The three-judge panel in Philadelphia focused on whether Dahdaleh, a former agent of Alcoa Inc. who was acquitted of bribery allegations in London in 2013, had waited too long to ask the U.S. federal court to compel arbitration with the Bahrain aluminum smelter known as Alba. <!-- If you'd like to subscribe, please email licenses@mainjustice.com or call +1 202.621.6031. Our subscription rates are: Individual subscriber - $1,700 Firm-wide license with IP address recognition - $10,000 Corporate Read more [...]

KUWAIT CITY — Corporate earnings in the energy-rich Gulf states rose 10 per cent last year, for the first time surpassing their highest level before the global financial crisis, a report said on Tuesday. Net profits of the 658 listed companies on the seven bourses of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states reached $68 billion in 2014 compared with $61.7 billion the previous year, investment firm Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) said in a report. It was the first time Gulf corporate earnings Read more [...]