DUBAI / Emirates Business Noor Bank, one of the leading Shari’ah-compliant banks in the UAE, has announced a net profit of AED217 million in Q1 2019, an increase of eight per cent over the same period last year and 220 per cent on last quarter. The Bank’s top-line revenue also rose by eight per cent during the period under review, ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration will renew several key waivers that allow Iran to keep operating a limited civilian nuclear program, a move that heads off a clash with European allies and Tehran over the fate of a 2015 deal that Trump abandoned last year. The US is extending five waivers the administration had previously granted allowing nations that remain in ...

Bloomberg Oil eked out a gain as a forecast-topping US jobs report signalled a strong domestic economy to go along with the supply disruptions squeezing global crude markets. Futures in New York rose 0.2 percent, after unemployment unexpectedly fell to a 49-year low in world’s biggest econ- omy, with cooler-than-projected wage gains. Crude nonetheless recorded a loss for the week ...