Hong Kong / AFP Asian stocks mostly joined a global rally on Thursday with a surge in oil prices providing some much-needed confidence as key producer Iran praised an output freeze by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Crude, which last week flirted with 13-year lows, extended a surge that began Friday as dealers grow hopeful of an easing to the overproduction …

New York / AFP Shares of oil companies and miners surged on Wednesday behind higher commodities prices as US stocks notched gains for the third straight session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 257.42 points (1.59 percent) to 16,453.83. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 31.24 (1.65 percent) to 1,926.82, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 98.11 (2.21 percent) at …

Our Correspondent EMIRATES BUSINESS With his strong leadership skills, Usman Khalid, Founder and CEO, Centric, has been leading the Digital Marketing company since 2011. Today, he is one of the most recognized leaders in the Middle East and has brought Centric to the forefront in the digital media landscape with an aggregate yearly growth of over 400 percent. Prior to …