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Bahraini banks post $873m nine-month profitsBahrain's seven local retail banks listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange posted a net profit of $ 873 million in the first nine months of 2018, 14 per cent increase over the same period last year, the Bahrain Association of Banks (BAB) said. More… |
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Lufthansa Group achieves record profitsGerman airline giant Lufthansa reported record profits for 2017, earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up 45.5 per cent to €3.3 billion ($4.08 billion) - the company's best result in history. The strong increase in EBIT More… |
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UAE insurance firms’ profits hit $381m in 2017The combined annual profit of the insurance companies listed on the UAE financial markets for 2017 surged to Dh1.4 billion ($381 million) from Dh900 million in 2016, a media report said. The growth is attributed to hiking premiums More… |
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VAT to hurt UAE insurers’ performance in 2018: S&PThe newly introduced VAT in the United Arab Emirates will hurt the operating profits of almost all insurers this year, said leading financial information and analytics provider S&P Global in its latest RatingsDirect report. Th More… |
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UAE banks post profits of $7.8bn in nine monthsBanks operating in the UAE posted profits of Dh28.8 billion ($7.8 billion) during the first nine months of 2017, a growth of 8 per cent over the corresponding period last year, said the Governor of the UAE Central Bank. Mubarak Ra More… |
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Profits plummet as MEA hotels return to business as usualFollowing a summer of mixed fortunes, which included a welcome year-on-year increase in profit per room in August, hotels in the Middle East & Africa were back to business as usual in September as gross operating profit per available room (G More… |
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Boeing Q3 profits down 19pc; earnings beat expectationsThe Boeing Company posted a 19 per cent drop in profit levels for the third quarter, raking in 1.8 billion in Q3 compared to 2.2 billion in the same period in 2016. Boeing's third-quarter revenues stood at $24.3 billion with G More… |
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Top Saudi banks ‘under pressure to protect profits’Large Saudi banks will protect their profits despite a tough business climate, said Moody’s in a new report, highlighting that lower government could dampen credit demand and weaken corporate and consumer borrowers' ability to repay de More… |
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Bahrain Mumtalakat nets solid profits for fourth yearBahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, the investment arm of the kingdom, has registered solid growth for the fourth consecutive year with a net profit of BD68.9 million ($183.2 million) over the previous year's BD28.7 million ($76.3 million). More… |
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65 Abu Dhabi-listed firms post Q1 profit over $3.25bnProfits of 65 domestic and foreign companies listed on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) have reached Dh12 billion ($3.26 billion) in the first quarter (Q1) of 2017, growing by 19 per cent, compared with Dh10.4 billion in Q1 2016, a report sai More… |
