DUBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters) – Banks led the Saudi Arabian stock market higher on Thursday after Riyad Bank reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter, while builder Drake & Scull jumped in Dubai. Riyad Bank gained 6.2 percent after reporting …
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BRIEF-Commercial Bank of Dubai 9-month profit falls
* NINE-MONTH TOTAL REVENUE 1.99 BILLION DIRHAMS VERSUS 1.80 BILLION DIRHAMS YEAR AGO * AS OF END SEPT LOANS AND ADVANCES STAND AT 47.5 BILLION DIRHAMS, UP 14.9 PERCENT YEAR-ON-YEAR * AS OF END-SEPT 2017, CUSTOMER DEPOSITS STAND AT 47.5 BILLION DIRHAMS, UP …
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UAE Embassy In Washington, DC Joins The American Cancer Society To Celebrate The Launch Of The Cancer Atlas In Arabic
UAE to host first-ever “Relay For Life” in the Gulf in November to raise funds for cancer research WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Washington, DC, in partnership with the American Cancer Society …
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Microsoft Expands Partnership with Mashreq Bank on Digital Transformation
Microsofttoday announced it will expand its partnership with Dubai based Mashreq Bank to drive a bold digital transformation programme within the bank’s branches and digital services. Through the programme, which builds on Mashreq’s market-leading …
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Emirates Islamic inks wasl home finance deal
Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, said it has tied up with wasl Asset Management Group to offer attractive home finance facilities for its park-side freehold master development in the heart of Dubai.
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Is income tax coming to the UAE? And what will happen if it does?
According to Undersecretary of MoF Younis Haji Al Khoori, the UAE Ministry of Finance announced on Tuesday that it was still in the process of preparing the executive regulation of VAT, in coordination with the concerned authorities. The Emirates News …
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UAE yet to determine VAT rates on goods
The UAE government is still in the process of preparing the executive regulation for value-added tax (VAT) and the rates on supply of goods and/or services and exports are yet to be determined, said a top Ministry of Finance official. The UAE MoF is …
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Taxation is Coming to the Tax Free United Arab Emirates: Dubai
Products covered by the new regulations include cigarettes and alcohol. Moreover, the UAE Ministry of Finance had also announced that a Value Added Tax on non-essential goods will take effect in January 2018. The implementation rate will be at 5 percent …
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No VAT on sale and purchase of shares in UAE
On Tuesday, Dubai Financial Market saw 451.2 million shares changing hands worth Dh525.2 million. Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange witnessed 62.8 million shares trading worth Dh100.6 million. As part of the wider Gulf Cooperation Council agreement …
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The Debt Panel: ‘I left the UAE without paying Dh170,000 in loans but the banks won’t help me return’
On this panel this week: Kunal Malani, head of customer value management, UAE and Mena at HSBC Middle East; Keren Bobker, an independent financial adviser with Holborn Assets and Michael Routledge, the founder of the debt advice site savememoney.ae.
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Dubai Financial Market : Deyaar’s stock hits highest level in 3M early Tuesday
Dubai – Mubasher: Deyaar Development’s stock on Tuesday registered its highest level in three months, or since 20 July’s trading session by 11:00 am UAE time. The stock rose 1.12% to AED 0.541 after 23.68 million shares were exchanged, through 188 …
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Dubai Financial Market : Mashreq Bank’s stock inches up 0.14% on DFM early Tuesday
Dubai – Mubasher: Mashreq Bank’s stock increased 0.14% to reach AED 74, after 22,560 shares were exchanged, through two transactions, with a turnover of AED 1.66 million on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Tuesday by 11:15 am UAE time. The stock of …
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UAE MoF issues statement on VAT regulations
The UAE MoF is committed to working with the highest levels of transparency and disclosure principles, and will collaborate with the Federal Tax Authority upon issuing the executive regulation. Al Khoori stressed that the Ministry’s website and that …
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Lawyers report low take-up of UAE bankruptcy law
The UAE’s long-awaited bankruptcy law has yet to be applied … It provides traders with three options when in financial crisis – restructuring, preventative composition and (declaring) bankruptcy. However, it does not decriminalise bounced cheques …
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VAT items ‘yet to be determined’, says UAE finance ministry
Tax rates on goods and services are yet to be formally set, the UAE Ministry of Finance has said, ahead of the planned introduction of VAT on January 1. Undersecretary Younis Haji Al Khoori said the ministry is still in the process of preparing the …
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UAE Oil Giant Seeks Partnership For Possible IPO
Even though the UAE’s oil firm ADNOC is seeking partnerships and exploring a possible IPO of minority stakes in some of its services units, at the holding company level ADNOC will remain wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government, ADNOC group CEO Sultan …
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Former Goldman executive is raising money for quant hedge fund
Dubai: Ronald Hua, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive … The duo is raising money as more hedge funds and asset managers start quantitative strategies to adapt to a challenging environment for stock pickers. Active managers are trying to find …
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