ABU DHABI / WAM Around AED1 billion worth of wages was transferred through UAE Wages Protection System (WPS) during the period from 2013 through 2017. According to CBUAE statistics, salaries transferred thro-ugh WPS has been on a rise over past five years, increasing from AED147 million in 2013 to AED170.6 million in 2014. In 2015, AED196 million worth of salaries …

Bloomberg Europe will build more terminals to import US liquefied natural gas, the head of the European Commission told US President Donald Trump during a meeting aimed at averting a transatlantic trade war. “They want very much to do that, and we have plenty of it,” Trump said, referring to the US shale boom, which has unleashed record supplies of …

Bloomberg Saudi Basic Industries Corp, the Middle East’s biggest petrochemicals producer, posted an 81 percent increase in second-quarter profit on higher sales prices and volumes. Net income rose to 6.7 billion riyals ($1.8 billion) from 3.71 billion riyals a year ago, the company known as Sabic said in a statement. Revenue climbed 26 percent to 43.3 billion riyals. The company …