Syria
Finance
In a speech in Lebanon, Naguib Sawiris, chairman of Orascom Telecom, has made clear that his company aims to stay in the global telecoms space, despite the potential that much of its...
2010-06-04Finance
Following Santander Brasil's double listing in New York and Sao Paulo (the US$8.1bn IPO is the largest global IPO so far this year), the Brazilian unit has attracted yet more interest....
2009-10-14Finance
To those who thought sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) would hibernate until the end of the global recession, Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)'s involvement in the VW-Porsche megamerger...
2009-07-28Finance
Multinational drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has strengthened its position in the Middle East by purchasing the Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) branded generics business in selected countries...
2009-07-06Finance
Qatar National Bank (QNB), the largest bank in Qatar in terms of assets and market value, has said that it will launch an initial public offering (IPO) for its affiliate bank in Syria....
2009-03-25Finance
Turkey's first major privatisation of the year was completed in late February with British American Tobacco (BAT) winning the bid for cigarette firm Tekel Sigara. BAT was the sole...
2008-02-26
