Business Weekly

Business Weekly




Fund planning roadshow for young entrepreneurs

March 12 - 18, 2008
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Taking forward its promise to rejuvenate and support Bahrain's SMEs and entrepreneurs, the Labour Fund (LF)_held talks with Bahrain Young Entrepreneurs Association (BYEA) members on the prospect of hosting a roadshow for this segment of the business scene in Bahrain.





Stop being so passive, sovereign funds urged

March 12 - 18, 2008
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Cash-rich sovereign wealth funds from the Middle East and Asia should shake off their passive approach to investments and take a more active role in scrutinising corporate decision-making in western capital markets, according to one of the world's largest institutional investor forums.





Facing up to telecom liberalisation

March 12 - 18, 2008
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AS Bahrain prepares to see more liberalisation in the telecom sector with the issuing of the third mobile licence, the spat between the dominant player Batelco and the Telecom Regulatory Authority (TRA) over procedure, policies and control carries on unabated.





Global markets turn volatile

March 12 - 18, 2008
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World markets have experienced further volatile days with oil prices hitting a record high and the dollar a record low as gloomy US jobs data prompted fears that the world's largest economy had finally tipped into recession.