Dubai / WAM H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, on Wednesday announced that Dubai’s non-oil foreign trade in 2016 reached AED1.276 trillion despite the global slowdown. Sheikh Hamdan pointed out that the value of Dubai’s external trade rose 70 percent from AED754 billion in 2009 to AED1.276 trillion in 2016. …

  Kuwait / Emirates Business The State of Kuwait on Wednesday announced that it has successfully issued its inaugural dual-tranche USD 8 billion bond offering into the international debt markets. Notes due in 2022 (the five-year Bonds) and for the value of USD 3.5 billion and notes due in 2027 (the 10-year Bonds) for the value of USD 4.5 billion. …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Residents of the United Arab Emirates have a resoundingly positive view of the country they live in and of the future, in stark contrast to views from other countries around the world. According to Brunswick Insight’s global research, an overwhelming sense of well-being and security, trust in the capacity of business for doing good, and …