ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The demand for tissue products, especially in the away-from-home (AfH) sector, in the Near and Middle East remains robust, a recent study reveals. According to the ‘Outlook for World Tissue Business Forecast’ by RISI, the region will witness a surge in the sector at an average annual rate of 6.5 per cent from 2013 ...

  Bloomberg Oil traded near $40 a barrel before weekly U.S. government stockpile data and after falling into a bear market on concern the global supply glut will persist. Futures added 0.4 percent in New York after dropping below $40 on Monday for the first time since April. While crude and gasoline inventories are forecast to have declined, they will ...

  Bloomberg Oil closed in a bear market, but don’t abandon hope. Analysts are looking beyond the current slide to next year for a rebound. Crude has plunged by more than a fifth in less than two months as refineries created a glut of gasoline while failing to eliminate excess supply of crude. That wrecked refining margins and hurt the ...

  Bloomberg Kuwait’s government approved an increase in prices of gasoline sold locally by as much as 83 percent, becoming the latest oil-rich Arab nation to cut subsidies as lower crude prices squeeze finances. The OPEC member will raise the price of the lowest octane gasoline by 42 percent to 85 fils per liter (30 cents) starting September, local media ...

  Reuters Egypt’s Ministry of Investment will assess eight state-owned petroleum companies for their suitability for a possible listing on the Egyptian Stock Exchange or share issuances, Petroleum Minister Tarek El Molla told Reuters on Tuesday. The Egyptian presidency announced in January that Egypt would soon offer shares of “successful” state-owned companies and banks on the local bourse – its ...

  Emirates Business In line with its steadfast commitment to supporting the realization of the Saudi Vision 2030 — and its related strategic goals — The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has inaugurated a year-long Business Analyst Program in the Kingdom. The initiative is especially designed to help nurture young Saudi talents and equip the nation’s youth with the tools, knowledge, ...

  AFP Japan’s cabinet on Tuesday approved a mammoth 28-trillion yen ($273 billion) package in its latest attempt to stimulate lacklustre growth, including cash to improve infrastructure and raise the birthrate in the ageing nation. The stimulus plan announced last week is the latest in a series in recent years designed to fire up the world’s number three economy. “We ...

  Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. will redeploy 150 engineers from its China operations to other key markets such as Southeast Asia after agreeing to sell its business in the world’s most populous nation, according to people with direct knowledge of the plan. The San Francisco-based employees will develop new features such as mapping as it boosts services for the region ...

  Bloomberg An investigation of practices at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. found a corporate culture where workers couldn’t push back against management demands and infighting between departments contributed to a fuel-economy manipulation scandal that’s led to a rescue from Nissan Motor Co. It was a systemic failure that led to the cheating and blame can’t be pinned on any one department, ...

  Bloomberg Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. profit fell 33 percent in the second quarter as the nation’s largest phone carrier booked losses for its investment in Germany-based Rocket Internet SE and as earnings from its mobile-phone, data and landline businesses were little changed. Net income was 6.25 billion pesos ($133 million) in the three months ended June, compared with ...