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Bloomberg Oil finished higher for the week after a volatile trading session that pitted gnawing doubts about global demand against supply threats from the Middle East and beyond. Futures gained 0.3 percent in New York and ended the week up 1 percent, reversing from last week’s steep loss. Oil turned higher after Mexico’s state-run oil company said crude output fell ...

ABU DHABI / WAM As of December 2018, a total of 1,088 licences have been issued for the nuclear sector in the UAE, according to Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation’s 2018 Annual Report. Official statistics showed that as of December 2018, FANR issued 483 new licences, 459 licence renewals, and 146 licence amendments to conduct activities using radiation sources in ...

BOGOR / WAM Corporate giants of the UAE that include Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), Mubadala, and global trade enabler DP World have signed slew of agreements with Indonesian companies, on Wednesday. The signing of the pacts took place on the sidelines of the state visit by HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi ...

Bloomberg SenseTime Group Ltd., one of the world’s most valuable artificial-intelligence startups, is setting up a hub in Abu Dhabi for Europe, Middle East and Africa with plans to hire hundreds of engineers. The Chinese facial recognition firm, which counts Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. as an investor, will start work on the research and development center this year and build ...

Bloomberg Oil’s rally picked up steam as US crude stockpiles shrank and domestic output plunged the most in more than a year, adding to supply concerns as tensions escalate in the Middle East. Futures jumped as much as 1.5% after the Energy Information Administration said domestic oil inventories slipped for a sixth straight week, the longest contraction since January 2018. ...

Bloomberg India is considering an option to raise $10 billion in one go from its first overseas bond sale as early as October, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The government would prefer to sell yen or euro-denominated debt so as to offer lower yields. A dollar bond isn’t ruled out given there would be more liquidity, while ...

BEIJING / WAM Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the significance of peace and stability in the Gulf region for the Middle East as well as for the whole world, saying the region should be an “oasis of security” rather than a new “source of turmoil.” “China backs the UAE’s commitment to regional peace and stability,” Xi said, calling on ...

Bloomberg The US has sanctioned a Chinese state oil trader for violating restrictions on Iranian crude, an attempt to tighten restrictions on the Islamic Republic and cut off one of its biggest buyers. Zhuhai Zhenrong Co., the secretive company with links to the Chinese military, has a history of taking Iranian crude and fuel, at times as part of barter ...

Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund further reduced its global growth outlook, already the lowest since the financial crisis, and suggested that policy “missteps” on trade and Brexit could derail a projected rebound. The world economy will expand 3.2 percent this year and 3.5 percent next year, both down 0.1 percentage point from April projections, the fund said in its latest ...

BEIJING / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, witnessed the signing of a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between the two countries, spanning a series of sectors including defence, trade ...