_meddling-ZAWYA20120515031111/A consultative meeting of GCC leaders chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah agreed to give more time to work out details of the proposed Gulf Union. Tue, 15 May 2012 05:35:48 GMTArab News ZAWYA20120515031111Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/GCC_assets_surge_USD456bn_in_2011-ZAWYA20120515030757/A surge in oil prices and region's crude production boosted the net foreign assets of Gulf hydrocarbon producers by a whopping USD456 billion in 2011 to record their biggest asset increase since they began exporting oil.Tue, 15 May 2012 05:28:34 GMTEmirates 24|7 ZAWYA20120515030757Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Kuwaits_Subiya_power_plant_to_be_operational_in_June_2012-ZAWYA20120515050416/Kuwait's ministry of electricity and water (MEW) is expected to declare the completion of Subiya power plant next month after the completion of the second phase of the project, a senior official at the MEW told Zawya.Tue, 15 May 2012 05:11:47 GMTZawya ZAWYA20120515050416Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/محطة_الصبية_في_الكويت_ستدخل_الخدمة_بكامل_وحداتها_يونيو_المقبل-ZAWYA20120514113422/من المتوقع ان تعلن وزارة الكهرباء الانتهاء من مشورع محطة الصبية الكهربائية خلال الشهر القادم، بعد الانتهاء من 6 وحدات من الدورة المفتوحة من مشروع الصبيةMon, 14 May 2012 12:12:37 GMTZawya ZAWYA20120514113422Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Warba_Bank_acquires_a_33_million_building_in_UK-ZAWYA20120514080529/Warba Bank announced today the acquisition of the new headquarters of British Telecom (BT) located in the town of West Bromwich in the UK, which was officially opened in February 2012. The building benefits from a new 15-year lease to BT.Mon, 14 May 2012 09:48:08 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20120514080529Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Medicine_prices_on_the_rise_in_Kuwait-ZAWYA20120514042551/Many patients are reeling under the high price of medicines being sold in the country . They said that prices are on the rise and that officials are fail to counter the phenomenon.Mon, 14 May 2012 07:39:53 GMTKuwait Times ZAWYA20120514042551Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/CFC_Q1_net_profit_reaches_KD_4594_mln-ZAWYA20120514064130/Commercial Facilities Company (CFC) today announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Led by strong revenue growth in its core operations, CFC reported a net profit of KD 4.594 million for the first quarter in 2012 compared to KD 3.334 million for the same period in 2011, an increase of 38 per cent.Mon, 14 May 2012 07:23:52 GMTArab Times ZAWYA20120514064130Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/نفط_الكويت_تطرح_مناقصة_بقيمة_110_ملايين_دينار-ZAWYA20120513101118/تطرح شركة نفط الكويت مناقصة تطوير وصيانة آبار للنفط أمام الشركات المحلية والعالمية بحدود 110 ملايين دينار خلال أسبوعين أمام الشركات المحلية والعالمية.Mon, 14 May 2012 06:37:21 GMTAl Kuwaitiah ZAWYA20120513101118Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Cabinets_decision_on_pay_hike_unfair_towards_KPTC_workers-ZAWYA20120514063101/President of Workers Union at Kuwait Public Transport Comp-any (KPTC) Mishal Al-Enezi has demanded HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah amend the decree 405/2012 issued by the Ministers Council to grant remunerations to employees in the public sector, Kuwaitis in the private sector, retirees and people entitled to public assistance, reports Al-Seyassah daily.Mon, 14 May 2012 06:36:17 GMTKuwait Times ZAWYA20120514063101Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/نور_توقع_مع_بيتك_جدولة_ديون_بـ_44_مليون_دينار-ZAWYA20120513084730/أعلنت شركة "نور" أنها وقعت اتفاقية إعادة جدولة ديونها الائتمانية مع (بيتك)- البالغة 44 مليون دينار- والتي تستحق في عام 2018، وتمثل هذه الديون ما نسبته 28% تقريباً من ديون الشركة.Mon, 14 May 2012 06:36:15 GMTAl- Rai ZAWYA20120513084730Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/خبراء_حظر_عقود_المضاربات_النفطية_الحل_لتذبذب_الأسعار-ZAWYA20120513080625/المستثمرون في أسواق المستقبليات يتداولون اتفاقيات تزيد عن مليار برميل يومياً.Mon, 14 