ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Sky News Arabia, a joint venture between an Abu Dhabi royal and the British broadcaster BSkyB, has launched a 24-hour Arabic-language news channel with a pledge to be impartial in a region where government influence over media is endemic. The channel went live on Sunday from state-of-the-art studios in the...
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates urged their citizens to stay away from Lebanon, citing security concerns in a country where fighting prompted by sectarian tensions in neighboring Syria has unsettled areas near a northern port. The three Gulf states' Foreign Ministries urged all those already in Lebanon – a...
DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar and the United Arab Emirates urged their citizens to stay away from Lebanon, citing security concerns in a country where fighting prompted by sectarian tensions in neighboring Syria has unsettled areas near a northern port. (read more here…)
DUBAI, May 15 (Reuters) – Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB), the largest sharia-compliant lender in the Gulf Arabemirate, is planning to issue a benchmark-sized,dollar-denominated Islamic bond, or sukuk, lead arranging … (read more…) – FINANCE
DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahraini opposition activists said they blocked roads with burning tires on Thursday to demand the release of women prisoners, many of them locked up during more than a year of protests against the island kingdom's rulers. Bahrain's interior ministry blamed "vandals" for the road blockages which stopped traffic in the capital...
DUBAI (Reuters) – When an economic crisis in Uruguay strained the finances of Pio Olascoaga Amaya's family farm, he found salvation halfway across the world: the horse racing industry of Dubai. (read the story…) – BUSINESS
DUBAI (Reuters) – Egypt needs to do more to secure a $3.2 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund, including gathering broad political support and identifying other sources to finance its funding gap of up to $12 billion, an IMF official said on Wednesday. Masood Ahmed, IMF director for the Middle East, told Reuters...
VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran said on Wednesday it would seek an end to sanctions over its nuclear activities at talks with big powers later this month and it sought to turn the tables on its Western foes by accusing France of helping Israel develop "inhumane nuclear weapons". An adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah...
DUBAI (Reuters) – An Iranian oil official denied major buyer China had cut imports of crude from the country in 2012, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported on Friday, after Chinese data showed they were a third lower in the first quarter than a year earlier. The customs data this week showed China –...
* Reuters has expanded its Asia Oil Swaps Forward Curvecoverage to include the East-West components * For more information: (For 12-month forward curve, click ) SINGAPORE, April 27 (Reuters) – Asia's gasoil … (read the story…) – BUSINESS
