ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The Latest on Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United Arab Emirates (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Pope Francis received a surprise when a little girl crawled under …
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‘A dream come true’: 120,000 take in Pope’s message at Abu Dhabi mass
More than 120,000 worshippers packed Zayed Sports City stadium and its surroundings in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to see the Pope, who is in the Gulf country to promote interf…
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UAE Food Bank opens third branch in Dubai’s Muhaisnah 2
Clint Egbert/Gulf News Dawoud Al Hajri at the new location of the UAE Food Bank at Muhaisinah on 5th February, 2019. Photo Image Credit: Dubai: After serving about 4,500 tonnes of food to the …
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The Latest: Pope ends UAE trip with first papal Mass there
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The Latest on Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United Arab Emirates (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Pope Francis has concluded his historic visit to the Arabian Penin…
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Pope Francis holds historic public mass in UAE
Pope Francis, who has made outreach to Muslim communities a cornerstone of his papacy, leads an unprecdented open-air mass for some 170,000 of the estimated one million Catholics in the United Arab Em…
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UAE mulls hydrogen as a renewable energy source
The production of hydrogen using renewable forms of energy such as solar and wind, and its subsequent use to power applications in various sectors, will put the UAE on the global map, experts said at …
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UAE’s non-oil private sector activity jumps to seven-month high in January
Business conditions in the country improved on higher output, says Emirates NBD Emirates NBD’s latest tracker shows the UAE’s non-oil private sector improved in January on higher output and new orders …
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Corporate sponsorship is not an enemy of the arts
A literary award and a hedge fund are not, perhaps, the most obvious bedfellows … Emirates Airline has a long association with the annual literature festival in Dubai. Economic pragmatism isn’t the …
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HDFC Bank Limited (HDB) Shares Bought by Bank Pictet & Cie Asia Ltd.
A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of HDB … financial services to individuals and businesses in India, Bahrain, Hong Kong, and Dubai. The company operates in Treasury …
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TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC Trims Holdings in HNI Corp (HNI)
71.41% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors … Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Dubai, and Taiwan. The company’s Office Furniture segment offers a range of metal and wood c…
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Commentary: Mr Kenneth Griffin, you have a lot in common with Haiti, come invest there!
My advice is, going for the plunge, your hedge fund the Citadel will stand as strong as the mighty … Haiti would have been rich as much as Dubai, Brunei or Singapore except its fortune would have be…
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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has raised its stake in Telecom Italia (TIM) to 9.4 percent, a SEC filing showed, escalating a power battle over the Italian phone group with top shareholder Vi…
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Mondrian Investment Partners LTD Has $137,000 Stake in HDFC Bank Limited (HDB)
18.83% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors … Bahrain, Hong Kong, and Dubai. The company operates in Treasury, Retail Banking, Wholesale Banking, and Othe…
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Fannie-Freddie Regulator Now Welcomes Lawmaker Input on Revamp
Hedge funds and other investors were hopeful that any plan would allow shareholders to get their hands on Fannie and Freddie’s profits, which now go to the Treasury. Otting’s Wednesday letter is the l…
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Vanguard Group Inc. Acquires 66,967 Shares of HNI Corp (HNI)
71.41% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds. Get HNI alerts … Hong Kong, India, Mexico, Dubai, and Taiwan. The company’s Office Furniture segment offers a range …
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The Latest: Pope leaves UAE after first papal Mass there
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – The Latest on Pope Francis’ historic visit to the United Arab Emirates (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Pope Francis has departed Abu Dhabi after making the first papal t…
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British man detained in UAE after wearing Qatar football T-shirt to match
Ali Issa Ahmad watched Qatar beat Iraq in the Asian Cup match at the Al Nahyan stadium in Abu Dhabi. He was later arrested by UAE officials. Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images A British footb…
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