Reuters A wave of buying in beaten down blue-chip stock Emaar Properties boosted the Dubai market on Wednesday while most of the region traded quietly in modest volumes. Dubai’s index firmed by 0.5 percent, but remains the Gulf’s worst-performing index this year with a decline of 2.5 percent, partly because of a sustained slump in the emirate’s real estate market. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the directives of the President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, The Founder’s Memorial, a permanent national tribute to the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, will be inaugurated on Monday, February 26, in an official ceremony in the capital, Abu Dhabi. The UAE community can look forward to watching the broadcast ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance, received Samer Sherifov, Minister of Finance of Azerbaijan. His Highness and the visiting minister exchanged a number of financial issues and means to further develop cooperation between the two friendly countries in the field of joint investments of mutual benefit. ...