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Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:08 PM
Human rights activists in Bahrain are lobbying for a legally-recognised patient's charter, following a string of negligence complaints against the national health service. Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society is submitting two draft proposals on patient rights to the Shura Council and parliament, for discussion in the ne...
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:08 PM
Human rights activists in Bahrain are lobbying for a legally-recognised patient's charter, following a string of negligence complaints against the national health service. Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society is submitting two draft proposals on patient rights to the Shura Council and parliament, for discussion in the ne...
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:53 PM
Acting as financial adviser to Osus, Jasper successfully structured a
Shari'ah compliant transaction with Qatar National Bank (QNB) and HSBC Amanah
(HSBC), which acted as the arranger, agent and security agent for the club
deal.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:22 PM
Fixed line subscribers in the GCC have fallen from 5.8 million in 2006 to 5.4 million last year according to a study by the Global Investment House in Kuwait. It attributes the recent 6.9% decline on the expansion and convenience of mobile services in the region.<br /><a target=_blank href=http://www.arabianbusiness.co...
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:22 PM
Regional landscaping projects are set to multiply twofold to top AED 60 billion by 2010, according to CMPi, organisers of the upcoming Gulf Landscaping show in Abu Dhabi. Landscaping professionals are now in high demand boosted by an increased focus on landscaping as part of large-scale commercial projects, and an incr...
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:38 PM
As evidence of a causal link between periodontal disease and diabetes strengthens, Vernon Baxter asks: Is the dental industry ready to take a prominent role in tackling the disease, or is it happy to just pay lip service? At a recent event at the New York Academy of Sciences, leaders in epidemiology, clinical research,...
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:53 PM
As the Middle East countries strive to develop knowledge-based economies
beyond oil, businesses are experiencing a rapidly growing demand for IT
infrastructure and enterprise architecture services. Demand for ITO and
business process outsourcing (BPO) is growing. This is especially the case in
the Gulf Cooperation Coun...
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:52 PM
Majan Telecom is shifting to a new arena of competition as one of five new mobile service resellers in Oman. In June, Oman’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority granted five Class II licenses to companies as resellers of basic mobile services in the Sultanate to boost demand by targeting new subscriber segments.<br...
Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:53 AM
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, September 1 /PRNewswire/ --
Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:08 PM
The response of Dubai motorists towards pumping their own petrol has been “mixed”, a spokesperson for energy group ENOC admitted on Sunday. Khalid Hadi, group brand and marketing manager for ENOC and EPCO, told Arabian Business some motorists have been disappointed, following the introduction of self-service petrol sta...