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Bloomberg Abu Dhabi is set to cash in significant gains as its Mubadala Investment Co. pushes ahead with an initial public offering (IPO) for Spanish oil firm Cepsa, in what could be the largest such deal in a decade. The state-owned investor decided to proceed with an IPO rather than a sale after potential bidders for the company were narrowed …

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia started the sale of dollar-denominated Islamic bonds and is seeking to raise about $2 billion to complete the kingdom’s external funding requirements for the year. The world’s biggest oil exporter mandated BNP Paribas SA, HSBC Holdings Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Mizuho Bank and Samba Capital for the deal, according to a term sheet seen …

DAMMAM / WAM The Arab Petroleum Investments Corporation (Apicorp) announced its half year results for the six months ended June 30. The company records total income of $169.9 million as compared to $60.0. Key drivers of this strong underlying performance were a 40 percent increase in net interest income to $45.9 million, evidence of an increase of the yield and …

Bloomberg India’s rupee rallied the most in 1 1/2 years and stocks recovered after an official said the government may announce measures to support the currency after a planned review of the economy by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this weekend. The government is not ruling out an increase in interest rates, the official said in New Delhi. The rupee has …

Bloomberg Russia has the capacity to set a new oil-production record, but won’t decide whether the market needs those additional supplies before a meeting later this month with its OPEC allies. The country could boost output by as much as 300,000 barrels a day in the medium-term, which would beat the post-Soviet record set in October 2016, Russian Energy Minister …

Bloomberg After supplying Europe’s biggest economy with natural gas for more than four decades, Norway is preparing to defend its share as the world’s biggest producers all vie for a larger slice of the $21 billion market. Russia began building a second giant pipeline to Germany and US President Donald Trump is turning up the rhetoric in an attempt to …

Bloomberg Crude climbed to $80 a barrel in London for the first time since May amid signs that global supplies are shrinking. Brent futures rose as much as 1.4 percent on Wednesday, while the US crude benchmark added as much as 2.9 percent. US efforts to isolate Iran have disrupted shipments from OPEC’s No. 3 supplier at the same time …

Bloomberg Flynas said it will soon start recruiting Saudi women to work as co-pilots. The Riyadh-based airline said it will be the first among Saudi carriers to recruit women in senior positions. The move aims to enable Saudi women to have a greater role in supporting the kingdom’s economy, CEO Bandar Almohanna said. Under Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Saudi …

Bloomberg AutoGrid Systems Inc., a California company developing software to manage power on the grid, said it closed a $32 million round of financing as it expands in North America, Asia and Europe. The Series D round included new investors CLP Holdings, Germany utility Innogy SE, Danish renewable power developer Orsted A/S and power producer Tenaska, according to a statement …

CAIRO / WAM The Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmad Aboul Gheit condemned on Tuesday the US administration’s decision to close the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO), office in Washington. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Aboul Gheit said that the decision came as part of a long series of US unfair policies towards the Palestinians aiming at terminating their …