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Singapore is finding a hedge against mall rats

Being a shopping-mall landlord is a risky business in the age of e-commerce, even in retail-crazy Singapore. So it’s only sensible that CapitaLand Mall Trust is merging with CapitaLand Commercial Trust, which owns offices. The $6.2 billion deal between the two sister real estate investment trusts, or REITs, will create a property owner of some heft. The combined entity will ...

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First Abu Dhabi Bank posts net profit of AED12.5 billion

ABU DHABI / WAM First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), on Tuesday reported its full year financial results for 2019, announcing a net profit of AED12.5 billion, up 4% from AED12.0 billion in 2018. Commenting on the results, HH Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of FAB, said, “2019 marked another year of growth for FAB, despite challenging market conditions ...

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UAE’s nuclear plant unit ‘ready’ to begin operations

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec), and its subsidiary Nawah Energy Company (Nawah) announced that an extensive operational readiness assessment performed by an international team of nuclear industry experts from the Atlanta Centre of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO), concluded that Unit 1 of the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in Abu Dhabi is ready ...

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