This is the country’s worst economic performance since 1994, when oil prices fell to $13 per barrel.
The investment house filed for US bankruptcy protection after it failed to reach a $1.1 billion debt deal with creditors.
Average monthly salaries for some expatriates have gone up by more than 10 per cent this year compared to 2011.
The Bahraini investment group has taken over the GL Education Group, a UK-based education solutions provider.
F1 boss says there won’t be violence at Bahrain race and protests should be peaceful.
Investment in the GCC’s aluminium industry has reached $14 billion to date.
The Bahraini investment company has acquired a portfolio of properties in the San Francisco Bay Area for $65 million.
The region’s hydrocarbon reserves account for almost a third of the world’s reserves, says QNB Capital.
The parliament has voted to extend the suspension of the tax on foreign workers for another two years, according to reports.
The Gulf state is initially planning to import the equivalent of around 3 million tonnes a year of LNG from Russia’s Gazprom.
The head of Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund reportedly resigned because of differences with the board.
Talal Al Zain is leaving Bahrain’s $9 billion sovereign wealth fund to set up an investment firm.
ABC Islamic Bank announced a net profit of $8.1 million for 2011, based on lower provisioning.
The mall is part of a mixed-use development project located in Bellevue, Washington, that Investcorp invested in five years ago.
The Bahraini banking group reported a 10 per cent increase in full year net profits for 2011.
The Bahraini carrier said that the sum has been outstanding from the time Oman pulled out of Gulf Air in 2007.
The struggling Bahraini carrier will use the amount to meet its medium-term capital needs.
The Bahraini telecoms operator will receive $174.5 million, the same amount that it paid to purchase the stake in the Indian firm.
The airline’s CEO said that it was unlikely that the struggling carrier would be dissolved or sold.
The Bahraini firm saw its subscriber base increase by 20 per cent year-on-year in 2011.
The signing of $930 million worth of trade deals at the Bahrain International Airshow has raised expectations for 2014.