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  • Iran MPs give final nod to hiked $368-billion budget


    Iran's parliament gave its final approval to a 368-billion-dollar budget for the year to March 2011, a week after it had cut the outlay by 20 billion dollars, state media reported. AFP - 15Mar 12:59GMT
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  • Hadidi sees Jordan's economy recovering, growing


    Economic indicators show positive performance in Jordan's economy in the first two months of this year, Industry and Trade Minister Amer Hadidi said. Jordan Times - 15Mar 07:14GMT
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  • Majlis resumes examination of Iran's budget bill


    The Iranian parliament has recommenced the examination of the national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year, which starts on March 21. Tehran Times - 15Mar 07:01GMT
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  • Legal panel clears KD 5,000 handout in Kuwait


    The National Assembly's legal and legislative committee yesterday approved a draft law that requires the government to provide as a grant KD 5,000 to each Kuwaiti citizen aged 21 and above, MP Waleed Al-Tabtabaei said. Kuwait Times - 15Mar 06:52GMT
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  • CBJ issues JD50 million treasury bills


    The Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)on Sunday announced that the amount of JD50 million is the value of the new six months T-Bills . Jordan News Agency - Petra - 15Mar 06:50GMT
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  • CBJ excess reserves stand at JD4.078 billion


    The Central Bank of Jordan, CBJ announced that the volume of excess reserves on Sunday was JD4.078 billion including the overnight window deposits. Jordan News Agency - Petra - 15Mar 06:50GMT
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  • Jordan's Domestic liquidity rises by 8.9%


    Domestic liquidity in Jordan rose to JD20.085 billion, up by 8.9 percent on an annual basis at the end of January this year, according to official data.The figures by the Central Bank of Jordan CBJ revealed that deposits stood at JD17.436 billion at the end of January, 0.6 percent up from the same period last year. Jordan News Agency - Petra - 15Mar 06:48GMT
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  • Bahrain jobless rate edges down to 3.7% in February


    Unemployment in Bahrain fell from 3.8 per cent in January to 3.7 per cent in February, the labour minister has said. Gulf News - 15Mar 05:42GMT
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  • 800 Firms Banned In UAE From Hiring Workers


    Eight hundred of the UAE's biggest companies have been banned from hiring new workers because they did not join the federal Government's new Wage Protection System (WPS) by the November 30 deadline. The National - 15Mar 05:33GMT
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  • Lebanon's external debt appraisal kept at 'underweight'


    Merrill Lynch maintained its recommendation on Lebanon’s external debt at “undeweight� in its model portfolio of emerging markets debt and kept Lebanon’s market weight at 2.1 percent in March 2010, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. The Daily Star - 15Mar 05:01GMT
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