Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA posted trading revenue that trounced its European rivals, helping drive a surprise increase in first-quarter profit. Revenue at the global-markets division climbed 33 percent from a year earlier to 1.75 billion euros ($1.9 billion), the Paris-based bank said Wednesday. Net income rose 4.4 percent to 1.89 billion euros, topping the 1.5 billion-euro average estimate of …

  ABU DHABI / Agencies In a new report from Ericsson, ICT players who leverage 5G to digitalize industries can capture business worth 6.5 billion US dollars by 2026 in UAE. The report is titled “The 5G business potential – Industry digitalization and the untapped oppor- tunities for operators” and it analyzes the 5G business opportunity that comes from industrial …

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Follow up Committee of the Initiatives of the UAE President has approved a number of projects totalling AED410 million in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme …