Arabian Business Rich List: How we did it
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Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre Launches 'State of the Global Islamic Economy Report' and 'Global Islamic Economy Indicator 2014/2015'
Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), in partnership with Thomson Reuters , the world's leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals,…
Islamic consumer spending to exceed $3.7 trillion in 2019
Global spending of Muslim consumers on food and lifestyle sectors grew 9.5 per cent last year according to the State…
Emirates NBD Research release Lebanon PMI update
“The headline PMI came in at 49.5 in the month, up from 48.8 in October. Although still below the…
Deloitte launches the 2014 Takaful Insurance Report in Islamic Finance
Despite the global Takaful insurance market exhibiting impressive double digit growth of 18% over the period 2007-2012, the regulatory environment…
Corruption on rise in Turkey, China: Transparency Int'l
Corruption is feared to be worsening in China, Turkey and other fast-growing economies, an anti-graft watchdog warned Wednesday, also urging…
Reasons to be optimistic about the global economy in 2015
One way in which Middle East investors are increasing their holdings is by placing more capital into alternatives andresGrowth…
Gulf lays plans for local currency bond markets
In a region dominated by bank loans and international bonds, Gulf Arab countries are laying plans to develop local currency…
International Islamic banking assets with commercial banks set to exceed US$778b in 2014
According to EY's World Islamic Banking Competitiveness Report 2014-15: Participation Banking 2.0, Islamic banking assets with commercial banks in…
Fitch affirms ratings of five banks
Fitch Ratings has affirmed National Bank of Bahrain's and BBK's long-term Issuer Default Ratings at 'BBB'. Fitch has also…
UAE corporates outperform GCC
Driven by higher earnings in banking and real estate sectors, the UAE market recorded corporate earnings surge of 33.5 per…
Global warming poses risk to MENA
Middle East and North African countries are especially vulnerable to the impact of climate change, with 100 million people living…