ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. (Etisalat Group) reported a consolidated net profit (after federal royalty) of AED 2.3 billion for the second quarter of 2016, a 51 percent year-on-year rise. “The increase in profit is attributed to lower finance costs, incurring forex gain during the period as compared to forex loss in the same period last ...

  DUBAI / Reuters The quality of real estate loans in the United Arab Emirates has continued to improve despite sliding home prices, the International Monetary Fund said, in a sign that the UAE is coping better with a real estate downturn than it did in the last slump seven years ago. The quality of loans to households – a ...

  DUBAI / WAM As part of its pioneering role in energy, environment and district cooling, Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower), the world’s largest district cooling services provider, will participate in the Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (WETEX 2016). To be organised by DEWA under the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister of and Ruler of Dubai, ...