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GCC customs union fully operational
The long-awaited GCC customs union became fully operational from January 1. The move signifies a qualitative leap towards a full-fledged regional common market. The first phase of the customs union was launched in January 2003 and its full implementation has taken 12 years. Hurdles like how customs revenues would be shared by member-states according to their economic weight delayed the union’s final phase.
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Opinion: The Paradigm Shift in Saudi Economic Policy
Government tenders rely on being “cheap,” though in the end the cheapest project sometimes turns out to be the costliest when one considers long-term factors such as maintenance and repairs. There have been many who have noticed this, and there are a number of government projects that were once considered cheap but have turned out to be bad value for money in the long run.
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Women Who Violated Saudi Arabia Ban On Female Driving May Face Charges
Two women have been held in a Saudi prison for nearly one month for trying to break the ban on female drivers have been referred to a court on terrorism charges.
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U.S. Stockpiling Fighting Vehicles, Gear in Kuwait Ahead of Anti-ISIS Offensive
Since June, the U.S. military has been slowly stockpiling massive amounts of its gear coming out of Afghanistan at a depot in Kuwait adjacent to a bustling commercial port, in preparation for ultimately shipping it across the border into Iraq for an allied offensive against the Islamic State group.
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Israel’s Natural Gas Supply Offers Lifeline for Peace
The Israeli navy had detected smoky signs that a rocket might have been fired by Hamas from the shores of Gaza. As a voice over the loudspeaker warned to take cover, the crew raced up the metal stairs to a small gym that doubles as an air raid shelter.
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Oil prices fall on market relief over Saudi policy
"Oil markets will take comfort from the speed and stability of the succession process, and the announced pledge for continuity of policy," said Majid Jafar, chief executive of Crescent Petroleum, a UAE-headquartered oil and gas producer focussed on the Middle East.
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Republicans invite Netanyahu to address Congress as part of spurning of Obama
Republicans in Congress moved quickly Wednesday to reject many of President Obama’s proposals from the State of the Union address — and invited the prime minister of Israel to rebut Obama’s Iran policy from the same congressional podium next month.
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Middle East IPO outlook dims as oil slides
Companies raised $11.5bn in 27 IPOs in 2014, four times the $3bn raised through 25 IPOs in the previous year, according to EY's IPO report for the fourth quarter of last year. But the outlook for 2015 looks murkier.
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Saudi Arabia’s ‘Great Wall’ to keep out Isil
The proposal had been discussed since 2006, at the height of the Iraqi civil war, but work began in September last year after Isil’s charge through much of the west and north of the country gave it a substantial land border with the Kingdom to the south.
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Saudi growth forecast to slow after fall in oil price
Real gross domestic product growth is forecast to fall from 3.7 per cent in 2014 to 2.5 per cent this year and 1.8 per cent in 2016, Jadwa Investment, the Riyadh-based investment bank, said in a report. While non-oil private sector growth is also forecast to moderate from its average of 7.2 per cent over the past five years, according to the report, it will remain a “robust” 5.3 per cent this year as the government commits to strong spending by tapping into foreign reserves worth $736bn.
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