DUBAI / Emirates Business Under the patronage of HE Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Chairman of the Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime, the third Maritime Academic Conference & Expo (MARACAD 2017) was held at the Dubai World Trade Centre. MARACAD was held amid the UAE’s comprehensive international campaign to rally support for its …

Bloomberg Oil extended a two-year high above $60 a barrel in London amid growing signs that OPEC and Russia will press on with supply curbs, and as pipeline flows from Iraq were disrupted. Brent crude futures added 0.3 percent. Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week backed extending production cuts by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and …

Bloomberg Saudi authorities plan to keep selling local bonds every month as they seek to finance the bud- get deficit and deepen a nascent debt market, according to the official overseeing the kingdom’s borrowing strategy. Fahad Al-Saif, head of the debt management office at the Ministry of Finance, said local issuance makes up about 65 percent of the kingdom’s sales …