Bahraini Ministry of Industry and Trade said Cabinet decided new amendment on percentage of investors' trade ownership.

A number of shops owners in Diraz stated that shopping is paralyzed and sales have dropped significantly.

Business Standard stressed a big fear for the Bahrain government will be the loss of appeal to investors.

Source unveiled Bahraini PM is undergoing negotiations with international hotel group to acquire 60% of group's shares.

Bahrain's latest downgrade by Fitch Ratings which cut country's rating from BBB- to BB+, takes Bahrain into junk status.

Fitch Ratings downgraded Bahrain's debt by one notch to junk status on Tuesday, leaving all three of the world's big rating agencies assessing the kingdom below investment grade as low oil prices undermine its finances.

The economic Business Standard magazine said that Bahrain is caught in the middle of a high-stakes game between its larger neighbours, Saudi Arabia and Iran.

The economic Forbes magazine said unexpected closure of Al-Wefaq is likely to spell further trouble for Bahrain.

The local Bahraini Al-Bilad newspaper owned by the son of the Prime Minister Ali ...

Moody's said Bahrain's fiscal deficits will stay wide and government debt will rise to 100% of GDP.

Collapse in global oil prices is putting unprecedented strain on cradle-to-grave welfare models of oil-rich nations, Moody's warned.

More than two-thirds of Gulf banks reported an increase in unpaid loans in the first three months of 2016.

The Arabian Business website said inflation in Bahrain rose to its highest level since December 2013.

Gulf stock markets may have a weak bias on Tuesday after oil prices continued to edge down.

The price of Bahraini crude oil increased to about 43$ per barrel in global markets; meanwhile, the Europe Brent crude oil prices...

Bahraini sovereign fund Mumtalakat posted a 68.7 percent drop in 2015 net profit on Sunday, as lower...

Standards and Poor’s (S&P) retained its negative credit watch on the overseas bonds issued by ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank through their Bahrain branches citing the downgrade of the Gulf nation.

The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has been informed by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat General that Saudi Arabia banned the entrance of Iranian goods or pass of these goods (transit) through Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): May 14 Moody's Investors Service cut its debt ratings for Saudi Arabia, Oman and Bahrain on Saturday while assigning negative outlooks to three neighbouring states, as low oil prices continue to undermine government finances in the region.

Bahrain Mirror (Moody's): Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded the Government of Bahrain's long-term issuer ratings to Ba2 from Ba1 and assigned a negative outlook. Today's rating action concludes the review for downgrade which Moody's initiated on 4 March 2016.