INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

EasyLease H1 profit $12.2m

Revenue rises on stronger operations.

FAB profit edges higher

Income growth supports steady earnings.

UAB H1 profit climbs

Income, lending drive first-half growth

Sanad posts record revenue

Growth driven by global demand for services.

Bank of Sharjah profit up 39%

Bank's total assets grow 10% to $14.4 billion.
  • "Growth in Morocco is projected to slow to 1.1 percent in 2022, as agricultural output declines by 17.3 percent due...

    "Growth in Morocco is projected to slow to 1.1 percent in 2022, as agricultural output declines by 17.3 percent due to the drought,” the WB said in its latest MENA Bulletin

    The economy is projected to be driven by a still solid but moderating industrial performance and a faster recovery of tourism, the WB added

  • From the UAE to Saudi Arabia, the main indexes made up for their losses as the week came to a...

    The Abu Dhabi index fell 1.3 percent on Thursday, its biggest daily fall in more than a month

    The Dubai index on Monday climbed 1.3 percent to its highest in the previous two weeks

  • Most patients come from neighboring countries including Iraq and Afghanistan, Head of the tourism office at Iran’s Ministry of Health...

    Most patients come from neighboring countries including Iraq and Afghanistan, Head of the tourism office at Iran’s Ministry of Health Mohammad Reza Tarjoman said

    Tarjoman said there are 200 medical centers that have permission to accept foreign patients underlining that Iran is ranked 46 worldwide in the area of health tourism

  • There will be little to eat for many Lebanese when they break their fasts this Ramadan – but support from...

    There will be little to eat for many Lebanese when they break their fasts this Ramadan, but support from the WFP is delivering hope in the face of crushing price rises

    Working with the American University of Beirut, WFP is currently implementing a pilot project that is strengthening the adaptive abilities of rural communities

  • The country’s external debt services went up 5 percent, from nearly TND2 billion ($666.69 million) to about TND2.1 billion ($700.02...

    Cumulative labor income saw a 15.3-percent rise to TND1.9 billion ($633.71 million) on April 10

    This was against the TND1.6 billion ($533.42 million) on the same day in 2021

  • While 44 percent of UAE residents want to retire from their jobs before they turn 55, most of them have...

    Forty percent of respondents said they would begin saving ten years or less before retirement and 53 percent of those who save put their money in conventional bank deposits

    Twenty seven percent respondents felt they can retire on less than US$ 2,500 amount per month, while the same proportion thinks US$ 5,000 will suffice

  • The throughput tonnage at Saudi ports increased by 7.18 percent during the first quarter of 2022, reaching a total of...

    The number of transshipment containers increased by 5.91 percent, with a total of 1.3 million TEUs.

    Saudi ports have recorded a fall in container throughput which declined by 1.27 percent with a total of 2.5 million containers.

  • The euro slumped to a near two-year low on Thursday after the European Central Bank remained vague about when it...

    The drop in the single currency helped boost European stocks, while Wall Street equities resumed a downward slide amid worries over tightening US monetary policy

    The euro took a knock after the ECB's decision, slipping under $1.08 for the first time since May 2020, falling as low as $1.0758

  • Cash-strapped Sri Lanka imposed fuel rationing on Friday in another worsening of the economic crisis that has sparked widespread demonstrations...

    The state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), which accounts for two-thirds of the retail fuel market, said it would limit the quantities drivers can buy

    Energy ministry officials said they expected the country's other fuel retailer, Lanka IOC -- the local unit of Indian Oil Corporation -- to follow suit

  • The Ministry of Economy (MoE) has received the request to register the Investopia Summit trademark internationally, in line with the...

    The UAE acceded to the Madrid Protocol on 28th September 2021 to enable trademark owners in the country to protect their trademarks in more than 125 member countries.

    Investopia Summit is one of the strategic projects announced last September by the UAE government as part of the first set of 'Projects of the 50.'