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Mohamed visits Seoul National Cemetery

Seoul / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday visited the Seoul National Cemetery at the beginning of his official visit to the Republic of Korea. The visit to the memorial began with a flag-saluting ceremony. His Highness then laid a wreath ...

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Duphat 2019 kicks off in Dubai

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai Health Authority, on Tuesday officially opened the 24th edition of Dubai International Pharmaceutical and Technology Conference and Exhibition (Duphat), at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Running until February 28, Duphat brings together leading pharmaceutical experts, industry ...

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Borouge awards three major contracts for Ruwais plant

ABU DHABI / WAM Borouge awarded TechnipFMC, Maire Tecnimont, and WorleyParsons, three major contracts for the fourth phase of the Ruwais petrochemicals complex which will include the world’s largest mixed feed cracker. In a ceremony held in Abu Dhabi, Borouge signed Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED), contract, Project Management Contract (PMC), and a licence contract associated with the mixed feed ...

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Tension mounts after Indian jets bomb targets in Pakistan

Bloomberg India said its fighter jets destroyed a major terrorist camp in Pakistan in the worst escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals since 2001, in an incident that Islamabad has described as a “grave aggression.” More than 300 people were killed in the air strikes at the camp belonging to terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed that has trained suicide bombers, according to an ...

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Brexit: Energy traders brace for chaos

Bloomberg The possibility of Britain exiting the European Union without a deal is coming into sharper focus for power, natural gas and carbon allowance traders as futures for next month start to expire. A no-deal Brexit could rattle traders because of the complicated links that hold the EU energy market together. For example, natural gas produced in Norway can be ...

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Shale backlash hits China after quake in key drilling area

Bloomberg The backlash against shale drilling in earthquake-prone regions — a thorn in the side of US energy companies for the past decade — reached China this week after a series of temblors killed two people and reduced homes to rubble. China’s biggest oil and gas producer halted drilling in an area of the country’s shale hub after three quakes ...

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Global stocks slide as trade optimism wanes; pound up

Bloomberg Global stocks dropped on Tuesday as the rush of optimism over US-China trade talks from earlier in the week faded. The pound rallied as UK Prime Minister Theresa May promised a vote to delay Brexit if her proposed deal fails. S&P 500 Index futures slid and European stocks edged lower after US President Donald Trump raised the possibility of ...

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Stocks, rupee pare declines as investors weigh impact of attacks

Bloomberg Indian stocks and the rupee bounced off the day’s lows as investors assessed the impact of the rising tensions between India and Pakistan against the backdrop of falling oil prices and buoyant emerging markets. The S&P BSE Sensex tumbled as much as 1.4 percent and the rupee lost 0.5 percent in reaction to an air strike on a terrorist ...

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Investors flee shadow banks in India after shock of defaults

Bloomberg As key engines of loan growth in the world’s fastest-expanding major economy, they once were investor favourites. But now traders won’t go near India’s shadow banks. About $22 billion has evaporated from a group of almost two dozen non-bank financial companies (NBFC) since August 31, before confidence was rocked. And investors aren’t rushing to get back in, according to ...

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