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Emirates NBD H1 profit $3.40bn

Total income rose by 12 percent in the same period.

ADIB H1 pre-tax profit $1.08bn

Q2 pre-tax net profit increases by 14 percent.

AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in US

Bulk of funds to go into a Virginia manufacturing center.

UAB net profit up by 50% for H1

Total assets increase by 11 percent.

TSMC Q2 profit up 60%

TSMC is the world's largest contract maker of chips.

Qatar, UAE lead Gulf region in governance, growth

  • TRENDS tries to look at where Arab countries stand in terms of politics, governance and economies, in the latest the Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index
  • In past 10 years, the quality of democracy has declined in nearly one in five democracies, including in regionally important and once-stable democracies, the index points out

Over the past 10 years, the quality of democracy has declined in nearly one in five democracies, including in regionally important and once-stable democracies.

The latest Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index (BTI) counts more autocratically governed states than democracies. Among the 137 countries surveyed, only 67 are still democracies, while the number of autocracies has risen to 70.

TRENDS tries to look at where Arab countries stand in terms of politics, governance and economies.