Abu Dhabi / WAM The value of grants provided by the UAE in the first nine months of 2019 amounted to AED14.8 billion, a growth of 8 percent from AED13.7 billion in the same period of 2018, according to figures released by the Ministry of Finance. The total value of registered grants provided by the country during that period accounts ...

Bloomberg The rapid spread of a deadly virus from China will be top of emerging-market investors’ minds as they ponder its impact on the global economy. Concern that the outbreak will develop into something akin to the Sars pandemic of 2003 halted a seven-week rally in developing-nation stocks, currencies and bonds in the five days through Friday. The yuan underperformed ...

ABU DHABI / WAM UAE Minister of Health Abdul Rahman Bin Mohammed Al Owais has stressed that no case of coronavirus infection was found in the UAE and that all necessary precautions have been taken to protect the country from the disease. The minister made the statement during a meeting of the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management team, which ...