Why has a promising idea put forth by South Korean President Park Geun-hye – a five-party (U.S., China, ROK, Japan, Russia) diplomatic process for Northeast Asia – received so little regional support? After what appears an inflection point in the region (North Korea’s back-to-back nuclear and ICBM missile tests kicking off 2016) all seem to recognize the new level ...

  BLOOMBERG Saudi Arabian stocks led an advance across most Gulf Arab equities as the kingdom prepared to announce a road map for the post-oil era. The Tadawul All Share Index added 1.7 percent, the most in more than a month and extending gains after it entered a so-called bull market on Thursday. The kingdom is scheduled to set out ...

  ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has decreased by -0.11% to close at 4713.69 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has lost AED 0.83 billion attaining AED 764.62 billion. A total of 0.59 Billion Shares were traded with a total value of AED 0.65 billion during the trading session of 24-04-2016 through 6501 transactions. The number of companies ...