DUBAI / WAM Emirates Islamic bank has delivered a strong set of financial results for the period ended on September 30. The bank’s net profit increased by 32 percent year-on-year reaching AED657 million, and total income (net of customers’ share of profit and distribution to sukuk holders) increased by two percent year-on-year to AED1.8 billion. Financing and investing receivables at ...

Bloomberg Oil slid to a two-month low as escalating US-China trade tensions imperiled global growth at a time when American crude inventories are swelling. Futures declined as much as 2.6 percent in New York on Tuesday. The US is preparing another round of tariffs on Chinese imports if talks between the presidents of the world’s two largest econo-mies falter. Meanwhile, ...

Manama / WAM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain has received HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, in the presence of Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development. King Hamad commended the results of the joint UAE-Bahrain committee that convened on October 29-30, during which a ...