Dubai / AFP Dubai’s DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, said on Thursday that a major acquisition and “robust” growth helped its profit to surge 30.7 percent to $883 million in 2015. Revenues grew 16.3 percent to $3.97 billion, the company said in a statement. DP World’s ports handled 29.1 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), the standard …

Dubai / WAM Amanat Holdings PJSC (“Amanat”), the region’s largest integrated healthcare and education company, on Thursday announced its net profit of AED50.6mn for the period since inception on the November 17, 2014 to December 31, 2015. Amanat reported total income of AED89.6mn, comprised mainly of AED57.3mn of gain and dividends from Al Noor Hospitals Group and an AED 32.3mn …

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Economic Development(DED), Industrial Development Bureau (IDB), has said that the levels of all pollutants from industrial establishments in Abu Dhabi were lower than federally accepted limits for 2015. The IDB expressed its intention to set a register for technical inspection and testing companies in coordination with the Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council …