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Batelco chairman Shaikh Hamad bin Abdulla Al Khalifa announced a strong start to 2008 with a net profit of BD27.4 million, an increase of 10.8 per cent for the first quarter of the year compared to the same period last year.
Bahrain based BankMuscat International (BMI) announced a net profit of $4.2 million (BD1.6 million) for the first quarter ended 31 March 2008, an increase of 24 per cent compared to the corresponding period last year when the bank recorded a net profit of $3.4 million.
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), in a recent report presented at its meeting in Cairo, says that crop growing may become unsustainable in some areas as a result of the complex interactions of myriad factors.
More than 70 senior executives of state owned/public sector enterprise as well as professionals from Bahrain's financial industry took part in Solidarity's first Corporate Governance seminar, which was held under the patronage of the Central Bank of Bahrain.
First Bahrain, a rising star among the region's real estate firms, announced a net profit of $17.7 million for 2007, a 29 per cent improvement on the company's performance in 2006, at its annual general meeting.
United International Bank (UIB), International Leasing and Investment Company (ILIC) and Novus Aviation have invited select GCC investors to participate in the flourishing Falak Aviation Investments leasing venture following the success of its first year of operation.
BNP Paribas Middle East is planning major expansion in the GCC.
Batelco has unveiled its newly refurbished Hamala Headquarters, as well as Telephone House and Telegraph House located in Salmaniya.
