News

• Intel launches 3 initiatives to promote entrepreneurship

  25/10/11 Intel Mediterranean Trading Company has launched three initiatives to create an \"ecosystem of players\" in Jordan that supports entrepreneurship, which is key to creating jobs.

• Dutch expert programs help Jordanian companies, says JEBA head

  25/10/11 Chairman of Board of the Jordanian-European Business Association (JEBA) Eisa Murad said the Netherlands-funded \"Senior Expert Program\" helped develop business and factories in the Kingdom\'s different sectors.

• Middle East bourses expected to gain from European debt deal

  Middle East stock markets stand to gain in the short-term from the European debt deal which relieved Greece of 100 billion dollars of its debts, financial analysts said.

• Jordan\'s mobile phone market booms, expands

  30/10/11 With low prices translating into sustained growth in subscriber numbers, Jordan\'s highly competitive mobile phone market now has a penetration rate of over 108 per cent.

• Arab Bank announces 12% growth in net profits until end of September 2011

  30/10/11 Arab Bank announced Saturday in a press release that net profit for the period ending September 2011 increased by 12 per cent to $428.7 million compared to $382.7 million for the same period in 2010. \"Profit growth at Arab Bank has maintained its positive momentum in 2011 despite the prevailing conditions in the region and the turbulent global economic environment,\" the bank said in the press statement. Arab Bank Chairman Abdel Hamid Shoman attributed the increase in profit to the continued growth in core banking inco

• Jordan, Georgia discuss economic ties

  29/10/11 Secretary General of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Maha Ali discussed with Georgian Deputy Minister of Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development George Karbelashvili means of boosting economic ties between the two countries.

• Royal Jordanian and airberlin enter new Codeshare Agreement

  30/10/11 Royal Jordanian Airlines -- a member of oneworld airline alliance -- and Airberlin, have entered into a codeshare agreement that will add some points to the route network of both carriers. As of now, flight tickets on both airlines can be booked. The agreement applies to flights starting from 1st November 2011.