Emirates Business Over 100 baskets of dabbas were lined up on tables, awaiting judgement for the tastiest, healthiest and the best looking date. This variety of date, especially popular in Liwa oasis, was the first of the 10 ratab — half ripen dates — competitions to start the 12th annual Liwa Dates Festival. Organised by the Cultural Programmes and …

  Emirates Business Visitors to Al Majaz Waterfront in Sharjah can enjoy a host of new activities on offer, with the premier tourist and leisure destination having commenced its exciting ‘Summer Fun’ annual programme which will run every weekend (on Thursday and Friday) until the end of August. Starting on the first day of Eid Al Fitr, Summer Fun at …

  Bloomberg The thwarted coup attempt in Turkey is leaving derivatives traders with little doubt the country’s three-year sojourn in investment grade is coming to an end, potentially triggering a fire sale of almost $9 billion of bonds. In the three trading days since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan survived a bid by a faction of the military to depose him, …