Monday, Nov 28, 2011

The following is a Zawya Dow Jones selection of stories translated from Arabic newspapers published on November 28

KUWAIT:

AL WATAN

KUWAIT HITS TELECOM HIKES STAKE IN SPAIN UNIT TO 100%

Kuwait-based Hits Telecom Holding Co. has increased its stake in its unit Hits Telecom Spain Co. to 100% from about 68.7%.

KUWAIT FIN HOUSE UNIT INKS KWD11.5M DEAL FOR BUILDING PROJ

Kuwait's KMC Holding, a construction and project management unit of Kuwait Finance House, has signed a 11.5 million Kuwaiti dinars ($41.52 million) deal with the public works ministry to construct a government building.

Website: www.alwatan.com.kw

AL ANBA

KUWAIT KPC EYES KUFPEC CAP HIKE TO FUND AUSTRALIA LNG JV

State-run Kuwait Petroleum Corp., or KPC, may raise the capital of its unit Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co., or Kufpec, to about 1 billion Kuwaiti dinars ($3.61 billion) to partly finance a liquefied natural gas, or LNG, joint venture in Australia.

Website: www.alanba.com.kw

BAHRAIN:

AL WASAT

BAHRAIN'S BMB TO HIKE CAP TO $130M WITHIN 3 YEARS

Bahrain Middle East Bank, or BMB, plans to increase its issued capital within three years to nearly $130 million from the current $54.95 million.

Website: www.alwasatnews.com

By Beirut Bureau, Zawya Dow Jones; +961-1-985 757; BeirutZDJ@zawya.com

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