Bloomberg Crude rose by the most in a month as traders focus on supply risks from Canada to the Middle East. Futures in New York advanced as much as 2.5 percent on Monday amid speculation that a Canadian oil-sands facility that supplies US refineries won’t return to full production as quickly as expected. Threats elsewhere included an imminent labour strike ...

DUBAI / WAM Commercial Bank International (CBI) announced financial results for first six mon- ths of 2018, with net profit up 55 percent to AED81 million, compared to AED52 million in H1 2017. Operating profits were up 6 percent to AED194 million, from AED183 million during same period last year. Mohammad Sultan Al Qadi, Chairman of CBI, said, “The strong ...

JAKARTA / WAM The Emirates Authority for Standardisation and Metrology (ESMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indonesia’s National Standardisation Agency (BSN) and National Accreditation Committee (KAN) to officially recognise halal certificates issued by KAN. ESMA Director-General Abdulla Abdul Qader Al Maeeni told Salaam Gateway, which is a joint effort between Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre and Thomson ...

Bloomberg Total SA raised its production target for the second time this year, accelerating its emergence from the oil slump as rising prices deliver a surge in profit. While the return of US sanctions on Iran derailed a major gas endeavor of the French energy giant, the move also boosted oil prices just as Total reaped the benefits of project ...

Bloomberg Protests at some South African power stations amid deadlocked wage talks are stopping coal from getting to plants and threaten to force the country’s electricity provider to implement rolling blackouts. “The national grid is expected to be constrained this evening due to instability at several power stations due to acts of intimidation,” Khulu Phasiwe, a spokesman for Eskom, said ...

Bloomberg The first major utility to embrace green power is cultivating its roots as a grid operator to insulate it from new rivals seeking a foothold in the electricity business. Iberdrola SA’s Chief Executive Officer Ignacio Galan said selling power directly to environmentally-conscious companies and running grids that earn a predictable return are at the heart of the strategy for ...

Bloomberg Chesapeake Energy Corp’s agreement to sell shale assets in Ohio for about $2 billion boosted the natural gas producer’s shares as it moves to whittle down debt. The deal announced with closely held Encino Acquisition Partners is Chief Executive Officer Doug Lawler’s biggest in 3 1/2 years. After Chesapeake said almost all of the proceeds will be used to ...

Bloomberg The biggest technology shares fell for a third day as investors showed signs of exhaustion with the sector amid a slew of corporate earnings. Government bonds declined ahead of key policy meetings from some of the world’s biggest central banks. The Nasdaq 100 Index sank almost 1 percent as the FANG cohort tumbled 2.2 percent, led by Netflix Inc. ...

Bloomberg Iran’s rial tumbled to another historic low, resisting government efforts to shore up the economy as the restoration of US sanctions looms. In an effort to signal they’re taking action to fight profiteering and cushion the blow of the US economic offensive, authorities have rounded up more than two dozen merchants who they say exploited government currency measures for ...

Bloomberg Something interesting happened in Swedish finance last quarter. The only big bank that managed to cut costs also happens to be behind one of the industry’s boldest plans to replace humans with automation. Nordea Bank AB, whose Chief Executive Officer Casper von Koskull says his industry might only have half its current human workforce a decade from now, is ...