Tabreed sees 21% jump in profits in third quarter

Dubai: Dubai-listed National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed) reported a 21 per cent jump in its net profit for the third quarter of 2019 as revenues rose. Profits attributable to the parent company reached Dh129.7 million, bringing profits for the first nine months of the year to Dh329.1 million, up 3 per cent year-on-year. The increase […]

A chronograph and a covert WWII mission to Tokyo

Long before they became luxury accoutrements for men, wristwatches were once purpose-built tools. These ‘tool watches’ helped professional divers time their stay underwater, navigators chart their aerial routes, artillery officers locate enemy canons, race car drivers time their hot laps, a Rolex even helped James Bond unzip his love interest’s dress in Live and Let […]