Manama, July 17 (BNA): Bahrain Bourse announced today that its ‘All Share Index’ closed at 1533.97 points (+196.71 points) as of July 15 representing a growth of 14.71% YTD and crossing its 9-year peak, mainly led by positive performance of the Commercial Banks sector. Commercial Banks was the best performing sectoral index, as it gained by 30.75% YTD. Services and Investment sectors index performed positively as well, by 15.31% and 6.18% YTD respectively. Total market cap stood at BD 9.64 billion.

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Visa (NYSE: V) today announced it has acquired Payworks, a Munich-based provider of next-generation payment gateway software for the Point of Sale (POS). Visa will bring Payworks’ cloud-based solution for in-store payment processing together with its CyberSource digital payment management platform to create a fully integrated payment acceptance solution for merchants and acquirers. The joint offering will provide acquirers and payment service providers with a modern, fully white-labeled omnichannel payment management"...

GFH Capital Limited, a subsidiary of Bahrain-based GFH Financial Group, on Tuesday announced that it has acquired a tech offices portfolio in the United Statesw in a deal valued at over $100 million.

With the completion of this deal, total US and UK real estate transactions executed by GFH over the last few years has crossed $1 billion mark, the company said in a statement.

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Kalbian Hagerty LLP announced today that Mark H. Tulloss has joined the firm’s UAE office as Senior Counsel.

Mr. Tulloss is a widely respected international business lawyer with a practice focused on advising businesses in the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and other developing markets.

“Mark’s experience and technical competence navigating complex legal"...

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has agreed to sell its Moody’s Analytics’ Knowledge Services (MAKS) business to Equistone Partners Europe Limited (Equistone), a European private equity firm.

MAKS is a leader in knowledge process outsourcing services, providing high-value research and analytical support to organizations worldwide. Through delivery centers in India, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka and China, the business"...

MSCI Inc. (NYSE: MSCI), a leading provider of critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community, announced today it will release its results for second quarter 2019 on Thursday, August 1, 2019.

MSCI's senior management will review the second quarter 2019 results on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at 11:00 AM Eastern Time. To listen to the live event, visit the events and presentations section of MSCI's Investor Relations"...

Andersen Global is proud to announce a collaboration agreement with Cabex, one of the oldest legal and tax consulting firms in Senegal. Senegal thus becomes the thirteenth African country where Andersen Global has a member or collaborating firm offering legal services.

Located in Dakar, Cabex has been offering services to local and foreign clients from the public and para-public sectors on matters relating to national and international issues for"...

The Bahraini investment company is ready to invest in the development of the Crimea. It is going to invest 500 million euros in the development of the infrastructure of the peninsula.

“A large company, which chose to remain anonymous because of sanctions, intends to invest in the construction of roads and railway facilities in the Crimea,” Izvestia reports. The parties have already signed a memorandum of cooperation.

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After two quarters of decline, the worldwide PC market grew 1.5% in the second quarter of 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. Shipments totaled 63 million units in the second quarter of 2019, up from 62 million units in the second quarter of 2018.

“Worldwide PC shipments growth was driven by demand from the Windows 10 refresh in the business market in the second quarter of 2019. Desktop PC growth was strong, which offset"...

The General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions (CIBAFI), the global umbrella of Islamic financial institutions and Ivey Business School at Western University, Canada, on their fifth year of fruitful collaboration, bring this year’s Executive Programme on “Strategic Thinking, Agile Leadership and Curiosity, and Application of FinTech Innovations”. This programme will be held on 5 – 6 November 2019, in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

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