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When is bug spray more than just bug spray? When it's a compound that, according to researchers at Vanderbilt University, is thousands of times stronger than DEET, works on many different insects and could very well save lives.

Bank Muscat, the flagship financial services provider in the Sultanate, and Omani Home Real Estate Development company signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide attractive baituna home finance for Al Mabelah Residence and Bait Yousif Building projects.

As Dubai freight-forwarding firm Able Logistics Group began preparing early this year to go public, it conducted a leveraged recapitalisation, taking on fresh bank debt so it could pay a cash dividend to shareholders.

Mining and transportation industries were hit by the government ban on the export of unprocessed minerals, dragging first quarter expansion down to 5.2%

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The fifth annual issue of the Global Islamic Finance Report (GIFR), published by Edbiz Consulting, was officially launched in April 2014 at the Global Donors Forum in Washington DC.