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Mohammed Bin Rashid Est. for SME Development strengthens cooperation with Franchising...

Mohammed Bin Rashid Est. for SME Development, an agency of Dubai Economic Department, have strengthened its cooperation framework with Singaporean companies during a delegation...

Emcredit’s ISO 27001 information security certification reaffirmed

Retains certification for second consecutive year Underlines international standards followed for data collection and dissemination process Emcredit the...

Gold prices strengthen on rising demand

Last Friday, gold futures closed higher, posting a gain of almost 3% on weekly basis. A fall in U.S. consumer sentiment helped lift the...

Gold Continues Sliding, Hits 5-Year Low

Gold prices continued falling on Monday, hitting a more than five-year low. Though prices partially rebounded from a sharp selloff in the early Asian...

Why Now Is Not The Right Time To Invest

Failure by the world’s largest borrower to pay its debt will devastate stock markets across the globe.

Who’s Been Bidding Gold Higher?

A unique, innovative tool for seeing just what private investors are doing in gold... Gold was up, up and away in September. But who was...

DIFC Employment Law Introduces Mandatory End of Service Savings Plan

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading international financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, today announces that His...

Sharpen Skills with a Crash Course in Commodities Investing

If commodities investing and trading is new for you or you simply want to expand your knowledge in the trading area, you can now...

DGCX 2012 Volumes Reach All-Time High of 9.6 Million Contracts

2012 volumes rise 137% from 2011 to trade 9,601,553 contracts Currency futures volumes reach 8,880,403 contracts, up by 149% Gold Futures rise 42% from last year...

GCC banks report marginal growth in profitability, with UAE leading

Net profits of GCC banks under our coverage increased 1.3% YoY to USD4.4bn in 3Q13. On a YoY basis, net profits of banks the...

UAE – The Most Attractive Country in the Middle East for...

The United Arab Emirates is among the most attractive countries in the world for foreign direct investments. According to the 2013 A. T. Kearney...

Number of Billionaires Jumps 10% Worldwide

UBS/PwC Billionaires Report 2017: Return to Growth for Billionaires Globally, with Asia Outpacing the US for the First Time Globally, the total wealth of billionaires...

Al Islami Business Online for companies

Over 75 services can be accessed online Free set-up until March 31, 2012 As part of its strategy to provide innovative banking services, Dubai Islamic Bank...

UAE Central Bank announced mortgage-loans limits

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates last week approved the decision to increase the recently proposed mortgage-loans limits. Initially, the proposed mortgage...

Emirates NBD launches Emirates Global Sukuk Fund

•    High profit rate, low minimum investment •    Semi-annual income distribution •    Low management fees, award-winning team Emirates NBD announced today the launch of the Emirates Global...

Main sea freight index up on increased demand for large vessels

Rosier times ahead of shipping stocks The Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry commodities, rose for a third straight...

UAE to begin implementing G20, OECD procedures for tax information exchange

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has announced that the UAE will begin implementing the standards of joint disclosures and the exchange of information for...

UAE Real Estate Bank established

New entity to provide strong growth platform for real estate financing Combined entity will be Sharia-compliant UAE Ministry of Finance has announced that it started...