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Bloomberg Oil was anchored below $41 a barrel with an industry report signalling a surprise gain in US crude stockpiles, while concerns linger about the threat to demand from rising coronavirus infections. The American Petroleum Institute reported inventories rose by 2.05 million barrels last week, before government data on Wednesday. The virus is setting records across the US, with Texas’s …

Bloomberg Poor diets in developing countries are costing businesses as much as $850 billion a year in lost productivity, underlining the need for companies to play a bigger role in tackling a problem that’s being compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. Those are the findings of a study by Chatham House and Vivid Economics, the first to analyse the impact of …

Bloomberg Oil dropped to trade near $40 a barrel before US government data that’s forecast to show gasoline stockpiles increased, while rising virus infections raised concern stricter controls will be extended. US gasoline supplies expanded by one million barrels last week, according to a Bloomberg survey, while nationwide crude stockpiles are projected to have fallen for a second week. Official …

Bloomberg Hotter temperatures by 2100 could slash global GDP by more than 20%, according to new research, and the way the economic impact will be distributed threatens to turn climate change into an enormous driver of worldwide inequality. A new analysis of the relationship between heat and economic performance released this week by Oxford Economics, a global forecasting firm, identified …

ADEN / WAM Over a three-year period, the UAE, represented by the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) launched 32 projects to provide drinking water in the governorates of Yemen’s Red Sea Coast, benefitting some 600,000 people. The projects are part of a series of humanitarian projects implemented by the UAE to help the Yemeni people related to food aid, shelter, social …

Bloomberg Pension fund managers from three continents have launched an online green-investing tool that measures companies against United Nations sustainable development goals. The SDI Asset Owner Platform will allow investors to assess 8,000 companies using the UN criteria, according to a statement on Monday. The four pension funds — APG Asset Management NV and PGGM NV from the Netherlands, British …

Bloomberg Oil rose in London to above $43 a barrel as Saudi Arabia hiked its official selling prices, and as global equity markets climbed. Brent gained 1.3% in London to near the highest level since March. Saudi Aramco increased its crude prices to Asia as demand recovers. Libya’s oil exports are expected to fall this month as forces opposed to …

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE on Monday sent a plane carrying over 12 metric tonnes of medical supplies and Covid-19 testing kits to Brazil in furtherance of joint cooperation to bolster the country’s efforts to curb the spread of Covid-19 and assist approximately 12,000 medical professionals as they work to contain the coronavirus. Commenting on delivery, Saeed Abdullah Mohammed …

Bloomberg The world economy is entering the second half of 2020 still deeply weighed down by the coronavirus pandemic with a full recovery now ruled-out for this year and even a 2021 comeback dependent on a lot going right. It’s a scenario few if any predicted at the start of the year when most economists were banking on another year …

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (Taqa) announced on Sunday that international credit rating agencies Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings upgraded its final issuer ratings by three notches to Aa3 from A3 and by two notches to AA- from A, respectively. The ratings represent fourth highest investment grade rating on each of agencies’ rating scales and …