| From Albawaba.com: Employment growth in Bahrain’s financial services sector last year reinforces the Kingdom’s status as a leading financial centre in the Middle East and indicates it is well positioned to weather the worst of the economic downturn, says Kamal Ahmed, Chief Operating Officer of Bahrain’s Economic Development Board (EDB).
Ahmed’s comments follow reports that more than 1,700 new jobs (1,731) were created in Bahrain’s financial services industry during 2008, taking total employment in the sector to 13,922. Fifty seven per cent of these new jobs went to Bahrainis, with 43 per cent going to foreign workers. .... Full Article: Source
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