MENA fund managers plan to increase UAE investments

DUBAI: Middle Eastern funds plan to increase their investments in the UAE over the next three months while keeping their exposure to other countries in the region at current levels, according to a Reuters poll. Fund managers expressed optimism in the UAE, with more than half of the 11 polled in February saying they would […]

ExxonMobil finds world’s 3rd biggest gas deposit in Cyprus

NICOSIA: ExxonMobil has made the world’s third-biggest gas find in the last two years off the cost of Cyprus, the country’s government said on Thursday. Energy Minister Georgios Lakkotrypis said the discovery of an estimated 5-8 trillion cubic feet of gas offers hope for more discoveries in waters off the east Mediterranean island nation, which […]

Amazon appoints Indra Nooyi, former PepsiCo CEO, as director

Amazon.com Inc board of directors elected Indra K. Nooyi as director of company, and also appointed her to audit committee of board. Nooyi is the second high-profile addition to Amazon’s board this month. Amazon recently added Starbucks COO Rosalind Brewer to its board. Brewer, who has been COO of Starbucks since October 2017, was also […]

Starbucks’ China rival Luckin Coffee taps 3 banks for US IPO

HONG KONG: Chinese start-up Luckin Coffee, which has ambitions to overtake Starbucks at home this year, has tapped three banks including Credit Suisse to work on a US IPO in 2019, said people with direct knowledge of the matter. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are also advising Luckin, one of the quickest firms to reach […]

Dispute resolution in the leisure marine sector

The Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre (EMAC) has been established in answer to a call from the maritime cluster in the region for specialised alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services closer to home. To answer the call, an Emiri Decree issued in 2016 formally established EMAC, which is run by a highly skilled secretariat and overseen by […]