ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has sent congratulatory messages to the Kings, Emirs and Presidents of Arab and Islamic nations, on the advent of the Holy Month of Ramadan. In his messages, President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa wished the leaders and their people continued good health and well-being, and further progress and ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Adnoc Distribution released its financial results for the first quarter of 2018, with strong double-digit growth in net profit and EBITDA as well as impressive growth in gross profit in its convenience store business. Gross profit for the period increased 14.3% compared to the same period last year to AED1.185 billion, EBITDA has grown 24.9% to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) attended inauguration of the Northern City Residential and Infrastructure Project, one of the key strategic projects in Bahrain. ADFD has allocated AED 2.6 billion towards the development of the project. The Northern City Residential and Infrastructure Project has been developed as part of AED9.175-billion grant provided by the UAE to ...

DUBAI / WAM Noor Bank welcomed listing of $500 sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai. The capital raised supports Noor Bank’s continuing rapid growth as a fully scalable universal Islamic bank across the UAE active in a wide range of products and services including retail, corporate and investment banking as well as treasury and insurance. Noor Bank has arranged over $64 billion ...

DUBAI / WAM UPS officially opened its new 32,000 square metre package sorting and delivery facility in the south east of England. At $163 million, the new London Hub is one of UPS’s largest single infrastructure investments outside of the United States in the company’s history. “Every single day, we see evidence of a more inter-connected world of commerce. And ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that it has succeeded in achieving a compliance rate of 99 percent regarding the disclosure of the first quarter (Q1) financial statements of its listed public joint stock companies within the deadline of 45 days from the end of the financial period. As many as 65 listed companies out of ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Upon the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the follow-up of HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and President of the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation, the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation has concluded its preparations to launch its ...

RABAT / WAM The UAE, represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority, won a membership in the Executive Council of the Arab Civil Aviation Organisation (ACAC) during the 24th General Assembly Meeting held in Rabat, Morocco, receiving 17 votes out of 20. Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi, Director-General of the General Civil Aviation Authority, said: “We in the UAE, are always ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fliggy, the online travel service platform of the global leading technology company, Alibaba Group. The MoU that aims to boost the number of Chinese tourists visiting Dubai through closer collaboration in integrated 360-marketing campaigns to strategic high-growth segments was signed ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The UAE Banks Federation (UBF) and SWIFT, the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, have organized a workshop in Abu Dhabi to raise awareness among professionals working in the ‘payments’ domain in the country’s banking and financial sector about SWIFT Global Payment Innovation (gpi) and compliance. The workshop, which attracted about 50 attendees, ...