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		<title>BAHRAIN TO PRIVATISE GULF AIR ASAP</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/26/bahrain-to-privatise-gulf-air-asap/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bahrain plans to privatise national carrier Gulf Air as soon as possible encouraged by positive results in its restructuring, a senior government official said in remarks published on Sunday. The loss-making carrier could return to profit within a year, paving the way for privatisation, the head of Bahrain&#8217;s Economic Development Board, Sheikh Mohammed bin Essa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bahrain lifts ban on company insiders trading</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/22/bahrain-lifts-ban-on-company-insiders-trading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bahrain Stock Exchange (BSE) has decided to remove a ban on company insiders trading in their own shares on the stock exchange during a company&#8217;s close period. The move means that key members of a company, including directors, senior management and such other persons as decided by the company board, can trade. At present, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bahrain&#8217;s labour authority sues firms</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/22/bahrains-labour-authority-sues-firms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of Bahrain companies are being taken to court by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) for not paying fees. They are also being sued for failing to update their records on the LMRA system, our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej reports. A statement from the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry&#8217;s Small and Medium-sized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farnborough signs Bahrain Airshow Deal</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/22/farnborough-signs-bahrain-airshow-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bahrain International Airshow and Farnborough International Limited (FIL) have signed an agreement to formalise their partnership to jointly organise the Bahrain International Airshow from January 19 to 21 in 2012. The event is targeted at the aerospace industry, delivering access to high-level delegations and opportunities for on-the-spot customer demonstration flights. A major highlight of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Batelco sees 2010 profit below BD100m &#8211; CEO</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/22/batelco-sees-2010-profit-below-bd100m-ceo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bahrain Telecommunications (Batelco) sees full-year net profit to be below 100 million dinars ($265.3m), its chief executive said on Thursday. &#8220;Below BD100m is the best I can offer now,&#8221; said Chief Executive Peter Kaliaropoulos when asked how much full-year profit he expected for the full-year. Speaking at a news conference in Manama, Kaliaropoulos said making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulf Air to scrap Thiruvananthapuram flights</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/16/gulf-air-to-scrap-thiruvananthapuram-flights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bahraini air carrier Gulf Air has decided to suspend flights to Thiruvananthapuram from the end of this month as the airline revises its business amid debt problems. The final service will depart from Bahrain on July 31, with the last inbound flight to the kingdom on August 1, an official said on condition of anonymity. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Third Bahrain mobile firm struggles to make impact &#8211; poll</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/14/third-bahrain-mobile-firm-struggles-to-make-impact-poll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost 50 percent of people are unaware a third mobile operator exists in Bahrain, the latest Arabian Business poll has found. At the start of this year, Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) announced VIVA would join Batelco (Bahrain Telecommunications Company) and Kuwaiti giant Zain in the kingdom’s telecom sector. Yet, according to the results of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cruise line sails past Bahrain</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/11/cruise-line-sails-past-bahrain/</link>
		<comments>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/11/cruise-line-sails-past-bahrain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bahrain is to miss out on millions of dollars in tourism revenues after Royal Caribbean decided to stop sailing to the destination in response to complaints from cruise passengers. When the company starts its weekly cruises again next January, it will not visit Bahrain because in its first season, which ended in April, passengers had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BAHRAIN ECONOMIC GROWTH TO SURGE</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/09/bahrain-economic-growth-to-surge/</link>
		<comments>http://bahraini.tv/2010/07/09/bahrain-economic-growth-to-surge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bahraini employment rose over the last decade by 39 per cent and Bahraini wages increased 54pc according to an economic review of the kingdom carried out by the Economic Development Board (EDB). The EDB&#8217;s first Annual Economic Review details Bahrain&#8217;s economic performance over the past decade and forecasts continued, sustainable growth over the coming 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bahrain losing its banking hub edge</title>
		<link>http://bahraini.tv/2010/06/24/bahrain-losing-its-banking-hub-edge/</link>
		<comments>http://bahraini.tv/2010/06/24/bahrain-losing-its-banking-hub-edge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bahrain needs to reinvent itself as a financial centre if it wants to return to growth and remain a destination for the region&#8217;s oil wealth after the financial crisis clipped the wings of its investment houses. Analysts say the only opportunity for the tiny island kingdom off Saudi Arabia lies in funding the large infrastructure [...]]]></description>
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