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Media In / Riyadh 18 July 2019 In the first half of the year 2019, the national payment system “MADA” recorded an unprecedented record in the record of POS transactions, up 47% compared to the first half of last year. Total operations in the first half of this year amounted …

Media In / Amman 18 July 2019 A report issued by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the third edition of the Global Cybersecurity Report 2018 shows that Jordan offers 18 global rankings and two levels at the Arab level in the cybersecurity environment. The report, which measures the extent …

Media IN Abu Dhabi 18th-07-2019 WAM Abu Dhabi topped emirates in the UAE in terms of capital value of public shareholding companies registered at the Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) with AED 263.2 billion in 2018. Dubai and Sharjah came in the second and third places with AED 110.2 billion …

Media IN DUBAI- 18th-07-2019 Nasdaq Dubai today welcomed the listing of a US$1 billion Sukuk and a $300 million conventional bond issued by global trade enabler DP World. DP World is the largest UAE debt issuer by value on the region’s international exchange, with Sukuk and conventional bond listings now …

Media IN Tokyo, July 18 (BNA): Japan’s exports declined in June as shipments of goods were hit by trade disputes between China and the US, the Finance Ministry reported Thursday. The data released by the Finance Ministry on Thursday show exports fell by 6.8% in June from a year earlier, …

Media IN BEIJING, July 18, 2019, SPA Index lost 0.7% to 2,908.87 and Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 tumbled 2.14% to 21,010.48. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng retreated 0.6% to 28,414 and Seoul’s Kospi was 0.38% lower at 2,064.94. Indian Senxex lost 0.2% to 39126.40. Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 shed 0.5% to 6,639.30 and …

Media IN VIENNA, 18th July, 2019 (WAM) The price of OPEC basket of fourteen crudes stood at US$64.60 a barrel on Wednesday, compared with US$66.13 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The fourteen crudes, from separate OPEC member countries, include a mix of blends and light and heavy …

Media IN Dubai  17th-07-2019 WAM Emirates NBD, listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), reported a 49% year-on-year surge in its net profit for the first half of 2019. Net profit stood at AED 7.5 billion in the six-month period ended 30 June 2019, versus AED 5.01 billion in the …

Media IN DUBAI, 17th July, 2019 WAM According to the latest Monster Employment Index,MEI,  the UAE registered an impressive 18 percent growth in online job postings compared to the same period last year, representing the highest growth in the region. In a clear sign that the UAE Government’s Education 2020 …

Media IN DUBAI, 17th July, 2019 (WAM) The Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority, FCSA, announced the completion of 50 percent of the ‘Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2019′ ,in cooperation with the Ministry of Community Development and local statistics centres. The survey covers more than 20,500 households across the country …