The Iraqi summer is notorious for imposing scorching heat. With record temperatures topping 50 degrees Celsius in August 2015, thousands of Iraqis took to the streets to direct their frustrations at the central government for abysmal...
· Al Tamimi & Company has led the first Rights Issue on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM). The Rights Issue, launched by DFM-listed Takaful Emarat, the Shari’ah-compliant life and health insurer, was 36.51 per cent oversubscribed,...
An Iraqi court has rejected a request by Zain Iraq to lift a freeze on USD187 million it holds in cash at local bank accounts, the telecom operator's parent firm Zain said, according to Reuters. Zain...
Dubai is set to spend billions of dollars on generating clean energy, the government said on last month, aiming to have solar panels installed on the roofs of all buildings by 2030, according to Reuters. The...
Essar Global Fund Limited (EGFL) general counsel and chief compliance officer Raminder Singh has announced he will leave the firm at the end of the year, according to The Lawyer. Singh joined Essar in 2010 from...
The Indian government has unveiled a new framework for approving and defending intellectual property rights. It is intended to boost innovation and remove obstacles to doing business in India for multinational corporations, particularly drugmakers, according to...
The draft Child Rights Law was returned to the FNC with reservations from President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on wording of an article of the law. The wording of article 20 of...
The memorandum between the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and DIFC Dispute Resolution Authority (DRA) creates a strategic partnership that will benefit the 60 DFM– listed companies, as well as the large number of issuers of Sukuk,...
On November 27, an agreement between Qatar and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) was signed in Vienna.Qatar will fund to deliver projects related to justice, prisoners, youth and justice education highlighted by the...
Last month,business leaders across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries announced the launch of the regional chapter of the 30% Club, a global business-led initiative committed to achieving better gender representation in senior leadership positions of...
