REUTERS Saudi Arabia’s Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) swung to a net profit in the second quarter, according to a statement on Tuesday, after not repeating a significant provision recorded in the corresponding quarter of last year. Mobily, which had slashed 27 months of previously-reported earnings by nearly $1 billion, made a net profit of 18.8 million riyals in the three …

  Manama / TNS New rules that make it mandatory for all commercial registration holders (CRs) to be members of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce (BCCI), will help reduce the incidence of ‘ghost’ companies, a top official has said. BCCI second vice-chairman Abdulhameed Al Kooheji told the GDN on the sidelines of the inauguration of a new and improved Client Care …

  Bloomberg China National Petroleum Corp. said its Changqing oil field, the country’s biggest crude and gas producer, rebounded from losses earlier this year to post a first-half profit amid reduced spending. Oil and gas equivalent output from the field reached 26.5 million tons in the first six months of the year, on its way to meeting the 50-million-ton annual …