DUBAI / Emirates Business The 2nd UAE Public Policy For-um has called for developing a national strategy for public-private partnerships that acts as a roadmap for collaboration between the government and the private sector at national level. The two-day forum was organised by the Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG), the first research and teaching institution focusing on governance ...

DUBAI / Reuters Emirates NBD, Dubai’s largest lender, posted a 17 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Tuesday, buoyed by loan growth, interest rate rises and higher sales. The bank, the first major lender from the United Arab Emirates to report its earnings during the quarter, made a net profit of AED2.18billion ($593.5 million) in the three months to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Centre of Waste Management in Abu Dhabi (Tadweer) on Tuesday announced the signing of five new contracts, worth AED165 million, for waste management investment projects in Abu Dhabi with leading firms in the waste sector. The total capital of these projects will be funded by the investors. The contracts were made public at the CWM-Tadweer ...