Abu Dhabi / WAM Four students from Khalifa University (KU) participated in the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Paediatric Surgical Innovation’s annual Student Innovators Programme (SIP), a summer programme taking place at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. The students were selected alongside 20 others from universities around the world, and will have access to world-class paediatric healthcare facilities …

  Dubai / Emirates Business Mashreq, one of the leading financial institutions in the UAE, on Wednesday has reported its financial results for the first half ending June 30, 2016. The bank has posted a net profit for the first of 2016 AED 1.1 billion, which stable compared to the normalized net profit of 1H 2015. Mashreq’s CEO, HE AbdulAziz …

  AP Construction of new homes posted a solid increase in June, led by a surge of building in the Northeast and the West. The Commerce Department said that housing starts rose 4.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.19 million from a revised 1.14 million in May. The June reading was the highest level since February, but …