Dubai / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, the sixth edition of the World Government Summit (WGS 2018), will run from February 11-13. The upcoming edition of the summit will bring pivotal changes to the structure of the event with a series of specialised international ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), held a panel discussion entitled ‘Renewables making waves in the Pacific: A new humanitarian model?’ that highlighted the success of the UAE-Pacific Partnership Fund (UAE-PPF). Held during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2018, the session offered a fascinating glimpse into the role of aid ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM), announced that the number of transactions executed through its municipal centres and digital channels in 2017 had reached 628,483 transactions. Transactions processed clocked 146,629 transactions in City Municipal Centre, 15,044 transactions in Musaffah Centre, 14,115 transactions in Al Shahama Centre, 17,666 transactions in Al Wathba Centre, 12,826 transactions in Bawabat ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Less than a month after increasing its capital to AED 1 billion through an Initial Public Offering (IPO), Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC has announced refinancing “Gulf Mishref” and “Gulf Mirdif” petrochemical carriers. The move underlines the increasing demand for the company’s shipping services, which requires increasing its fleet capacity to meet the demand for its services ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) announced that it will host a series of “Business Best Practice Seminars” this month as part of the 10th cycle of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MRM) Business Award and the 2nd cycle of the MRM Business Innovation Award. Three best practice seminars, to be held on January 22nd, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business World-renowned home-grown airline and lifestyle brand Emirates has topped consumer brand sentiment in the UAE for the third year running in the latest Best Brand Rankings, released today by YouGov BrandIndex. YouGov used Buzz scores to compile the rankings. Buzz is calculated by asking consumers daily if they have ‘heard anything positive or negative about a ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates NBD Asset Management has consolidated its position as one of the leading regional asset managers, announcing strong full-year growth in Assets Under Management (‘AUM’), as well as top quartile returns across the bulk of its fund range. The business’ reputation as the asset manager of choice for institutional clients was further cemented by 2017 inflows ...

Bloomberg US stocks rose as earnings season continued with another major bank reporting healthy results. The dollar rose, while Treasuries declined with gold, as Congress appeared closer to a deal to avert a government shutdown after January 19. All major equity gauges were higher, with semiconductor companies leading gainers. The S&P 500 Index climbed after Bank of America Corp. beat ...

Bloomberg Bitcoin tumbled below $10,000, bringing its loss to almost 50 percent from a record set only a month ago, as increased scrutiny from regulators around the world weighs on the digital- coin craze. The largest cryptocurrency dropped 10 percent to $9,610.05 as of 9:33 am in New York, its first foray below $10,000 since December 1, according to consolidated ...

Reuters Gulf stock markets were mixed on Wednesday with Masraf Al Rayan, Qatar’s second-largest bank by market value, pulling the Qatari stock index 0.2 percent lower. Shares in Masraf Al Rayan sank 2.7 percent after the bank reported a 9.6 percent drop in fourth-quarter net profit to 466 million riyals, below an average 562.5 million riyal forecast by Reuters analysts. ...