Bloomberg Oil tumbled the most in a week as global financial markets swooned and the swelling US crude stockpiles reinforced the fears about an economic slowdown. Futures slipped more than 5 percent in New York, joining a slide in equities. American crude inventories registered a surprise increase for the second straight week, US data showed on Wednesday, although gasoline demand …

Bloomberg US President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on Chinese agricultural products are likely to hurt the Asian nation a lot less than the retaliatory duties Beijing already imposes on the US. The White House, while delaying tariffs on big-ticket consumer products until Dece- mber, decided to push ahead with 10 percent tariffs on Chinese agricultural products as well as antiques, …

Dubai / Emirates Business Damac Properties Dubai Co announced financial resu-lts for the first half of 2019, reporting a total revenue of AED1.9 billion, with boo-ked sales reported at AED1.8 billion. Gross profits for the same period stood at AED502 million reflecting gross profit margins of 27 percent. Total assets stood at AED24.7 billion compared to AED25.2 billion as of …