SHARJAH / WAM H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah and President of the University of Sharjah, honoured the winners of the 20th session of the Sharjah Award for the Best PhD Dissertation in Administrative and Financial Sciences in the Arab World on Wednesday at the Student Forum at the University of Sharjah. The ...

BLOOMBERG  Barclays Plc is seeking to sell about €5 billion ($5.3 billion) of Italian mortgage loans as part of plans to exit retail banking in the country. The UK bank has started the sales process for a portfolio of mostly performing loans to individuals, people with knowledge of the matter said. The package also includes non performing mortgages and high ...

BLOOMBERG  The Swedish population has become less hostile to the idea of adopting the euro as the krona is trading near its weakest levels ever. A poll published by Statistics Sweden showed 30.6% would vote in favour of adopting the euro. While 50.5% remains opposed to abandoning the krona, support for the common currency is now at its highest level ...