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  DUBAI / Emirates Business IMA (Institute of Management Accountants) announced a new specialty credential designed specifically for professionals holding the CMA (Certified Management Accountant) certification. The CSCA (Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis) complements and expands upon the strategic planning, competitive analysis, and decision-making skills developed through the CMA. According to research by IMA and other organizations, CFOs and ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Masrouji Group, one of the largest distributors of an extensive international range of top branded products for FMCG, personal care, beauty, pharmaceuticals, and baby care products, announced the launch of world-class Alfaparf Milano hair styling products in the UAE. The high-end Alfaparf Milano products, which has carved a niche globally in hair care, was launched ...

  Bloomberg US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson tore into a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, saying it only delayed the country’s ambition to gain weapons of mass destruction and didn’t take into account its role in sponsoring terrorism and destabilizing other countries. “This deal represents the same failed approach of the past,” Tillerson said at a hastily arranged press ...

  Bloomberg Egyptian aircraft struck IS hideouts in the Sinai peninsula, killing 19 militants, the military said, part of a stepped-up campaign against the group’s local affiliate since it bombed two Coptic churches on Palm Sunday. At least one senior member of the Ansar Beit al-Maqdis movement died in the strikes in north and central Sinai, according to a statement ...

  BEIRUT / AP Aid agencies have not been able to reach as many besieged Syrians this year as they did over the same period last year, the UN’s chief humanitarian adviser for Syria said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Jan Egeland said the front lines have shifted but civilian suffering has “remained the same” in 2017. Of ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Profit-taking and weak first-quarter earnings weighed on Gulf stock markets on Thursday, with Saudi Arabia’s index pulled lower by petrochemical shares after oil prices fell sharply, but Dubai’s Union Properties and Abu Dhabi’s TAQA bucked the trend. Dubai’s index lost 1.0 percent as financially troubled builder Arabtec, which had jumped almost 11 percent on Wednesday after ...

  Bloomberg US stocks rebounded while the dollar and Treasuries slipped, as major assets continued to churn in tight ranges amid corporate results and a string of potential geopolitical catalysts. The S&P 500 Index halted a two-day slide on earnings from American Express Co. and Qualcomm Inc. The greenback slipped against most of its major peers after its best day ...

  Bloomberg Rural Electrification Corp., a state-owned backer of India’s power sector, plans to lend billions of rupees to clean-energy projects and equipment makers this fiscal year as part of an expanded push into renewables that will also see it issue green bonds overseas. The non-banking financial company is aiming to triple its clean-energy lending and is expecting to set ...

  SINGAPORE / Reuters Crude oil sales from storage tanks around Singapore rose to an 11-month high in March, with nearly half of the volumes going to China and traders clearing inventories ahead of record shipments to Asia expected to arrive in April. Traders sold a total of 22.6 million barrels of crude from storage in Singapore, southern Malaysia and ...

  Bloomberg Oil traded near its lowest in two weeks as comments from some OPEC producers that the group will extend output cuts were undermined by signs of rising supply. Futures were little changed in New York after a gain in US output sparked a decline of 3.8 percent on Wednesday, the biggest loss since March 8. The first three ...