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The KSE Market Index advanced 0.71% to reach 5,946 points, as shares gained across the board. Gulf Bank of Kuwait (up 1.03%) and Islamic bank Kuwait Finance House (1.20% higher) fuelled the advance. The real estate sector index posted the largest advance, gaining 1.57%. But shares of Real Estate Trade Centers or Marakez declined 7.6%.  

Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah, has resigned in protest against the oil-rich Gulf state's steep rise in spending, local media reported on Monday.Al-Qabas newspaper said the 61-year-old chief banker quit after "objecting to the negative developments in the state's fiscal policy and its dangerous consequences on the national economy."  

Manama, Feb, 12 (BNA) -- His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander, received a cable of thanks from the Amir of Kuwait, His Highness Shaikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al- Jaber Al-Sabah, in reply to HRH’s ...  

Kuwait, Feb.7 (BNA) - Emir of Kuwait HE Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah met here Tuesday morning Deposed Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and his accompanying delegation, currently visiting Kuwait. Haniya arrived to Kuwait from Bahrain last ...  

How did you end up chairing the Overseas Security Advisory Council in Kuwait? I was at loose ends and took a job teaching with the Kuwaiti Air Defense Brigade, which led to my becoming the academic director at an American nonprofit in Kuwait City.  

Car sales are driving Kuwait's autos market, with total car sales reaching 91,162 units in 2011. Commercial vehicle sales are expected to increase 2.51% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2011 to 32,864 units. BMI expects sales of cars and commercial vehicles to grow ...  

(ANSAmed) - DUBAI, FEBRUARY 7 - The Emir of Kuwait, Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has asked the outgoing Prime Minister, Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah, to form a new government. The appointment comes three days after parliamentary elections that saw a solid victory ...  

The official Kuwait News Agency says the Gulf nation\\\\'s emir accepted the resignation Sunday of Sheik Jaber Al Hamad Al Sabah, a former defense chief who was appointed in November amid intense political turmoil that forced elections. The emir will ...  

KUWAIT CITY (AP) Kuwait's caretaker prime minister has stepped down to clear the way for a new government after parliamentary elections dominated by hard-line Islamists and other opposition groups. The official Kuwait News Agency says the Gulf nation's emir accepted  

Aswat Aliraq a Parliamentary Oil and Energy Commission member expressed astonishment that Commission's chairman Mr Adnan al Janabi demanded that Iraqi oil be exported through a Kuwaiti transporting system. MP Suzan al Saad said that this demand is ...  

Official results from Thursday's election gave 14 seats to Islamists that share many views with groups such as Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, which made strong gains in the first elections after the fall of former President Hosni ... Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah ...  

Microsoft announced its participation at InfoBiz 2012 as a Platinum Sponsor. Held under the patronage of His Highness, Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait, InfoBiz is one of Kuwait's premier IT and communications annual trade shows which aims to highlight the current technology trends locally and regionally and address key issues that enterprises face.  

Manama: The newly-elected Kuwaiti parliament will not complete its full term, analysts have predicted after Islamists made unprecedented gains. Islamists, including Muslim Brotherhood, Salafists and independent candidates won 22 out of the 50 ...  

The government of Sheikh Nasser, who was replaced by Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah after his resignation, denied the accusations. The opposition movement includes Islamists, liberals and independents, as well as youth groups who cite ...  

KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait is heading into elections in much the same combative style that gripped the last parliament: Opposition groups pressing for even a bigger voice against the nation's Western-allied rulers and domestic tensions running so ...