BY SANJAY SINGH) National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) posted a net profit of Dhs 1.88 billion for the first half of 2008, 58 per cent above the first half of 2007. Annualised earnings per share were Dhs 1.92 up from Dhs 1.24 (restated) in the comparable period of 2007. The return on equity was 30.1 per cent above the bank's medium-term strategic plan return of 25 per cent. In the second ...

Amid these very bad weeks for Republican John McCain's hopes for victory in November, the cruellest blow of all is surely that President George Bush has evidently decided to let McCain sink, without even pretending to toss a life belt to his fellow Republican.

AMERICAN politicians will never stop us wondering whether there is any limit to which they would go in order to please the Jewish lobby and voters by playing the Israeli card, which is a trump indeed in the game to win the White House.
The latest in that is...