May 2012 06:34:50 GMTAnnahar ZAWYA20120513080625Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/ارتفاع_سيولة_العقار_في_الكويت_94_في_4_أشهر-ZAWYA20120513075041/بيوعات شهر أبريل 2012، لو عدلت لتصبح على أساس الشهر بكامله، قد بلغت نحو 372.9 مليون دينار كويتي، بارتفاع في السيولة قاربت نسبته %35.1، مقارنة بشهر مارس 2012.Mon, 14 May 2012 06:31:53 GMTAl Qabas ZAWYA20120513075041Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Gulf_union_to_top_summit_agenda-ZAWYA20120514031414/Foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) met here yesterday to draw up the agenda for the consultative meeting of the GCC heads of state.Mon, 14 May 2012 06:31:49 GMTArab News ZAWYA20120514031414Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/هيئة_مستقلة_للإشراف_على_قطاع_التأمين_الكويتي-ZAWYA20120513074306/وزارة التجارة والصناعة الكويتيّة اقترحت وجود هيئة مستقلة للاشراف والرقابة على قطاع التأمين.Mon, 14 May 2012 06:30:21 GMTAl Qabas ZAWYA20120513074306Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/الأرباح_المصرفية_متراجعة_14_في_الربع_الأول-ZAWYA20120513074317/أظهرت البنوك الكويتية تراجعاً في إجمالي الأرباح بنسبة %1.4 مقارنة مع الربع الأول من 2011، حيث حققت المصارف المحلية التسعة المدرجة في سوق الكويت للأوراق المالية 154.06 مليون دينار أرباحا فصليّة هذا العام.Mon, 14 May 2012 06:26:46 GMTAl Qabas ZAWYA20120513074317Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/مبيعات_المجوهرات_والمعادن_الثمينة_في_الكويت_تقفز_65-ZAWYA20120513072601/الاستهلاك المحلي ارتفع من 20 طناً في 2010 إلى 33 طناً العام الماضي.Mon, 14 May 2012 06:25:35 GMTAl Qabas ZAWYA20120513072601Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Kuwait_warns_against_campaigning_for_candidates-GN_13052012_140533/Kuwait has pledged a zero-tolerance policy towards organising campaigns or using mosques to promote candidates in Egypt’s presidential elections.Mon, 14 May 2012 05:54:07 GMTGulf News GN_13052012_140533Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Bahrain_PM_for_Gulf_union_opposition_wants_referendum-ANA20120513T145914ZTVD42/Bahrain's premier has backed Saudi Arabia's plan for the creation of a Gulf union, a report said, but the nation's Shiite opposition is demanding the proposal be put to a referendum.Mon, 14 May 2012 05:36:05 GMTAFP ANA20120513T145914ZTVD42Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Kuwait_northern_fields_daily_production_to_800000_bpd_in_March__KOC-KUN0015120513093029/Kuwait's northern oil fields are producing 700,000 barrels per day (bpd), expected to reach 800,000 bpd next March, said Kuwait Oil Company's Deputy Managing Director for North Kuwait Husniya Hashim.Sun, 13 May 2012 09:41:51 GMTKUNA (Kuwait News Agency) KUN0015120513093029Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Commercial_Banks_operating_profit_before_provisions_KD_224m_for_Q1-ZAWYA20120513041547/Commercial Bank of Kuwait announced an operating profit before provisions for the period of KD 22.403 million (2011: KD 24.689 million).Sun, 13 May 2012 07:16:35 GMTKuwait Times ZAWYA20120513041547Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/QNB_Group_Food_prices_are_high_globally_and_trending_up_in_the_GCC-ZAWYA20120513060841/Despite a slight easing in April, the price of food in global commodity markets remains near historic highs. In the GCC, retail food prices continue to trend upwards. QNB Group notes that the global food crisis that began in 2007 may be far from over.Sun, 13 May 2012 06:16:13 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20120513060841Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/GCC_eyes_high_commission_to_boost_integration-GN_12052012_130538/The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are expected to adopt tomorrow a proposal to establish a high commission to coordinate the decisions by the six member states, a Saudi daily reported.Sun, 13 May 2012 05:58:14 GMTGulf News GN_12052012_130538Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Gulf_leaders_to_mull_Saudibacked_union-ANA20120513T030713ZTUF51/Gulf leaders at a meeting in Riyadh on Monday will discuss a Saudi proposal to develop their six-nation council into a union, likely