Country Profile: Jordan

According to figures by the Jordan Tourism Board (JTB), tourism revenues rose 28% to JD1.089bn in the first half of 2010 from JD851m a year earlier, with over three million tourists visiting the kingdom, Jordan Times has reported. The number of tourists also grew 24.1% to 3.63 million during the period, compared to 2.93 million visited the country in 2009, the data showed.

Jordan Steel has said its net profit during the first six months of this year had dropped to JD2.1m compared to JD5.9m during the same period of 2009, Jordan Times has reported. Liabilities and shareholders equity stood at JD82.7m by the end of June of this year, versus JD83.4m recorded during first half of last year, the firm said in a statement.

Jordan: Jordan has concluded the first phase of a nationwide programme uniting communities and educators to identify school needs, Jordan Times has reported. As part of the project, which started in 2006 with a C$40m grant from the Canadian government, education councils comprising school principals, students, parents and local community representatives are elected every two years. Under the first phase, a total of 66 education councils were formed representing 799 schools. The second phase, which will start in October, includes a three-year implementation stage followed by a two-year follow-up period. [AMEInfo.com]

Jordan: Microsoft and Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAG-Org) signed a partnership and technical cooperation agreement in the presence of Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, chairman of the United National Global Alliance for ICT and Dev (ICT)elopment (UN-GAID), TAG-Org chairman and CEO and Director of Microsoft, Jordan Ms. Rula Al-Amouri. [AMEInfo.com]

Jordan: AqarLink (formerly AqarAqar) - Middle East's real estate listing website and an on-line real estate application provider- introduced its "AqarLink Pro" service, an on-line membership based service for real estate professionals. "The objective of AqarLink Pro is to provide common database platform where real estate professionals can cooperate with each other and share their listings" said Dr. Abdullah Shishani, the founder and owner of AqarLink. "This is a revolutionary move for the real estate brokerage industry as a whole" Shishani added. [AMEInfo.com]

Erin Nuccio and his wife Jordan Nuccio have purchased Salem’s Evesham Wood Vineyard.

ABC â€" Jordan brings up pre-tax profit to JD7.9m

Jordan- Financing to influence choice of nuclear technology

Jordan King to hold talks Friday with Saudi monarch

Jordan PM reshuffles Cabinet

Jordan MoF, USAID to establish GFMIS assistant office

Jordan signs $18.6m loan deal with IDB

Jordan, Spain to bolster tourism ties