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GENEVA: Reporting in her capacity as Chair of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on 15th July, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala urged WTO members to adopt a spirit of compromise and engage in genuine negotiat…

Doha: Ahli Bank (a Qatari public shareholding company) net profits increased by 6.47 percent in the first half of 2024 to reach QR 383.009 million , compared to QR 359.738 million in the same period of the previous year.

A statement issued by the ban…

DUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has approved 59,058 No Objection Certificate (NOC) applications in the first half of 2024 as part of the “Soqoor” programme.

The Soqoor programme makes it easier for consultants and contractors to o…

Doha: HE Governor of the Qatar Central Bank (QCB) Sheikh Bandar bin Mohammed bin Saud Al-Thani met today with HE UK Ambassador to Qatar Neerav Patel.

The meeting dealt with discussing bilateral cooperation between the two countries and the ways to en…

AJMAN: The Department of Finance in Ajman (DOF) has signed a service agreement with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) to augment a unified digital payment platform for Ajman’s government, SADAD Ajman and its digital wallet.

The aim is to provide comprehensi…

DUBAI: The Dubai Centre for Family Businesses, which operates under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers, has published an informative new toolkit titled “Sample Family Constitution”.

The launch of the comprehensive guide is part of the centre’s efforts to…

SEOUL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday it revised up the 2024 growth outlook for the Republic of Korea to 2.5 percent on the back of stable global economic expansion.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the latest projection marked a …

European stocks on Wednesday closed lower , affected by a decline in luxury goods stocks, while the decline became more severe due to weak results in other sectors of the market, such as the banking sector.

The European Stoxx 600 index recorded a dec…