UAE Emerging On Yellow BRIC Road

Trouble viewing this email ? Forward to a friend! Finance and economy Tech Energy Real Estate Transport and Tourism Media and Marketing Luxury and Lifestyle Finance and Economy UAE emerging onto yellow BRIC road Seeing no immediate resolution to the Ukrainian crisis, the United States and the European Union toughen up their position on Russia. In their effort to enforce sanctions on the Russian state and economy, the West's position is directly targeting Russia's banking, defence and energy sectors. This will undoubtedly rattle the entire global economy in the coming months, considering Russia's energy strength Read more » Greater awareness lifts Halal F&B industry to $1.1 trillion The Halal food and beverages industry has grown to $1.1 trillion in 2013, a study by Reuters and Dinar Standard has found. With an annual growth rate of 6.9 per cent... Read more » Egypt to expand Suez Canal amidst internal and regional tensions The Egyptian government announces a plan to build a new Suez Canal, parallel to the existing 145-year-old passage connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas. Read more » A new dawn for Saudi market, scepticism on Dubai Saudi Arabia announces plans to open its bourse to foreigners leading experts to expect a bullish response from investors. Following last month's news that the Tadawul... Read more » Real Estate GCC focus on infrastructure up by 78 per cent in 2014 Infrastructure projects across the GCC rise to $86 billion this year with Saudi Arabia and Qatar dominating the share.The figures by construction intelligence firm Ventures Onsite indicate that developments this year will represent a rise of nearly 78 per cent on 2013, with each GCC state showing... Read more » Energy Saudi's efforts to diversify economy showing best results in 2 years Saudi's non-oil industries have achieved their highest result since 2012, a survey showed on Tuesday. On Monday, AMEInfo reported that Saudi's decision to open up its stock market to foreign investors has been met with enthusiasm from investment managers, whereby two thirds of market leaders expressed Read more » Telecoms Etisalat Misr plans $500 million IPO Etisalat Misr, one of Egypt's largest mobile telecom companies, is in talks with investment banks in order to execute the country's biggest initial public offering in almost five years. According to sources, various unnamed banks… Read more » Saudi Telecom profits up 74.35 per cent Saudi Telecom reports a 74.35 per cent year-on-year increase in profits for H1 2014, reaching $1.4 billion. More remarkably, its performance in Q2 was 96 per cent higher than its figures for the same period in 2013. Reasons for this include: a non-recurring and non-cash charge... Read more » Transport And Tourism Etihad-Alitalia deal paves the way for fresh UAE-Italy economic ties Etihad's recent 49 per cent acquisition of Alitalia is set to open an opportunity for fresh economic relations between the UAE and Italy. On Thursday (August 7), a day before both airlines... Read more » Alitalia €1.8bn deal completes Etihad's equity alliance for 2014 Etihad have add to its equity alliance strategy by acquiring a 49 per cent stake in Italian carrier Alitalia, it was confirmed on Saturday. In a deal valued just under €1.8 billion, the Abu Dhabi airline... Link to more » Forward to a friend! To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add reply@advertising.mediaquestcorp.com to your address book. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | About us | Unsubscribe © Copyright 2014 AMEinfo. All Rights Reserved. www.ameinfo.com P.O. BOX 72184 Dubai Media City, Zee Tower, Office 206, United Arab Emirates info@mediaquestcorp.com    |    Contact