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Abu Dhabi Fund Buys $750m Stake In Retail Arm Of Indian Giant Reliance

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Subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority will buy a 1.2% stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Read more

UAE's Mubadala Confirms $844m Stake Deal In Retail Unit Of Indian Giant Reliance

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Mubadala says its investment will translate into a 1.40% equity stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Limited Read more

Abu Dhabi Fund Said To Seek Resolution To Mumbai Airport Takeover Deal

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Agreement between ADIA consortium and GVK Group's airport holding company has 'deal exclusivity' until January 31, 2021 Read more

Ten People Killed In Attack On Pakistan Stock Exchange

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Four security guards, a police officer and a bystander were killed in the melee Read more

Silver Lake Follows Facebook To Back Ambani's Reliance Jio

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The Silver Lake deal is the latest in a series of fund-raising plans by chairman Mukesh Ambani, as the tycoon seeks to b... Read more

Video: India Is Promised $1 Billion To Fight Covid-19 Pandemic As Deaths Rise

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The World Bank has pledged one billion dollars to India to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic there. The city of Mumba... Read more

UAE Tycoon Khurram Shroff Makes Offer To OYO Homes Division

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Chairman of IBC Group and Gallery Suites says he has reached out to OYO founder with plan for funding and restructuring Read more

Bahrain's Investcorp Invests $45m In Indian Healthcare Firm

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Investcorp has announced that it has closed a $45m investment in Nephrocare Health Services Private Limited Read more

Strong Rupee, Falling Interest Rates Lead To Plunge In NRI Deposits In India

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Kerala, home to a large chunk of expat Indians, however, has seen growth in both NRI remittances and bank deposits in th... Read more

Abu Dhabi Wealth Fund To Invest In Operator Of Mumbai Int'l

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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, along with Canada's PSP Investments and India's NIIF, to invest over $1bn in GVK group Read more

India Central Bank Denies Reports Of Selling Gold From Reserves

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The Economic Times had reported on Friday that the Reserve Bank of India started trading in gold actively since July Read more

Top Level DIFC Delegation Completes Mission To Indian State

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Dubai International Financial Centre chases more Indian FinTech businesses during trip to Maharashtra Read more

Dubai's Liv Says Customers Rush To Open Accounts To Win Private Island

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Digital-only lifestyle bank by Emirates NBD reveals it has seen 44,000 new accounts opened since launch of competition t... Read more

UAE's Mubadala Says $19bn Spent On Expansion Plans In 2018

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Abu Dhabi wealth fund says it invested in new areas such as medtech, pharma and agribusiness last year Read more

India's Largest Commercial Bank Cuts Interest Rates

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State Bank of India's move may affect millions of Gulf-based non-resident Indians Read more

Abu Dhabi's ADCB Quarterly Profit Drops 11% On Cost Of Funds

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Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank combined with local rivals Union National Bank and Al Hilal Bank to create the Gulf region's f... Read more

DIFC Bucks Global Trend With Double-digit Growth In Companies

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Malaysia's Maybank Islamic Berhad, Cantor Fitzgerald and Australia's Atlas Wealth Management were among the financial fi... Read more

Abu Dhabi's Al Jazira Recruits City Football Group Exec To Head Commercial Operations

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Nick Pinder joins Al Jazira from City Football Group where he was responsible for partnerships and commercial activity a... Read more

Opinion: Discrimination Continues To Blight The Beautiful Game

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Apart from a significant pay gap compared to the men's team, the US women's soccer team play more games Read more

Egan Bernal To Become Youngest Tour De France Winner In More Than A Century

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Bahrain Merida's Italian captain Vincenzo Nibali won the penultimate stage Read more