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Emaar Malls’ 9-month profit up 9%

DUBAI / WAM Emaar Malls, the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by Emaar Properties, has recorded a growth in net profit of 9 percent during the first nine months of the year to AED1.639 billion ($446 million), compared to the same period in 2017 at AED1.507 billion ($410 million). Revenue for the first nine months of the year was ...

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Non-resident bank deposits outstrip loans by AED63bn

ABU DHABI / WAM Non-resident deposits acr-oss UAE’s banking system reported solid growth during first nine months of ye-ar, with their growth outst- ripping retail loans provided to non-residents by AED63 billion by end of Q3. The expansion in banks’ holdings of deposits corroborates investor confidence in the UAE banking sector, reckoned the first in the region in terms of ...

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UAE non-oil private sector remains robust

Emirates Business Emirates NBD Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) — a composite indicator designed to give an accurate overview of operating conditions in the non-oil private sector economy — released its October data. Non-oil private sector companies in the UAE reported another sharp increase in new business during October. Anecdotal evidence suggested that promotional activity was partly linked to the improvement. ...

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