DUBAI / EMIRATES BUSINESS In strategic partnership with the Central Bank of Bahrain, World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) 2016 is set to gather over 1,300 leaders onto a single platform to chart new areas of growth, address economic uncertainties, and unlock opportunities available for the global Islamic finance industry. The event will be held at the Gulf Hotel in …

  Dubai / WAM Foreign investors purchased AED595.3 million worth of shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and sold AED596.1 million over the week, DFM said on Thursday. Net foreign investment on the market reached AED780,000 as aggregate sale. Value of shares bought by foreigner investors comprised 39.8 per cent of the total value of stocks traded during the …

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory cable to President Tabare Ramon Vazquez Rosas of the Republic of Uruguay, on the occasion of his country’s Independence Day. Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed …