Middle East Business News

Dual-listed Shares Witness Buying In Quiet Dubai Market

First Abu Dhabi Bank, which will go ex-dividend on Tuesday, may weigh on Abu Dhabi index Read more

Indias Telco, Aircel, Files For Bankruptcy Cover Over $7.7b Dues

Mobile carrier Aircel Ltd owes about Rs150 billion to secured financial creditors and the rest to operational unsecured ... Read more

UK Watchdog Fines Ex-Deutsche Bank Trader Over Libor

Guillaume Adolph has been fined £180,000 for ‘improperly influencing’ quotes used for the Libor interest rate bench... Read more

China Keeps Growth Target At 6.5%, Stays Focused On Financial Risks

Pledges to continue crackdown on risks in financial system Read more

Insurer AXA Agrees To Buy XL Group For Around $15b

Deal strengthens AXA’s property and casualty insurance business; AXA shares fall 5% Read more

Egyptian Exchange To Launch Derivatives Soon

The bourse is expecting 5-6 Initial Public offerings from the private sector this year Read more

UAE May See Public Listing Of Four Companies This Year

The companies mainly belong to aluminium, electricity, services and financials Read more

Egypt Commits 1,000 Sq Km In South Sinai To Saudi Mega-city

Part of $10b joint investment fund with Riyadh; Saudi to work with Egypt, Jordan to attract European cruises Read more

DGCX Plans To Introduce Sharia-compliant Gold Product

The first ever Sharia compliant spot gold contract to go live on March 29 Read more

Saudi Underperformance Pins Lacklustre Earnings Season And A New Zakat Regime

Fourth quarter earnings was a dry spell, with the aggregate net profit of the banks declined 7 per cent sequentially dri... Read more

UAE Flyers Offered Up To 25 Kilos Of Free Additional Baggage Allowance

In one of the offers, flyers need to pre-purchase 40 kilos of weight to get 25 kilos extra Read more

Saudi Data Points To Muted Growth In February

New orders grew at their slowest pace on record, while foreign demand contracted Read more

UAEs Non-oil Private Sector Growth Eases In February

PMI cools to lowest reading since September Read more

Saudi ACWA Power Picks JPMorgan, Citi, NCB Capital For IPO

An IPO is expected by the end of the year Read more

Oil Prices Climb Ahead Of Opec Meeting With US Shale Firms

Opec to meet with US shale firms in Houston Read more