Zain drags down Kuwait bourse after Saudi bid called off; Gulf markets
 

30-09-11 02:17 AM

Kingdom Holding and Bahrain Telecommunications (Batelco) scrapped their joint $950 million bid to buy a quarter of Zain Saudi. A senior source at seller Zain Kuwait said Thursday the deal failed due to disagreements with the indebted Saudi telco’s lending banks.

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