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Gulf's private sector growth slows - Consumer sentiment a wild card amid falling oil price
DUBAI: The private sector in the two biggest Gulf Arab economies grew at the slowest pace in years in October, corporate surveys showed yesterday, indicating low oil prices are starting to slow business activity across the region. The seasonally adjusted Emirates NBD Saudi Arabia Purchasing Managers' Index for last month dropped to 55.7, its lowest level since the survey began in August 2009, when the world's top oil exporter was grappling with...
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GCC yields rattled by global markets - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT
KUWAIT: GCC yields moved mostly lower in 3Q15 as an expected US Fed interest rate increase was delayed, and in spite of new government debt, actual and expected. For the more fiscally vulnerable, risk premiums appeared to jump on the decline in oil prices. The stock of outstanding conventional bonds saw a healthy expansion on the back of increased sovereign issuance. However, this may have led to some crowding-out of private sector activity, with...
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Etihad Airways to start Airbus A380 services to Mumbai in May 2016
KUWAIT: Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, will operate its award-winning Airbus A380 between Abu Dhabi and Mumbai from 1 May 2016, with India's commercial capital joining the carrier's other A380 destinations of London, New York, Sydney and, from June 2016, Melbourne.The Abu Dhabi-based airline's 496-seat A380 features the only three-room suite in commercial aviation - The Residence by Etihad - as well as nine...
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Free music becomes top-selling album for singer Sam Hunt
Sam Hunt may be celebrating the one-year anniversary of his debut album, but most of the songs from "Montevallo" have been living online since 2013. Hunt, who released "Montevallo" last year, first released a free mixtape in 2013. Seven of the 10 songs from "Montevallo" were originally on his 15-track free album. "I put it out on the Internet for free and the success we had after, that was because of the fans," Hunt said in a recent interview....
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Sam Smith back with ‘saddest song’ of life
Sam Smith was by some measures last year's biggest breakthrough musician, but on his latest song, he is sadder than ever. Smith returns to his familiar subject matter of fleeting love on "Drowning Shadows," a previously unreleased song that will appear on a deluxe edition of his blockbuster album "In The Lonely Hour" that comes out Friday. "Brace yourself, this is going to be really depressing. So sorry if anyone's in a happy mood," Smith joked...
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Adele's 'Hello' breaks one million digital sales in record
British singer Adele smashed records with her comeback single "Hello", selling more than 1.1 million digital songs in the first week and becoming the first song ever to break the 1 million download mark on the Billboard charts. Adele also roundly beat Canadian teen heartthrob Justin Bieber, whose latest single "Sorry" sold 276,800 downloads in its debut week, taking second place, according to data released by Nielsen Music on Monday for the past...
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Splash launches 'Splash Café Society' as part of the fall /winter'15 fashion show
Imagine a chic club brimming with the affluent and the well-travelled. It's a space that brings a section of people who connect through their mutual love for fashion, travel and music. Splash created that atmosphere for its guests this season to showcase the AW'15 collection that was an amalgamation of classic trends with an updated look. The cafe was a glamorous one which saw the Bespoke Military and Retro Futuristic trends coming together to...
An Afghan local band sing as a resident dances.
Wedding revelers in Afghan village exult over Taliban rout
An Afghan local band sing as a resident dances.Ankle bells chimed as male dancers shimmied beneath chandeliers in midnight wedding revelry that drew together an entire frontline Afghan village just days after its residents humiliatingly routed the Taliban. The village of Khoja Paytakht, on the outer fringes of Maimana, was the first line of defense that beat back the Taliban last month as insurgents sought to capture the northern city. When...
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Barca seek early route into last 16
MADRID: Defending champions Barcelona could seal their passage into the last 16 of the Champions League with two games to spare in Group E when they host BATE Borisov yesterday. A third consecutive Champions League victory for the Catalans, despite the prolonged absence of the injured Lionel Messi, allied to Roma not beating Bayer Leverkusen at home, will mathematically seal the five-time champions’ place in the knockout stages. Luis Suarez and...
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1,200 shooters vie for medals at 13th Asian Shooting Championship
KUWAIT: Today’s competition in the 13th Asian Shooting Championship will see the distribution of several gold medals in the men’s 10 meters rifle, 25m rapid pistol for women and 50m prone rifle for women. There will also be official training for men’s and women’s skeet, 10 meter pistol for men and 50 meter prone for men. The 25m rapid pistol competition qualifies for Brazil 2016 Olympics.Meanwhile, in his opening speech of the...
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Hafeez leads Pakistan’s fightback in final Test
SHARJAH: Opener Mohammad Hafeez notched a brilliant 97 under pressure to help Pakistan stage a comeback in the third and final Test against England in Sharjah yesterday. The 35- year-old was just three runs away from his ninth Test hundred as he took Pakistan to 146-3 at the close on the third day at Sharjah stadium, leading by 74 runs with seven wickets intact.Nightwatchman Rahat Ali was the other not out batsman on nought as Pakistan lost the...
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Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik retires from Tests
SHARJAH: Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik announced his retirement from Test cricket after he failed in the second innings of the third Test against England in Sharjah yesterday.The 33-year-old only made a comeback in the longer format of the game after five years in the first Test against England in Abu Dhabi, smashing a career-best 245. But since then he has made nought, two, seven, 38 and nought in the remaining five innings of the series,...
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KUWAIT: Security officers process the data information as residents submit their biometrics.- Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Expats require biometrics to exit
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Lieutenant General Sabah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Chief of Staff of Kuwait’s Army, welcomes Turkish General Metin Gürak as the Kuwait Army Band delivers a performance. — KUNA photos
Kuwait, Turkey strengthen military relations during official meetings
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KUWAIT: A map provided by the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) shows Kuwait’s new international gateway for connectivity and transit.
CITRA launches new int’l gateway for faster, secure connectivity
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Civil ID card prohibited for travel between Kuwait and GCC countries without a valid passport
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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers, led by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, convene for their weekly meeting on Wednesday January 8, 2025. — KUNA
Plan to reform Kuwait’s education system gets green light from Cabinet