to start with the kingdom and unrest-hit Bahrain, officials said.Sun, 13 May 2012 04:53:59 GMTAFP ANA20120513T030713ZTUF51Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Gulf_leaders_to_discuss_BahrainSaudi_union_minister-ANA20120512T130852ZTTB38/Gulf leaders will discuss a proposal for a closer political union among them that could begin with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, the Bahraini information minister said.Sat, 12 May 2012 13:57:08 GMTAFP ANA20120512T130852ZTTB38Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/KFH_launches_home_appliances_financing_campaign-ZAWYA20120512094514/Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Commercial Sector launches a campaign on Sunday that offers financing services to finance construction material, furniture, electric appliances, finishing, décor, kitchens and electronics. Sat, 12 May 2012 11:21:08 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20120512094514Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/إتش_بي_السوق_الكويتي_بين_الأكثر_نموا_في_العالم-ZAWYA20120512091309/هناك استثمارا كبيرا في الجانب التكنولوجي يحصل في الكويت، والعالم يؤمن بفرص النمو المتواجدة في الكويت.Sat, 12 May 2012 10:45:49 GMTAl Qabas ZAWYA20120512091309Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/الخالدي_تأسيس_لجنة_كويتية__أردنية_في_مجال_الاستثمار_الأجنبي_المباشر-ZAWYA20120511123155/ أكد الخالدي أهمية إقامة المشاريع المشتركة بين البلدين لتعزيز التعاون الاقتصادي ودعوة رجال الأعمال والمستثمرين من الجانبين، بغرض توسيع آفاق المعرفة بالإمكانات والفرص المتاحة لتنمية المبادلات التجارية والاقتصادية.Sat, 12 May 2012 07:54:33 GMTAl- Rai ZAWYA20120511123155Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Indian_state_attracting_more_GCC_tourists-ZAWYA20120512040112/In a bid to attract holidaymakers here in the UAE, the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh launched a tourism campaign to increase its GCC market share.Sat, 12 May 2012 06:52:04 GMTKhaleej Times ZAWYA20120512040112Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/85000_Kuwaitis_and_expats_face_travel_ban-ZAWYA20120511090858/More than 85,000 citizen and expats face a travel ban owing to court rulings, as well as financial debts.Fri, 11 May 2012 13:20:23 GMTKuwait Times ZAWYA20120511090858Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Warba_Bank_returns_total_KWD_3m_Assets_KWD121m-ZAWYA20120511073746/Warba Bank held its General Assembly Meeting for the financial period ended Dec 31, 2011, during the meeting held in the Ministries Complex.Fri, 11 May 2012 12:52:06 GMTArab Times ZAWYA20120511073746Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/الخالدي_الكويت_تتطلع_لزيادة_حجم_التبادل_التجاري_مع_الأردن-ZAWYA20120511075556/اكد وكيل وزارة التجارة والصناعة عبدالعزيز الخالدي ان حجم التبادل التجاري بين الكويت والاردن ارتفع من عام 2007 الى 2011 الى 280 مليون دولار.Fri, 11 May 2012 11:45:18 GMTAl Anba ZAWYA20120511075556Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Common_GCC_market_likely_in_next_two_years_Official-ZAWYA20120511061916/The head of a visiting Saudi trade delegation says that he finds it strange that while the GCC leaders have given their go-ahead for businesses from one member state to have operations in all other states, the ministers and bureaucrats of these countries were stalling the process.Fri, 11 May 2012 10:48:15 GMTThe Peninsula ZAWYA20120511061916Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Byblos_Bank_Country_Risk_Weekly_Bulletin_10May12-pdf_110512081905/This is a PDF report. Fri, 11 May 2012 08:17:00 GMTByblos Bank pdf_110512081905Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story/EIU_Kuwait_Country_Report_May12-pdf_110512070225/This is a PDF report. Fri, 11 May 2012 07:01:00 GMTEconomist Intelligence Unit pdf_110512070225Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story/Kuwait_MP_barred_from_parliament_for_spitting-ANA20120510T124351ZTMB69/A controversial Kuwaiti MP was on Thursday barred from entering parliament for two weeks for spitting on a colleague inside the chamber amid allegations he was drunk.Thu, 10 May 2012 13:48:48 GMTAFP ANA20120510T124351ZTMB69Open