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WTA roundup: Bencic upsets Svitolina to reach Dubai final
Belinda Bencic secured a spot in the final by stunning two-time champion Elina Svitolina 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3) on Friday at the Dubai Duty Free Championships in the United Arab Emirates. Bencic …
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Dubai Stocks Cross Resistance Level Held For a Year: Inside EM
(Bloomberg) — Dubai’s main stock index ended Sunday’s session above a resistance level that it had held for over a year, boosted by continued gains for the biggest listed real-estate developer.
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UAE’s ADNOC seals $4 billion pipeline infrastructure deal with KKR, BlackRock
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has sealed a $4 billion midstream pipeline infrastructure deal with U.S. investment firms KKR and BlackRock, the government-owned company s…
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Dubai Islamic Bank : DIB adopts digital plan for growth in 2019 – Bloomberg Intelligence
Dubai – Mubasher: Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB) has adopted a new digital strategy that will serve its customers and operational capabilities. The new plan is to help the UAE’s largest Islamic lender addre…
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UAE waives Dh361 million loans of over 3,000 Emiratis
First Abu Dhabi Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, RAKBANK, Al Hilal Bank, Union National Bank, Noor Bank, Emirates Islamic, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Sharjah Islamic Bank, and Arab Bank for Investment …
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Sharjah offers Dh250 million in compensation to residents
… located in the old heritage and historical area in the centre of the city of Sharjah. Image Credit: Gulf News Archives Dubai: Affected owners of commercial establishments and residential …
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Dubai tourism grows marginally in 2018, China tourists up 12 percent: data
DUBAI (Reuters) – Gulf tourism hub Dubai had 15.92 million overnight tourist visitors in 2018, up 0.8 percent from 2017, official data showed on Sunday, with tourist numbers from China rose 12 percent …
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Almost 16m overnight visitors in Dubai in 2018
Dubai edged towards its target of becoming the most visited city in the world with 15.92 million international overnight visitors in 2018. The record number of visitors followed a series of customised …
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Dubai reaches new record in international overnight visitors
DUBAI, 24th February, 2019 (WAM) — Dubai welcomed 15.92 million international overnight visitors in 2018, marking a new high, according to Dubai Tourism. The emirate’s tourism department reported tha…
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Dubai to map regional economic landscape in line with its Fifty-Year Charter
The Dubai Free Zones Council is working with various government and financial entities to assign economic goals to various areas of the region, aimed at boosting Dubai’s non-oil sector, it said in a s…
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2019 plans handover of 47,500 homes in Dubai, reveals “Property Finder Trends” report
Dubai: Property Finder, the UAE’s go-to real estate portal, released the aggregate results of figures from Dubai Pulse, the open data platform initiative from the Smart Dubai Office, which are based o…
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UAE a pioneer as blockchain develops capabilities
The UAE is home to some of the early adopters. Blockchain operates as a distributed ledger, storing and processing transactions across a network of computers. The technology creates a ledger of transa…
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UAE Press: Dubai Expo will open up unlimited opportunities
ABU DHABI, 24th February, 2019 (WAM) — Since being named the host of World Expo 2020, the UAE has left no stone unturned to make the event extraordinary, especially since it will be the first to be s…
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Tennis: Unseeded Bencic upsets Kvitova to lift Dubai title
(Reuters) – Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic ended a four-year title drought with a 6-3 1-6 6-2 victory over Petra Kvitova in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Saturday.
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Bencic beats Kvitova to win Dubai Championships title
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Unseeded Swiss player Belinda Bencic pulled off another upset to win her first WTA title in three-and-a-half years, beating Petra Kvitova 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 Saturday in …
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Latour out of UAE Tour after training crash
and Tejay van Garderen (EF Education First) expected to emerge as overall contenders for final victory next Saturday. Cyclingnews will have live coverage of every stage of the UAE Tour, with news and …
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