Dubai / Emirates Business Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD), one of the leading banks in the UAE, has won the coveted “Best Local Bank in the UAE” award at the EMEA Finance Middle East Banking Awards ceremony held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai. The award was received by Dr. Bernd van Linder, Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bank of ...

Dubai / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation (MBRF), announced it will be extending the fifth Nobel Exhibition, held in collaboration with the international Nobel Foundation at Dubai’s La Mer, until March 30. The decision came following directives of the MBRF Chairman, HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and as a result of the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (Esma) developed its eighth national energy efficiency programme, the TV Efficiency Project, which is expected to reduce the cost of electricity bills by some 50 percent, as well as reduce government subsidies for electricity generation costs, as part of the UAE Green Growth Strategy. The UAE Cabinet has approved ...