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Asia rides Wall Street rebound

Asian shares rose in early trade on Wednesday after Wall Street reversed a three-day losing streak, but Japanese stocks dropped sharply after the yen surged on fading hopes of near-term stimulus from the Bank…

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Dubai logistics firm plans year-end IPO

Buyout firm GrowthGate Capital plans to take freight-forwarding company Able Logistics Group public in Dubai around the end of this year,…

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Sensex, Nifty at record highs

The BSE Sensex and Nifty hit a record high on Tuesday as continued strong buying by foreign investors boosted blue chips,…

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Asian shares tick up cautiously

Asian shares cautiously rebounded from two-week lows on Thursday but gains were pared after disappointing retail sales and factory output data…

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Broker exodus from Singapore gathers pace

Singapore’s shrinking brokerage industry is set to get even smaller as trading restrictions planned by regulators dent profits, according to a…

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Dubai leads Gulf markets lower

Dubai’s benchmark led a retreat among Persian Gulf stock indexes, tracking a decline in emerging markets after Russia’s intervention in Crimea…

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du eyes buoyant economy for future growth

Du, the United Arab Emirates’ second biggest telecoms operator, expects further growth in the business due to a buoyant local economy,…

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Global stocks restore $3 trillion in value

Global stocks erased their losses for the year as growing confidence in the U.S. economy and a rally in emerging markets…

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Deyaar to allow 25% foreign ownership

Dubai property developer Deyaar said on Sunday that it planned to allow foreigners to begin investing in its shares and hold…

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UAE market an oasis in global storm

|By Arjuna Mahendran|The GCC stock and bond markets remain a safe haven to investors, underpinned by solid fundamentals. The Expo 2020,…

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Asian stocks climb after China data

Asian stocks climbed, Australia’s dollar strengthened to its highest in a month and commodities rallied after Chinese trade data exceeded estimates.…

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Dubai stocks extend gains

 Dubai’s bourse rose further on Tuesday after a choppy session as it tried to break free of the 4,000-point psychological resistance…

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Drake & Scull gets $102m Nakheel deal

A subsidiary of Dubai-based contractor Drake and Scull has won a 375 million dirham ($102.10 million) contract from local developer Nakheel…

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Asian shares mostly higher

Most Asian markets made guarded gains on Monday, encouraged that Wall Street was able to weather a seemingly disappointing U.S. jobs…

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Dubai brokerage firm plans German foray

Dubai’s biggest equities brokerage plans to expand into Germany by July to tap growing investor appetite for UAE equities, its chief…

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Asian shares gain on US data hopes

Asian shares regained a measure of stability on Friday, stepping further away from five-month lows after a strong rally on Wall…

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European stocks rise on good earnings

European stocks rose for a second day as investors awaited the European Central Bank’s rate decision and weighed company earnings. Asian shares…

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Union Properties profit soars 8-fold

Union Properties, a Dubai-based real estate developer, said on Monday that its net profit jumped more than eightfold to 1.58 billion…

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Lenovo buys Motorola from Google

Lenovo Group said on Wednesday it agreed to buy Google Inc’s Motorola handset division for $2.91 billion, in what is China’s…

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Tata Motors MD dead: suicide suspected

Karl Slym, managing director of Tata Motors Ltd, died after falling from a hotel room in Bangkok in what police said…

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Gold extends rally on weak US job data

Gold extended gains to a third session on Monday to hit its highest in a month after a surprisingly weak U.S.…

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Dollar climbs to 4-month high

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index touched a four-month high as signs of improvement in the labor market support expectations the U.S.…

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Shuaa Capital CEO leaving

Shuaa Capital, the Dubai-based investment bank, said its chief executive officer Colin Macdonald will be leaving the group upon expiry of…

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Indian pharma shares gain on foreign buying

Shares in mid-sized drug makers extend a recent rally as dealers cite evidence of good buying by foreign institutional investors (FIIs).…