ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The ninth edition of Sial Middle East, the fastest-growing food, beverage and hospitality event in the region, and the fourth edition of Abu Dhabi Date Palm Exhibition concluded on Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, facilitating 135 trade deals valued over AED5 billion ($1.36 billion) during its three-day run. The event drew the …
Read More »ABU DHABI / WAM Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) on Wednesday announced that it has signed a new four-year unsecured revolving credit facility arranged by Emirates NBD as sole mandated lead arranger and bookrunner. The initial commitment of $535 million is from a group of eight regional banks. The accordion feature allows the facility to be increased to up to $600 …
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DUBAI / WAM Dr Matar Al Neyadi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Energy and Industry in the government of the UAE, opened the three-day 22nd Middle East Iron and Steel Conference in Dubai by discussing ongoing regional and international trends, and how the iron and steel sectors of the GCC could work towards mitigating risks inherent in a turbulent international …
Read More »Emirates Business The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) asserted that all preparations were complete by the system operator ahead of launching phase two of the tax refunds for tourists scheme next Sunday (December 16), whereby the scheme would cover 12 air, land, and sea ports across the country. Phase two comes on the heels of the previous phase of implementing the …
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Bloomberg Welcome to the new world market for natural gas, where computers never sleep and, apparently, neither do traders. With US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports set to surge by almost 80 percent in 2019, traders in America face a new reality: expansion exhaustion. As more and more inte- rnational players participate in US gas markets, the price of market …
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Bloomberg Alberta’s plan to boost crude prices through mandatory production cuts is working a little too well. Just over a week after Premier Rachel Notley announced that oil producers will be required to curtail output by 8.7 percent, the price of heavy Canadian crude has more than do- ubled, in some ca-ses rendering Wes-tern Canadian Sel- ect too expensive to …
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Bloomberg Angola’s state-run oil and gas company is ramping up efforts to lure foreign investors and halt a decline in crude output. Once Africa’s biggest oil producer, output has tumbled in recent years due to under-investment in new projects and natural declines at aging fields. If it fails to halt this decline it will put severe strain on an economy …
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Bloomberg Australia’s tumbling property prices could shave up to 1.2 percentage points from economic growth in 2019 as the decline hits housing construction and consumer spending, according to AMP Capital Investors Ltd. Sydney and Melbourne prices will drop a further 10 percent next year, taking their peak-to-trough fall to 20 percent as a “perfect storm†smacks housing, AMP Chief Economist …
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Bloomberg US stocks joined a global rally as the outlook for trade took a positive turn and confidence grew that the British prime minister will defeat a challenge to her leadership. Chipmakers and energy producers led the S&P 500 Index higher following gains in Europe and Asia after the chief financial officer of Huawei Technologies Co. was granted bail and …
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Bloomberg The power of news headlines is back, and a renewed dose of trade optimism is finally lifting Asian stocks from a six-week low. To be exact, the regional benchmark is heading for its biggest jump since December 3, when the market reacted to Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping’s dinner in Buenos Aires. Huawei Technologies Co.’s chief financial officer …
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