ABU DHABI / WAM The Central Bank announced that the Money Supply aggregate M1 increased 1.3 percent, from AED510.6 billion at the end of March 2018 to AED517.4 billion at the end of April 2018. The Money Supply aggregate M2 increased 1.5 percent, from AED1293.8 billion at the end of March 2018 to AED1313.1 billion at the end of April 2018. …

Bloomberg Sony Corp. is buying EMI Music Publishing, getting its hands on a catalog of 2.1 million songs from Beyonce, Carole King and other artists as it embarks on a new growth plan built on content and services. The Japanese company will buy about 60 percent equity interest from a consortium led by from Mubadala Investment Co. for about $2 …

Bloomberg China’s appetite for US liquefied natural gas may be about to get a lot bigger after the two nations agreed to pull back from the brink of a trade war. If China makes a substantial commitment to buying US LNG, it could bring $30 billion back into the country, according to a Height Securities LLC report. The White House …

Bloomberg Oil extended gains as a new wave of US sanctions on Venezuela stoked concerns over its crude production and as analysts forecast further declines in American stockpiles. Futures in New York added as much as 0.4 percent after US President Donald Trump ordered sanctions on debt owed to Venezuela after the Latin American country’s President, Nicolas Maduro, won a …

Bloomberg Two of North America’s biggest pipeline companies and the top US natural gas exporter are all absorbing subsidiaries in moves aimed at curbing future tax obligations following a federal overhaul. Williams Cos. said it will buy the remaining stake in Williams Partners in a $10.5 billion all-stock deal. Cheniere Energy Inc. is buying up the partnership that holds units …

Bloomberg Glencore Plc is close to a $1 billion deal to buy Chevron Corp.’s southern African assets, potentially scuppering an earlier agreement with China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., according to three people familiar with the matter. The Switzerland-based miner and trader will complete the deal within the next six weeks, said one of the people who asked not to be …

Bloomberg Just weeks after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission launched a sweeping review of its natural gas pipeline policy, its members are again split on the extent to which they should take climate change into account. In the latest clash, the commission’s Republican members voted to dismiss an environmental group’s challenge to Dominion Energy Inc.’s New Market gas pipeline in …

Bloomberg A degree of risk appetite returned to global markets on Tuesday, with developing-nation stocks and currencies rebounding and Italian bonds climbing. The dollar fell as Treasury yields climbed, and the pound advanced. US equity futures pointed to a higher open and the Stoxx Europe 600 Index nudged upward after the MSCI Asia Pacific gauge eked out a gain in …

Bloomberg While locals in Malaysia cheer the ouster of the Barisan Nasional coalition for the first time since independence, foreign stock investors are voting with their feet. Foreign inflows into the local stock market of $937.8 million were wiped out as concern remains on how the new coalition party under 92-year-old PM Mahathir Mohamad will continue economic growth. As of May …

Bloomberg State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender by assets, joined its private peers in shrugging off losses as investors believe the lenders have finally got a handle on bad loans. SBI’s shares surged to a six-week high after it reported a record loss on Tuesday, weighed down by a doubling in provisions for soured debt. A similar contrarian …