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‘Heart of Sharjah’ in Ramadan glow

  Sharjah / Emirates Business The Heart of Sharjah (HOS), the largest heritage tourism project undertaken by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), has been decorated with colourful lights and lanterns in celebration of Ramadan. The enhancement of the area has been undertaken in conjunction with an extension of its store working hours to facilitate Ramadan timings and attract more ...

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What a Duterte admin means for Philippines’ central bank

  Once described as giver of “stability,” the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), or the Philippine central bank, has tightly guarded the local financial system and inflation during the past six years of overflowing credit in the country. It was not an easy job: 24 positive credit rating actions that allowed the Philippines to move up to investment grade lured ...

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Will India’s next light fighter be from Sweden?

Aaron Karp SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS The report that Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, India’s 61-year-old Air Force chief, capped a tour of Sweden with a flight in a Saab Gripen-D on June 10 comes a crucial moment in Indian security planning. Just a few weeks before, when Saab unveiled the Gripen-E fighter, the significance was easy to miss. The ...

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