Israel Increasingly Attractive for Chinese Academics, Investors, and Tourists
East China New University and the University of Haifa this month launched a joint Israeli-Chinese research center in Shanghai—the first…
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China-UAE trade to hit 100 bln USD in 2015: association
Bilateral trade between China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will reach 100 billion yuan (around 16 billion U.S. dollars)…
Corporates perform in Q1
The first quarter financial results of companies in the major sectors that lead the UAE economy, such as banking and…
Payfort Releases Demographic, Ecommerce analysis in State of Payments in the Arab World 2015
PAYFORT, the Arab world's leading online payment gateway and payment solutions provider, is proud to announce the release of its…
Emirates NBD launches first of its kind Dubai Economy Tracker
In the presence of HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum • New monthly survey, compiled by Markit, is…
Iran's Isolated Banks May Have Slow, Painful Return to Global System
Iran may be about to restore banking links with the rest of the world after years of separation, but the…
Oman eyeing sukuk plan
Oman plans to sell its first sovereign Islamic bond, an issue of 200 million rials ($520m) of sukuk, through a…
Russian cybergroup eyes bank attacks
A security firm is warning that a group of Russian hackers known for targeting military, government and media organizations is…
The Consolidation advantage
Having larger banks with higher capacity is more beneficial for the country than smaller institutions that are likely to fail…
Is the Islamic finance industry a success or a failure?
Since 1975, when the first Islamic commercial bank was established in Dubai, Islamic finance has come a long way. …
Lebanese banking sector has a low level of vulnerability
Fitch Ratings placed Lebanon’s banking sector among 81 banking systems with a “low level of potential vulnerability” coming in the…
What next for Dubai property in 2015?
During the 2008 post-Lehman financial meltdown, home prices in Dubai fell by 60-70 per cent and a generation of offplan…