Dubai / WAM The UAE has topped the list of GCC countries in advertising spending in the first quarter of 2017 with AED1.5 billion, accounting for 46 percent of the total advertising expenditure across the Gulf region, according to TBWA Worldwide, a top 10 ranked global advertising network. The UAE is followed in the second place by Saudi Arabia ...

  LONDON / Reuters Global demand for oil is finally close to outstripping supply after nearly three years of surplus production, despite growth in the overhang of unused crude, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday. The agency said oil stocks across the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) fell by 17.2 million barrels in March. Over the first ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE stock markets are the most attractive across the GCC states and the Middle East region in its entirety, boasting a P/E ratio of 14.00 over the past 12 months, ending in March, 2017. PE ratio, in addition to double book value, is one of widely used and common stock valuation tool. It is ...