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Sheikh Mohamed, Egypt president review global fight against Covid-19

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, reviewed the global fight against coronavirus (Covid-19) in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdulfattah El Sisi. The conversation covered the prospects of further consolidating the brotherly relations between the two sisterly countries in ...

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Oil market broken as virus ravages global economy

Bloomberg The global oil market is broken, overwhelmed by an unmanageable surplus as virus lockdowns cascade through the world’s largest economies. Onshore tanks in many markets are full, forcing traders to store excess oil in idle supertankers. Refineries are starting to shut down because nobody needs the fuels they produce. In physical oil markets, barrels are already changing hands for ...

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Letters of guarantee surge to AED4.53tn in February

Abu Dhabi / WAM The total cumulative balance of letters of guarantee and other credit facilities provided by banks and other business entities in the UAE significantly grew to AED4.533 trillion in February, 2020, an increase of AED186 billion, or 4.3 percent approximately, from AED4.347 trillion in January, statistics by the Central bank of the United Arab Emirates have shown.

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