Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will take a $185 million stake in Capital Bank of Jordan as part of deal to help the lender expand. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) signed a subscription agreement that would involve it buying 63 million newly issued shares to give it a 23.97% stake in the Jordanian bank, according to a statement. The …

  DUBAI / WAM Governments around the world have a “golden opportunity” to create new jobs in the aftermath of Covid-19, which has driven profound changes in businesses, working patterns and accelerated the emergence and development of new economic sectors. That is according to a new report published by the World Government Summit Organisation (WGS) in partnership with PwC Middle …

  Bloomberg The US is ordering refiners to boost the use of biofuels such as corn-based ethanol, as the Biden administration tries to strike a balance between competing political and economic pressures while gasoline prices soar. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requiring refiners to mix 20.63 billion gallons of renewable fuels into gasoline and diesel this year — …