ABU DHABI / WAM Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Crown Prince’s Court has launched an education initiative to be included in school curricula and courses in the form of a subject entitled, “Moral Education”, in cooperation and ...

  DUABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS Emaar Malls, the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by global property developer Emaar Properties (DFM: EMAAR), has reported first-half (January to June) 2016 net profit of AED 987 million (US$ 269 million), 17 percent higher than the net profit of AED 845 million (US$ 230 million) during the same period last year. Revenue for ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates Telecommunications Group Co. (Etisalat Group) reported a consolidated net profit (after federal royalty) of AED 2.3 billion for the second quarter of 2016, a 51 percent year-on-year rise. “The increase in profit is attributed to lower finance costs, incurring forex gain during the period as compared to forex loss in the same period last ...