by Renee Israel Skrill Group, the online payment company, has been purchased by the buyout group, CVC Capital Partners for €600 million. This sum includes debt. Skrill was put up for sale by the Bahrain based private equity firm Investcorp, and this group has now achieved a return of eight times its initial investment. CVC will acquire a 75% stake in Skrill and the deal will be funded with €250 million in equity, and debt financing from a number of sources, including Credit Read more [...]

Some news outlets, including a Bahraini newspaper, subsequently reported that Al Roumi had been granted Bahraini citizenship as a gesture of appreciation for her speech. The news spread fast on social media, prompting Sameera Rajab to issue a denial. Lebanon’s Al Nahar newspaper quoted Al Roumi as denying the claim, too.