Saudi Arabia has appointed 10 disease specialists to investigate the spread of the MERS virus and advise the government on future steps.
Dubai’s Expo 2020 Preparatory Committee will submit the mandatory registration dossier for the event in 2015, it was confirmed.
The company handled 6.76 million twenty-foot equivalent units in the quarter, compared with 6.19 million TEU in the corresponding period of 2013.
Airline’s first superjumbo scheduled to take off from the new airport
The Dubai-listed firm made a first-quarter net profit of Dhs58.24 million ($15.86 million) compared with Dhs47.84 million a year earlier.
The bank made a net profit of 3.1 million rials ($8.1 million) in the opening three months of 2014, compared to 5.7 million rials in the same period of 2013.
This loan is split between a 2.1 billion euro one-year bridge loan and a 1.05 billion three-year portion, Etisalat said.
The agreement with Indian businessman Mohan Valrani will see the creation of two primary schools and two secondary schools.
At present, investors wishing to raise their stake in a firm to more than 30 per cent must offer to buy all of its shares under the same price and conditions.
The 143 cases announced since the start of April represent a 73 per cent jump in total infections in Saudi Arabia this month.
Rising air conditioning demand during summer and a lack of domestic supply means Kuwait needs to import more gas each year to run its power plants.
Revenue for the quarter was 1.32 billion riyals against 1.67 billion riyals in the prior-year period, it said in a statement.
The fund is most likely to be Mubadala, sources said, given that it already has telecommunications assets and an existing partnership with Etisalat in Africa.
Eight men planted a homemade bomb close to where police usually erected a checkpoint during protests, before setting tyres on fire and blocking the road to lure policemen to the site.
UAE developer says it is awaiting approval for the master plan of the project, which is expected to house 200,000 to 250,000 people upon completion.
The changes are part of plans to introduce at least two new rules covering the stock exchanges every year, a top official said.
The number of UAE students studying in the US rose to 2,256 in 2012/2013, official figures show.
The telco made a net profit of Dhs2 billion ($544.5 million) in the three months to March 31, according to a company statement.
Around 31 per cent of the UAE’s online shoppers said that they had stopped online purchases due to extra costs.
The company’s revenue for the quarter also rose 6 per cent year-on-year.
The implementation of measures against financial crime is of growing importance in the region, a new KPMG survey says.
Brace of city hotels to complement upcoming Palm Jumeirah resort
Mohammed al-Omar has asked to resign and will retire from the beginning of next month, KFH said in a bourse statement.
Work on the unit, which lasted a month from March 27, was originally due to finish on April 19 but was extended by a week.
Saudi Arabia has now had 323 confirmed cases of MERS, of which 94 have been fatal.
The firm made a profit of 206.3 million riyals ($56.66 million) in the three months to March 31.
This morning sees the second round of diversions in as many months
The patient, 27, was living in the Saudi capital Riyadh, the ministry said.
In total, 92 people have died of MERS in Saudi Arabia, the ministry said on its website.
Investors subscribed Dhs10 billion ($2.7 billion) to the fixed offer of 275 million shares in Marka , which were priced at Dhs1 each.