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MENA M&A deal volumes up 36%; Values rise by 8% in...

Deal volumes in Q2 2011 increased by 43% compared to the same period last year, from 67 deals in Q2 2010 to 96 deals...

Abu Dhabi will host a World Bank office

The Executive Committee of Abu Dhabi Executive Council in its meeting yesterday approved to host the World Bank's office in Abu Dhabi for a...

MENA IPOs raise US$218.9 Mn in Q3’11, up by 23.6%

MENA IPO Update, regional capital markets raised US$218.9 million in the third quarter of 2011, up by 23.6% from the US$177.04 million raised during the same period in 2010

Trading activity expected to be largely driven by developments in global...

Global equity markets closed the week on a positive note on the back of growing optimism over a possible trade deal between the US...

Facebook IPO live, traded at $42.05 up over 10%

Facebook IPO started trading in New York with approximately 25 minutes delay today Opening Facebook trade was expected at US $42, with 65 million shares...

Hedge Funds post November Gains as Fiscal Cliff Looms

Relative Value, Event Driven leads gains on M&A and special dividends; HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index posts 5th gain in 6 months Hedge funds posted gains...

Dubai World silence causes concern

Since the November standstill announcement, little information was released from either Dubai World or the government to reassure investors. Discussions with creditors have been...

DED and Commercial Bank of Dubai sign agreement to facilitate electronic...

The Dubai Department of Economic Development (DED) and Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) have signed a co-operation agreement to give customers the option...

DGCX Records Best Ever Month in its 14-Year History

The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) has registered its best ever month in its 14-year history, recording volumes of 2.382 million lots valued...

Western Union and Amazon to Launch New Way to Pay

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, today announced it is has been engaged by Amazon to launch...

DGCX daily volume surged to a new daily volume high

Exchange Trades 20,112 contracts on July 12, valued at US $ 996.12 million Trading on the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) surged to a...

21st Century Gold Investing

Gbulllion.com has been painstakingly designed to simplify the complex processes that underlie the the acquisition and movement of physical quantities of gold bullion from its source into the world’s most highly secured vaults.

Emirates NBD launches Emirates Global Sukuk Fund

•    High profit rate, low minimum investment •    Semi-annual income distribution •    Low management fees, award-winning team Emirates NBD announced today the launch of the Emirates Global...

DMCC Unveils New Dubai Diamond Exchange – The Largest Diamond Trading...

DMCC – the world’s flagship Free Zone and Government of Dubai Authority on commodities trade and enterprise – today unveiled the redesigned and upgraded...

MENA IPOs up 344% in the first quarter of 2012

Five IPOs in the region - three in KSA and one each in Oman and the UAE UAE’s NMC Healthcare lists on the London Stock...

Emirates NBD to utilize services of Fitch Ratings, Moody’s, Capital Intelligence

Emirates NBD discontinues use of S'&'P Ratings Emirates NBD announced today that the company has elected to discontinue use of Standard '&' Poor's...

Gold Bulls on the rise, Goldman

The proportion of Middle East based investors interested in gold appears to be increasing substantially, according to Goldman Sachs Asset Management Chairman Jim O'Neill. O’Neill,...

DGCX Gold Futures Rise 111%

Exchange Sets Fourth Consecutive Monthly Volumes Record in June Exchange registers 889,131 contracts in June, valued at $32.92 billion, a growth of 231% from June...