The Memri Economic Blog en-us <![CDATA[Iran: No Decision Yet on Reducing Oil Production]]>
<![CDATA[Korean Nuclear Advice for UAE]]>
<![CDATA[Environment: Iraq Will Lose 40% of Agricultural Land Due to Declining River Levels]]>
<![CDATA[Iran: Unemployment Rate Among Youth Exceeds 25%]]>
<![CDATA[Abu Dhabi to Invest $25 Billion in Gas Installations]]>
<![CDATA[Bahrain BATELCO Moves Away from Middle East Acquisitions]]>
<![CDATA[Kuwait National Petroleum Awards $2 Billion Contract to South Korea's SK Engineering]]>
<![CDATA[Kuwait Expects to Reach 3 Million b/d in Oil Capacity]]>
<![CDATA[UAE Rice Merchants Demand a 25% Rice Subsidy]]>
<![CDATA[Report: $2 Billion in Additional Iranian Oil Import]]>
<![CDATA["Forbidden Trade" Continues Between Iran, Gulf Countries]]>
<![CDATA[Egypt Suspends Banking and Financial Transactions with Iran]]>
<![CDATA[IMF: Gulf Economies to Exceed $1 Trillion by Yearend]]>
<![CDATA[Syria Complains About Mistreatment of Syrian Workers in Lebanon]]>
<![CDATA[Iraq's PM Unveils Economic Program]]>
<![CDATA[Qatar's Finance Minister: GCC Countries Would Not Unpeg from Dollar]]>
<![CDATA[Saudi Investors Build Cement Plant in Jordan]]>
<![CDATA[Shell Withdraws from Iran Gas Deal]]>
<![CDATA[Iran Offers to Supply Labor]]>
<![CDATA[Iran Storing 28 Million Barrels of Oil on Ships]]>
<![CDATA[SABB Eyes $390 Billion Project Finance Market]]>
<![CDATA[Middle East 'Virtual' Mobile Business Worth $5 Billion]]>
<![CDATA[Germany: Sovereign Wealth Funds Welcome]]>
<![CDATA[France Ready to Accept 9,000 Tunisian Workers a Year]]>
<![CDATA[Morocco: First Quarter Unemployment Drops to 9.6%]]>
<![CDATA[UAE: Abu Dhabi EIIC to Invest $490 Million in Cable Plants]]>
<![CDATA[Algeria Plans Power Export to Spain Via Morocco]]>
<![CDATA[Arab Gulf Investors Mull Over Linking Asia and Africa Through Two Shores of Red Sea]]>
<![CDATA[Iraq: South Korean Grant for Establishment of Medical Research Centers]]>
<![CDATA[Egypt: Economists Call for Establishing Price Monitoring Authority]]>
<![CDATA[Iran's Reserves in Foreign Banks Hit $81 Billion]]>
<![CDATA[Algeria: $13.5 Billion Worth of FDI in 2001-2007]]>
<![CDATA[Syrian Minister Explains Reasons Behind US Sanctions]]>
<![CDATA[Iran Tells China: Long-Term Supply of Energy Conditional on Strategic Cooperation]]>
<![CDATA[Russians Market Real Estate to Gulf Investors]]>
<![CDATA[Middle East Controls 40% of Global Gas Reserves]]>
<![CDATA[Syria: Salaries Don't Meet Needs of Most Public Sector Employees]]>
<![CDATA[Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Buys a Stake in A Malaysian Lender for $1.23 Billion]]>
<![CDATA[Turkey and Iran Consider Barter Agreement for Staple Foods]]>
<![CDATA[Russia Will Join Economic Sanctions on Iran]]>
<![CDATA[al-Sharq al-Awsat Reviews Israeli Economy]]>
<![CDATA[New Chinese Refinery to Receive Saudi Crude]]>
<![CDATA[Large Number of Fictitious Positions in Iraq's Two Major Ministries]]>
<![CDATA[Egypt: April Inflation Surges to 3-Year Peak on Food Price Increase]]>
<![CDATA[Egypt Aims to Increase Reserves to $38 Billion by June 2009]]>
<![CDATA[Libya: Qaddafi Tells Government to Distribute Oil Revenues to People]]>
<![CDATA[Iran: India's MRPL Set to Sell 250,000 Tons of Diesel to the Islamic Country]]>
<![CDATA[Report: Kuwait Investment Authority Mulls Over Increasing Investments in China]]>
<![CDATA[Report: Qatar in Investment Talks with South Africa]]>
<![CDATA[Syria Expects Low Wheat Production and May Resort to Reserves]]>