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Emirates NBD Sees UAE Rate Climb Reversing On Tax Giveaway

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The government probably held as much as $11bn in bank deposits following the introduction of a 5% value-added tax in ear... Read more

Finablr's $200m IPO To Be Completed By Mid-May

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Finablr CEO Promoth Manghat said he expects the listing will allow the firm to scale up and explore new opportunities in... Read more

Dubai's Emirates NBD CFO Subramanian To Leave After 9 Years

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Surya Subramanian expressed a 'desire to return to Singapore to pursue family interests' Read more

Dubai's Emirates NBD Reports Increased Profits On Loan Growth, Forex

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Emirates NBD said economic activity in 2019 to be underpinned by higher oil production as well as increased government s... Read more

Dubai's Biggest Bank Celebrates Listing Of $1bn Bond

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Senior banker rings the market-opening bell at Nasdaq Dubai to celebrate the listing of a $1bn conventional bond Read more

Dubai Regulator In Contact With US Counterpart About Abraaj Case

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Abraaj founder Arif Naqvi and former managing partner Mustafa Abdel-Wadood were arrested on US charges last week for all... Read more

Abu Dhabi's Privinvest Seeks Compensation From Mozambique Over Hidden Debts

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Privinvest and its subsidiaries were the only suppliers for $2 billion of maritime projects for which Mozambique raised ... Read more

Kuwait's Jazeera Airways To Distribute $23m Dividend To Shareholders

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With the 2018 dividend, the airline has returned a total of KD84 million in cash to shareholders in the last five years Read more

Saudi Aramco Unit Inks $1.25bn Deal For Hyundai Oilbank Stake

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Saudi Aramco says that a subsidiary will buy a 17% stake in South Korea's Hyundai Oilbank Read more

UAE-based Faraj Fund To Help 100 Inmates During Ramadan

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The fund has helped over 11,000 prisoners from over 50 countries since it was established in 2009 Read more

Tiger Woods' Masters Win A Major Boost For The Brands Still With Him

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Tiger Woods generated more than $23.6m in exposure for various corporate partners during the final-round telecast, when ... Read more

Dubai's W Motors May Launch Own Formula E Team By 2020

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W Motors CEO Ralph Debbas said Formula E is 'more exciting' than 'monotonous' Formula 1 Read more

First Abu Dhabi Bank's Foreign-ownership Change Lifts Abu Dhabi Stocks

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First Abu Dhabi Bank's raised cap for foreigners could trigger passive inflows of about $730 million from investors Read more

Dubai Islamic Bank On The Lookout For Potential Acquisitions

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Dubai Islamic Bank was reported last month to be considering buying Noor Bank Read more

Former Abraaj Exec Held In Same New York Jail As Mexico's 'El Chapo' Guzman

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Mustafa Abdel-Wadood was apprehended at a New York hotel last week Read more

Saudi Arabia's PIF Said To Seek Bridge Loan Of Up To $8bn

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The Public Investment Fund is said to have begun talks with banks to raise a loan expected to be between $5bn and $8bn Read more

Lebanon Said To Plan $2bn Eurobond Issue

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Lebanon is planning to cut its budget-deficit-to-GDP ratio from 11% to 9%, according to a top government economic advise... Read more

Dubai's Damac Secures $229m Financing For Luxury London Project

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Three banks provide funds for Damac Tower at Nine Elms, the first in Europe to be designed in partnership with Versace H... Read more

Abraaj CEO Charged With Fraud In US After Dubai Firm's Collapse

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Arif Naqvi, the founder and ex-CEO of Abraaj, was arrested Wednesday in the UK and is awaiting possible extradition to t... Read more

Uber Files Documents For IPO After Careem Deal

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Uber's valuation in its latest private investment round was more than $70 billion Read more