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Mobile payments on the rise across GCC, officials say
May 5th, 2017
Online payments, including mobile payments and e-commerce, are set to become a crucial part of the digitisation wave currently sweeping across the GCC, according to a number of industry executives in attendance at the event. “Major trends include subscription ...
Costa Coffee owner Whitbread reports sales of £3.1 billion
April 25th, 2017
2016/17 was a 52-week year whereas 2015/16 was a 53-week year. In order to provide a clearer comparison, year-on-year growth relating to revenue, underlying profit and underlying earnings per share are shown on a 52-week comparative and a number ...
Gulf states are spending billions to attract tourists
April 24th, 2017
Gulf states are spending billions of dollars creating ambitious strategies to attract visitors as tourism becomes a stronger plank of their economies. This week’s Arabian Travel Market in Dubai will show the changing face of the industry as entertainment ...
America’s financial war strategy
April 23rd, 2017
America’s renewed desire to escalate military tensions is a front for America’s continual financial war, this time directed at North Korea, Syria and possibly Iran. This is likely to be the opinion of China’s strategic advisors. We analyse the ...
Gold price edges higher on rising geopolitical tensions
April 12th, 2017
Gold prices edged higher during Asian trading hours on Tuesday April 11 – rising geopolitical tensions buoyed haven demand for the yellow metal, while US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s comments on gradual US interest rates rises had a limited ...
Oil hits five-week top on geopolitical tensions, strong demand
April 11th, 2017
Crude oil climbed to a five-week high on Tuesday, with prices underpinned by tensions following a U.S. missile strike on Syria and a shutdown at Libya’s largest oilfield. Additional support also came from expectations of strong demand as the ...
Oil prices jump 2% after US launches missile strike in Syria
April 7th, 2017
Oil prices surged more than 2 percent on Friday after the United States launched dozens of cruise missiles at an airbase in Syria. U.S President Donald Trump said he had ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which ...
Emirates NBD partners with Samsung to provide early access to Samsung Pay for select customers
April 4th, 2017
Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, today announced its partnership with Samsung to provide early access to Samsung Pay, for the bank’s customers. Samsung Pay is a secure, fast and convenient mobile payment service that can be ...
EU Commissioner to discuss gas supply with Israel, Greece, Cyprus and Italy
April 3rd, 2017
European Union Climate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete will travel to Tel Aviv on April 3 to discuss the potential of gas from the eastern Mediterranean region for Europe with the Energy Ministers from Israel, Greece, Cyprus ...
Why mobile shopping clicks in UAE
March 30th, 2017
Samina Subhani had been trying for months to locate a very special item for her two children. Both her son and daughter are avid Star Wars fans and had their heart set on owning a pair of replica lightsabers ...
