DUBAI - The Sharjah Economic Development Department, or SEDD issued total of 24,777 commercial, industrial and business licences for
 first half of the 2009.
DUBAI - The Sharjah Economic Development Department, or SEDD issued total of 24,777 commercial, industrial and business licences for
 first half of the 2009.
DUBAI - A surge in the number of new subscribers contributed to record second-quarter earnings for du, the country’s No. 2 telecom operator, with the company claiming on Sunday to have secured a 30 per cent share of the UAE mobile phone market a year ahead 
of its plan.
DUBAI - Abu Dhabi Airports Company, or ADAC, the operator of the Abu Dhabi International Airport, on Saturday announced an 8.1 per cent increase in passenger traffic growth during the first six months of 2009, compared with the same period a year earlier as airlines added more flights.
DUBAI - AXA Cooperative Insurance Company, or AXA Co-operative, a Saudi public joint stock company, announced that the ministry of commerce has issued commercial registration to the company.
DUBAI - Oman Insurance Company posted a 16 per cent growth in revenue for the half-year ended on June 30 over the same period of the previous year.
DUBAI - Saudi-based Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co (PetroRabigh) is facing problems at its new gasoline-making residual fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) unit, traders said 
on Friday.
DUBAI - Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, has announced the appointment of Jakob Thomsen as Senior Executive Officer in its Dubai office. Thomsen will be heading Saxo Bank A/S office, which has its offices in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC).
DUBAI - Jotun Paints has launched in Dubai its 1,050th Multicoulor Centre in the Middle East, getting it closer to its ambitious plan to establish over 1,500 stores in the region by 2011.
DUBAI - Emirates is hitting the road in Africa to lift the profile of its expansion plans on the continent. Events will be held in South Africa and Angola, countries where Emirates is launching new routes this year.
ABU DHABI - The net profit of Union National Bank, or UNB, dropped by 35.66 per cent in second quarter of the year to Dh272.85 million from Dh424 million in the first quarter, due to higher impairment charges.