The Abu Dhabi lender’s profits fell 19.2 per cent to Dhs135 million during the fourth quarter of 2011.
According to Ernst &Young, deal values in 2011 dropped by 28 per cent year-on-year to reach $31.7 billion.
Markets were subdued even as Greece delayed its decision regarding a new bailout.
The telecoms operator might also share infrastructure facilities with other carriers.
Prince Alwaleed, Citigroup’s biggest individual shareholder, said that he expects the bank to increase dividends this year.
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Tameer Princess Tower is the highest residential building on earth at 414 metres.
The move follows the stringent financial and trading sanctions imposed by the US and EU on Iran.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported that full year 2011 passenger demand rose 5.9 per cent.
The UAE’s central bank is reportedly planning to limit credit card interest rate at 18 per cent annually.
According to the IMF, Qatar’s economy is expected to grow six per cent in 2012.
The mall operator is undertaking several new projects across the Middle East this year.
The pipeline will supply gas to the town of Duqm and is estimated to cost around $200- 220 million to build.
The airline’s CEO said that it was unlikely that the struggling carrier would be dissolved or sold.
Lebanon’s Azadea Group will bring the fashion label to the Middle East later this year.
The Kuwaiti bank reported a net profit of KD302.4 million in 2011 compared to KD301.7 million in 2010.
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The kingdom’s oil minister has said that rising domestic demand will not affect crude oil exports.
According to the country’s Economy Minister, the Arab Spring has spurred growth in the UAE.
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund is expected to acquire the property in a “few weeks.”
The country is scrambling to find an alternative to its threatened primary supply from Iran, Oman’s oil minister has said.
The Bahraini firm saw its subscriber base increase by 20 per cent year-on-year in 2011.
South Africa, a large importer of Iranian oil, is assessing the impact of international sanctions.
More than one in two institutional investors see Africa as an attractive region to invest in over the next decade.
The $9 billion refinery project in China is expected to produce 300,000 barrels per day of crude oil.
The country’s first trade deficit since 1980 raises questions how Japan will finance its huge public debt.
Shipments of 15.4 million iPads in the fourth quarter of 2011 gave Apple a 58 per cent market share.
The move will make the bourse the second publicly traded stock exchange in the region.
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The German car company delivered 11,000 vehicles in the region during 2011, recording a 21 per cent sales growth for the year.