Bloomberg The milk float, a home-delivery service that evolved from horse-drawn carriages to early electric vehicles, belongs firmly in the past. Or does it? A little known Amsterdam-based online grocery company had revived the concept, but with a modern flourish. Picnic BV has a concept dubbed “Milkman 2.0” to deliver groceries using electric vehicles, focussing on less food waste and …

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), a leading financial institution, signed an agreement to provide an $80 million Shariah-compliant Ijara facility to the Oman Shipping Company SAOC (OSC), a member of the ASYAD Group, for the financing of two VLCC (Very Large Crude Carriers) tankers within the OSC group. The transaction represents the OSC’s first Sharia-based …

Bloomberg It’s gone from a dearth to a glut of oil pipeline projects competing to serve slowing production growth in the Permian Basin. Five new oil pipelines are set to open in the Permian Basin through 2021, expanding a gap between production and takeaway capacity that’s already forcing companies to cut fees and could mean lower profits and cutthroat competition …