April, 2017

• 26 April

  Russia can’t stop NATO entry, says Montenegro

    BLoomberg Russia is still trying to undermine Montenegro’s NATO membership with continued cyber attacks after last year’s failed coup attempt, but no one can stop the tiny Balkan nation from joining as early as next month, the country’s defense minister said. Lawmakers in the Adriatic state of 630,000 people will formally agree to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ...

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• 26 April

  Germany tightens screws on UK in Bundestag Brexit demands

    BLoomberg German lawmakers laid out a sweeping series of conditions for Brexit talks with the U.K., and demanded a say on the final outcome. A resolution to the lower house of parliament put forward by the governing parties sets out the Bundestag’s terms for future access to the single market once the U.K. leaves the European Union, and imposes ...

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• 26 April

  HSBC, RBS Saudi ventures in talks to form $78bn lender

  

    Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc’s Saudi Arabia ventures are exploring a potential merger to create the kingdom’s third-largest lender with $78 billion in assets. Alawwal Bank, which is 40 percent owned by RBS, plans to start initial talks with HSBC’s Saudi British Bank, according to a statement on Saudi stock exchange website. Both ...

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• 26 April

  StanChat climbs as overhaul shows signs of sticking

  

    Bloomberg Standard Chartered Plc’s return to its roots as a trade bank is bearing fruit. The bank’s shares jumped as much as 5 percent as first-quarter profit topped estimates, fuelled by the biggest increase in transaction banking revenue in more than three years. The lender said it would consider reinstating its dividend next quarter. Chief Executive Officer Bill Winters ...

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• 26 April

  Deutsche names Weir head of US par loan trading

  

    Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG named Mike Weir to run par loan trading in the U.S., replacing an executive who joined Credit Suisse Group AG this year, according to a person familiar with the matter. Weir, an employee at the German bank since 2014, succeeds Mike Eilert, the person said, asking not to be named because the appointment hasn’t been ...

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• 26 April

  Dubai among world’s top 5 maritime clusters

  

    Dubai / WAM Dubai is poised as the first Arab city to lead the region at par with top global players and ranked fifth on the list of the world’s most competitive and attractive maritime clusters, according to an international survey conducted by Menon Business Economics Group, the globally renowned organisation for benchmarking leading maritime capitals of the world. The ...

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• 26 April

  DTCM rolls out innovative ‘training tool’ for travel agents

    Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, (DTCM) Dubai Tourism, announced the launch of “Dubai Expert,” an innovative online educational game created exclusively for travel agents. The announcement was made to travel professionals attending this year’s Arabian Travel Market in Dubai. Created in collaboration with the Dubai College of Tourism (DCT) and KTM Advance, a specialist in e-learning, ...

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• 26 April

  Emirates Islamic Bank donates AED3mn to ‘For You, Somalia’ drive

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent received a donation of AED3 million from the Emirates Islamic Bank in response to the humanitarian agency’s ‘For You, Somalia’ campaign, launched to raise funds to help people suffering from famine and drought in the Horn of Africa country. The charity telethon was launched earlier this month by the Emirates Red Crescent ...

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• 26 April

  Dubai hosts summit on safety, security

    Dubai / WAM The General Department of Organisations Protective Security and Emergency (OPSE), Event’s Security Committee is participating in the inaugural edition of the Major Events Safety and Security Summit (ME3S), organised by Reed Exhibitions, in collaboration with Major Events International (MEI). The two-day summit is the first-of-its-kind ‘community experience’ summit that addresses safety and security challenges specific to major ...

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• 26 April

  Abu Dhabi Ports opens free zone to European markets

  

    ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports, the master developer, operator and manager of the Emirate’s commercial and community ports as well as Khalifa Industrial Zone (KIZAD, has announced the launch of the Khalifa Port Free Trade Zone (KPFTZ) the largest free zone area in the Middle East, to the European market at the Hannover Messe exhibition in Germany. ...

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