Canberra / Bloomberg It’s tough to overstate the tide of troubles that faced Alan Joyce, the chief executive officer of Qantas Airways Ltd., just two years ago. Losses had ballooned amid a capacity war with Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. and its foreign backers. Australia’s government wouldn’t guarantee Qantas’s debt, which was junk- rated at the time. The airline’s share price …

ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 1.04% to close at 4210.71 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED7 Billion attaining AED683.03 Billion. A total of 0.84 Billion Shares were traded with a total value of AED0.99 Billion during the trading session of 18-02-2016 through 9380 transactions. The number of companies which has been traded …

Hong Kong / AFP Asian stocks mostly joined a global rally on Thursday with a surge in oil prices providing some much-needed confidence as key producer Iran praised an output freeze by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Crude, which last week flirted with 13-year lows, extended a surge that began Friday as dealers grow hopeful of an easing to the overproduction …