Dubai / Emirates Business AAT (the Association of Accounting Technicians), a globally-recognized player in the accounting and finance sector, has joined forces with PAC Professionals & Accountancy Center Dubai to deliver AAT’s highly respected and internationally recognized accounting and finance courses in the UAE for the first time. With over 130,000 members in more than 90 countries, courses offered …

  CAIRO / Reuters Egypt’s preliminary deal for a $12 billion IMF loan programme can go to the board for approval only if the government secures $5-6 billion in bilateral financing for the first year, Chris Jarvis, the head of the IMF mission in Cairo, said. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said earlier it had agreed in principle to grant …

  Bloomberg The Latin American refinery bust has proved to be a boon for US fuel makers. From Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA to Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos, state oil companies have failed to complete nine projects worth at least $36.4 billion that would have supplied 1.2 million barrels of gasoline and diesel daily. U.S. refiners have stepped up to help fill …