RIYADH / WAM Aramco on Wednesday announced the successful completion of its share acquisition of a 70 percent stake in Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic), from the Public Investment Fund (PIF) the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia, for a total purchase price of SAR 259.125 billion ($69.1 billion), equating to SAR 123.39 price per share. The completion of the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The central bank of the UAE announced Money Supply aggregate M1 increased by 0.7%, from AED560.3 billion at end of April to AED564.3 billion at the end of May. The Money Supply aggregate M2 decreased by 0.9%, from AED 1464.8 billion at the end of April to AED 1451.9 billion at the end of May. The ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business National Takaful Company (Watania) that taglines itself as #SettlesClaimsFaster has launched its online customer portal to underwrite policies and to add great convenience to its customers. It provides a non-touch and paperless environment to get a policy online and that too in less than four minutes. Gautam Datta, CEO Watania says, “Our success in turning ...