1.   The assets were gradually unfrozen to allow Kuwaiti companies and the government-in-exile to resume business dealings.

2.   Both Orascom and the Kharafi Group, the Kuwaiti company that is developing Marsa Alam, say they are pressing ahead with construction despite the slump.

3.   The Kuwaiti company said in April it was considering a sale of a stake in its U.S. oil-drilling operation.

4.   Al-Osaimi said the group was going to be the first Kuwaiti company to be listed on the stock exchanges of London and Luxembourg.

5.   But it has kept in place a ban on any direct deals between Kuwaiti companies and Israeli ones.

6.   GKN said it was looking into other projects with Ahlia Chemicals and other Kuwaiti companies.

7.   He did not give specifics but said he urged American companies to make direct contact with Kuwaiti companies to participate.

8.   However, stocks of Kuwaiti companies continue to be available only to Kuwaitis and citizens of other Gulf states.

9.   However, stocks of Kuwaiti companies will continue to be available only to Kuwaitis and citizens of other Gulf states.

10.   Late last year, it announced it was planning to be the first Kuwaiti company to be listed on the stock exchanges of London and Luxembourg.