Bloomberg For more than two decades, airline credit cards offered consumers a simple formula: Spend a dollar, earn a mile, pay an annual fee, repeat. If you played the game correctly, you’d score at least a free ticket each year—just by making everyday purchases. The only issue? As powerful rewards cards such as the Platinum Card from American Express and ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) is on course to break last year’s annual volumes record of 22.3 million contracts traded, having already traded 20.3 million contracts this year, valued at $373 billion. Last month, the DGCX traded 1.68 million contracts, and registered Average Daily Volumes (ADV) of 72,921, up 11.5% year-on-year (y-o-y). DGCX’s success ...

ROME / WAM The United Arab Emirates has been awarded a permanent membership with observer status on the Council of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM). The decision was made by ICCROM’s Council 93rd session in Rome, in recognition of UAE’s support and contributions to organisation, including hosting the only regional ...