06-03-2019 Media in\ Berlin The World Tourism Bourse kicked off in the German capital Berlin with the participation of the UAE and more than 10,000 exhibitors from more than 180 countries. It is expected that the number of visitors to this year’s exhibition will exceed 250 thousand visitors from 6 …
Read More »3.8% The rise in foreign currency deposits in the Central Bank of Jordan
Media In / Amman 6 March 2019 The Central Bank of Jordan announced that the percentage of deposits in foreign currencies increased by 3.8% at the end of last year to 8.18 billion Jordanian dinars, compared with 7.55 billion at the end of 2017. The bank said in a press …
Read More »Oil prices fall in US trade
Media In / Agencies March 6, 2019 Oil futures fell in today’s trading on the US market, as traders were cautious ahead of weekly US crude inventories and China’s target economic growth this year. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude, the benchmark crude for US crude oil, fell 0.30 …
Read More »Zouidi: The blue economy contributes to the production of the local state by 68 percent
05-03-2019 Media in\ Abu Dhabi “The marine environment has always been the main nerve of the UAE economy,” said Thani bin Ahmed al-Zaidi, minister of climate change and the environment. He pointed out that the blue economy contributes to the production of the local state by 68 percent. In a …
Read More »US stocks open higher
Media IN / New York 05-03-2019 Agencies US stocks opened higher today, as investors awaited new developments on China-US trade talks. The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was up 9.42 points, or 0.04 percent, to 25,829.07. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index <.SPX> was up 1.60 points, or 0.06 percent, …
Read More »AED 5.1 billion in business and financial facilities during January
Media in\ Abu Dhabi The financial services provided by the banking sector to the industrial and business sectors amounted to 5.1 billion dirhams during January 2019, which increased the total facilities to the two sectors to 797.8 billion dirhams, according to statistics of the Central Bank of the UAE, which …
Read More »Increase the ownership of foreigners and gulf in the Union Properties to 49%
05-03-2019 Media in\ Dubai Union Properties began activating the decision to raise the percentage of foreign and Gulf ownership in the company’s capital as of March 4, 2009 to 49% instead of 25% as in the past period. The announcement by the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today that the new …
Read More »Arab conference discusses raising oil and gas efficiency
05-03-2019 Media in \Cairo The second Arab Regional Conference “Efficiency of Oil, Gas and Related Industries in the Arab Countries, Towards an Effective Vision for Joint Arab Action” will be held tomorrow in Cairo, organized by the Arab Organization for Administrative Development (AOAD) under the auspices of Arab League Secretary-General …
Read More »A strategic partnership between the Ajman Businesswomen Council and the Emirates Innovation Society
Media in Ajman The Ajman Businesswomen Council of the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Emirates Innovation Association to promote mutual cooperation and support creative thinking and innovative projects to achieve the objectives of both parties. …
Read More »“Dubai Economic” closes thousands of accounts to sell counterfeit goods through social networking sites in 2018
05-03-2019 Media in \Dubai The Department of Trade Control and Consumer Protection of the Department of Economic Development in Dubai closed 13,948 accounts for the promotion and sale of counterfeit goods through social networking sites during 2018. The number of visitors to these sites reached at least 77.9 million. The …
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