Leadership
e-Newsletter
Intelligence Unit Special Reports Special Events Subscribe/Buy Sponsored Departments Follow Us

Twitter Facebook LinkedIn RSS
Add News Widget

Financial storm hits the Persian Gulf

Wall Street Journal (subscription required), October 28, 2008

Kuwait's largest bank guaranteed deposits and formulated a bailout last weekend. As a global financial crisis looms, this is the first bank rescue in the Persian Gulf. Previously unaffected by the crisis, the Gulf is now appearing vulnerable. And now, officials in Saudi Arabia plan to grant more than $2 billion in loans to low-income borrowers.