Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business On New Year’s eve, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, took to Twitter to greet UAE residents. In ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The investment of UAE’s banks in Saudi Arabia and Egypt reached AED87.2 billion ($23.7 billion)at the end of Q3 2018, representing 12.5 percent of the total assets invested abroad, which amounted to about AED693 billion in September of the same year. Figures from the UAE Central Bank show that the value of investments by UAE banks, ...

DUBAI / WAM The value of the UAE’s online travel sales in 2018 is forecast to reach AED17.3 billion, driven by a growing population, increasing number of tourists, and UAE residents’ shift towards digital services, a new analysis from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry revealed. The analysis, based on recent data from Euromonitor International, found that direct online ...