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Commercial Bank of Dubai profit up 26.8%

DUBAI / Emirates Business Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) reported its financial results for the first nine months of 2018. The bank’s year to date net profit of AED843 million was 26.8% higher on the back of a 1.5% increase in operating income and a 5.3% decline in operating expenses; impairment allowances meanwhile decreased by 17.2%. Operating income for the ...

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FAB named Mideast’s safest bank for 2nd year in a row

Abu Dhabi / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) was named “Safest Bank in Middle East” for second year at Global Finance magazine’s Best Banks Awards. Andre Sayegh, FAB Deputy Group CEO and Head of Corporate and Investment Banking, said, “We are very proud to be receiving the Safest Bank in the Middle East Award for the second year in ...

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Oil dips as US stockpiles swell

Bloomberg Oil hit the lowest in a month after the US government data showed expanding crude stockpiles. Futures fell as much as 3.2 percent in New York on Wednesday. Domestic crude inventories rose by more than twice the rate forecast by analysts last week, according to the Energy Information Administration. Stored supplies have been growing for four weeks, the longest ...

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