Bloomberg Sports Direct International Plc shares headed towards a seven-year low after the UK sports-apparel retailer delayed publishing its results as auditors increase their scrutiny of its accounting. The UK retailer said it needs more time to compile information as regulators review Grant Thornton’s audit of its fiscal 2018 results, and that the review may affect its financial guidance. The ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Industrial Production Index rose by 16.6 percent in the first quarter of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, rising from 122.3 percent to 142.5 percent during the monitoring period, according to figures released by the Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi (SCAD). The index also rose by 42.4 percent in the first quarter of 2019, compared ...

SHARJAH / WAM Real estate transactions worth AED14.7 billion were record-ed in the Emirate of Sharjah in the first half of 2019, according to a latest report of the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Directorate (SRERD). Abdul Aziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director-General of the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Directorate in Sharjah, said that 27,588 total transactions were recorded that covered 24 ...