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Bloomberg Egypt is opening the door to private participation in its natural gas sector, moving to end the state’s monopoly as it pushes ahead with reforms meant to encourage investment and revive the economy. The new law signed by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi sets up a natural gas regulatory authority charged with licensing and devising a plan to open the gas ...

DUBAI / Reuters Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co said on Tuesday it had secured a $1.2 billion Islamic loan from National Commercial Bank (NCB) to help repay a previous facility with the lender that matures next week. The company, an affiliate of Saudi Basic Industries Corp , said the new loan was for five years, replacing the seven-year loan of same ...

Bloomberg Chinese acquirers will spend $1.5 trillion buying companies and investing overseas in the next decade, 70 percent more than the previous 10 years, even as regulators at home and abroad block deals, Linklaters LLP said in a report on Tuesday. Government policies encouraging Chinese companies to invest in manufacturing capabilities, particularly for advanced technology, and international trade will help ...

Bloomberg The controversial H-1B visa programme, widely criticised for costing American workers their jobs, has actually provided economic benefits for both the US and India, according to a new study from researchers at the Center for Global Development and the University of Michigan. The combined incomes for the two countries as a result of the US visa programme rose by ...

Bloomberg TNG FinTech Group Inc., a Hong Kong-based digital wallet operator founded in 2013, is poised to close a funding round and is targeting a valuation of about $500 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. The firm has attracted almost $60 million in the series. A round from investors including a Beijing-based private equity fund, said the ...

Bloomberg State-owned Export-Import Bank of India sold its first dollar bond in Taiwan’s Formosa debt market, joining Korea’s Kookmin Bank and Europe’s ABN Amro Bank NV so far this year to tap local investors demand for floating-rate debt that offers protection to buyers. Overseas issuers have been able to obtain “some pricing advantages from Formosa floaters compared to the global ...

ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi’s Department of Finance has announced that the ‘Al Maqta’a bidding hall’ processed tenders worth AED as much as 10,260,975,489 from ten different government entities in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi during the first half of 2017. The aim behind Al Maqta’a is to enhance transparency, competitiveness, and open-ness pertaining to tenders issued by ...

ABU DHABI / WAM In yet another indicator of the growth in economic sentiments in the country, the number of ATM operated by banks in the UAE hit a total of 5219 by end of H1, an increase of 2% from 5118 in same period in 2016, according to UAE Central Bank statistics. The continual rise in ATMs in country ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi Events Licensing System (ELS), which was launched earlier during the year by Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) has experienced unprecedented growth of 19.5 percent in total applications between Q1 and Q2. About 9,002 applications covering all types of events were submitted during the first half of 2017.

DUBAI/ Reuters Abu Dhabi government-owned Al Hilal Bank has raised $100 million through a private placement of sukuk, or Islamic bonds, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. The issue, led by First Abu Dhabi Bank, has a two-year maturity and offers 90 basis points over three-month London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor). The bank, an Islamic lender, issued a ...