DUBAI / WAM Noor Bank has been named as winner of the ‘Critics’ Choice Best Islamic Retail Banking Brand Award 2016,’ at the World Islamic Retail Banking Conference (WIRBC) Awards 2016, hosted by UK-based Cambridge Analytica. Chirodip Basu Roy, Head of Marketing Operations, Noor Bank, collected the award on behalf of the bank at an impressive gathering, which was …

  ABU DHABI / WAM ZonesCorp joined the Abu Dhabi Food Security Alliance at the SIAL ME exhibition , as part of ZonesCorp’s efforts to help improve food security and diversify the economy within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. ZonesCorp is planning to support the alliance by encouraging local agriculture and livestock farming with a series of initiatives that will …

  Washington / AFP US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday tapped ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson as his nominee to be secretary of state, despite concerns on both sides of the political aisle about the oilman’s deep ties to Russia. The nomination was the one most awaited by observers at home and abroad as the 70-year-old Republican billionaire builds his cabinet …