Bloomberg UK consumer spending growth slowed in November as concerns about Brexit prompted households to become more cautious with their cash. Spending grew 3.3 percent in November, the weakest pace since extreme cold weather dubbed the “Beast from the East” kept shoppers away from stores in March, according to a report by Barclaycard published on Tuesday. The proportion of UK …

Bloomberg Oil surged the most in more than five months as Saudi Arabia and Russia extended a cooperation pact and US-China trade tensions cooled. Unprecedented supply cuts in Canada also drove prices higher. Futures in New York advanced almost 6 percent on Monday, bouncing back from the worst monthly slump in a decade. Although Russia and Saudi Arabia have yet …

MOSCOW / WAM Russian newspapers and news agencies highlighted the UAE’s historic achievement of making the UAE passport the world’s leading passport, coinciding with the Year of Zayed and the 47th National Day. In a press release, RIA Novosti and Vesti Roy said that the UAE passport is ranked first in the passport index while noting the tweet of His …