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Kuwait’s Gulf Cryo Raises Capital By 50% To KD22.5m

The extra funds had come from the injection of voluntary reserves and retained earnings, as agreed by Gulf Cryo’s owners, it said in a statement.

Kuwait’s Burgan Bank Swings To Q3 Profit, Misses Forecasts

The bank said net profit was KD15.35 million ($52.96 million) for the third quarter of 2014, compared to a KD10.31 million loss in the same period a year ago.

Dubai Court Orders Bank Sarasin To Pay $10.45m To Kuwaiti Investors

The financial institution and its ME unit were found to have mis-sold $200 million of investment products, a Dubai court ruled.

Kuwait’s Burgan Bank Gets Regulator Approval For $74.8m Rights Issue

The lender said it plans to issue 216 million new shares and that the rights issue will raise its paid-up capital by KD21.6 million.

Kuwait Emir Says Oil Price Fall Shows Need To Diversify Economy

Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah also urged the parliament and the government to issue legislation to protect the country’s national wealth and safeguard it for future generations.

Kuwait Oil Minister Says Lower Oil Prices Won’t Affect Development Plan

Kuwait’s oil minister Ali al-Omair said that he hoped oil prices would soon stabilise at a “level that benefits producers and importers”.

Kuwait Central Bank Says To Cut Bad Loans To 2% By End-2015

Big provisions for bad loans taken by Kuwaiti banks in the past few years have also limited profits distributed to shareholders.

Kuwait’s Alafco To Spend $600m Buying Aircraft Over Two Years

The company will finance a third of the $600 million from its own resources and the remainder via local and international banks.

Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways Q3 Net Profit Surges 22.6%

The airline registered a 10.8 per cent growth in passengers in the third quarter compared to Q3 last year.

Kuwait Investment Shares Jump On Privatisation Plan

The Kuwait Investment Authority said it would offer its stake in the firm to the public in the first half of 2015.

Kuwait Sovereign Fund To Resume Selling Stakes In Local Firms

The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) is planning to offer its stake in Kuwait Investment Co in the first half of 2015.

Ooredoo Kuwait Q3 Profit Falls By Nearly Half

Ooredoo Kuwait has slipped to third in terms of mobile subscribers in its domestic market.

Kuwait’s Global Investment House Says Shareholders Approve Capital Cut

The investment firm aims to write-off of $327.9 million of its losses through a capital reduction.

Saudi Samba Q3 Profit Up 9% As Operating Income Rises

Crude output from their jointly-run offshore Khafji oilfield has been halted temporarily to comply with environmental rules.

Kuwait’s Agility Sees Revenue Rebound On Emerging Markets

The company’s logistics and freight forwarding businesses, which account for most of its revenue, have been hit by instability in the global economy over the last few years.

Commercial Bank Of Kuwait Slashes Bad Loans As Settlements Reached

CBK has now reduced its non-performing loans to 1.3 per cent of its total loan book from a 2009 level of 25 per cent.

Saudi-Kuwait Oilfield Halted Due To “Environmental Issues”

The field, whose production is around 280,000 bpd-300,000 bpd, will be brought offline “immediately”.

Kuwait’s Gulf Bank Q3 Net Profit Gains 11.2%, Beats Estimates

The bank made a net profit for the three months to the end of September of KD10.9 million ($37.8 million), compared to KD9.8 million in the year-earlier period.

Kuwait’s Burgan Bank Plans KD21.6m Rights Issue

Burgan said it plans to issue 216 million new shares and that the rights issue will raise its paid-up capital to KD197.18 million.

Kuwait Petroleum Subsidiary Launches $1bn Loan

Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (Kufpec) was last in the market in June 2013 when it sealed a five-year $750 million deal.

Kuwait Says No Impact On Output Or Plans From Oil Price Drop

Kuwait Oil Co intends to spend some $42 billion on oil and gas projects over five years.

Kuwait Moves Toward Cutting Diesel, Kerosene Subsidies In Key Reform

The cabinet “accepted” a report by a committee at the Ministry of Electricity and Water on hiking prices of diesel and kerosene more than threefold, state news agency KUNA reported.

National Bank Of Kuwait Q3 Net Profit Falls 16%

The decline in third-quarter net profit came despite the bank posting a 7.8 per cent increase in its operating revenue.

Kuwait Keeps Wide Discount To Saudi Oil In Market Share Battle

Kuwaiti crude for November was priced at a discount of 50 cents per barrel to Saudi Arab Medium, unchanged from a month ago and the widest in 10 years.

Kuwait’s Agility Says Unit Wins $82.5m British Defence Ministry Contract

The contract, secured by Agility Defense and Government Services, will run from October 2014 to April 2016, the company said in a statement.

Kuwait Says OPEC Unlikely To Cut Output To Support Prices

Kuwait’s oil minister Ali al-Omair said that cutting output would not necessarily prop up prices.

Chevron Sells Stake In Canadian Shale Field To Kuwait

The deal with Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co helps Chevron reduce production risk and gives it more capital to increase drilling in Alberta’s Duvernay shale formation.

Kuwait’s KPI Cancels Refinery Investment, Considers Sale

The refinery could be converted into a storage terminal or might be shut down permanently following the cancellation of the investment, an official said.

Kuwait In Talks With Major Oil Companies To Develop Fields

Kuwait has invited BP, Total, Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil and Chevron, to bid for an agreement for the northern Ratqa heavy oilfield.

US To Deploy 2,300 Troops To Kuwait As Part Of Crisis Unit

The unit, which will include several aircraft, has been deployed to deal with sudden contingencies, said Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby.