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cotton

Climate change: How has extreme weather affected cotton?

The world’s cotton supply keeps shrinking, hit by drought and heat

Their call comes in a year of record profits for Big Oil as energy prices surged with the world economy reopening from Covid lockdown

Oil steadies as traders fret global slowdown will erode demand

Oil has made a weak start to September, extending a run of three monthly losses

World’s first Covid vaccine you inhale is approved in China

World’s first Covid vaccine you inhale is approved in China

China’s National Medical Products Administration approved CanSino’s Ad5-nCoV for emergency use as a booster vaccine

Oil heads for worst losing run since 2020 on slowdown concerns

Commodities including oil have also faced a headwind this month from gains in the dollar

China’s Grid Giant expands presence through DIFC to advance region’s energy transition

State Grid Corporation of China sets up first office in DIFC

The total overseas investments amount to $23.2bn and its overseas equity capital is approximately $65bn

Oil steadies as Traders weigh Russian pipeline halt, stockpiles

Oil extends 10% weekly drop as demand concerns spur caution

Investors have backed away from commodities in recent months as slowing growth feeds concern that energy usage will drop

GCC unified visa

These are the world’s most and least powerful passports in 2022

As recently as 2017, Asian countries barely featured among the world’s 10 most-accepted passports

Oil August 1

Saudi crude exports set to rise in July on stronger China flows

Shipments for June were the lowest since September

Oil

Oil set to end volatile week below $100 on slowdown concerns

West Texas Intermediate tumbled below $91 a barrel on Thursday

Stocks

Big tech sinks stocks as clock ticks on earnings

All major groups in the S&P 500 retreated with losses in megacaps like Tesla and Apple weighing heavily on trading

Gold

Gold slides to nine month low as investors turn to dollar as haven

Spot gold fell 0.5 per cent to $1,725.05 an ounce in Singapore, after falling 0.5 per cent in the previous session

Oil

Oil extends drop as concerns over economic slowdown grip market

Crude has tumbled since early June on escalating fears of a slowdown as central banks raise rates to combat rampant inflation

IPOs

Here are Asia’s biggest IPOs to watch for the second half

Share sales globally plummeted some 70 per cent from a year ago in the first half, to levels not seen in almost two decades

Nasdaq Dubai China

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China lists five bonds worth $2.68bn on Nasdaq Dubai

The note is the first ever carbon-neutrality theme bond issued in the GCC region

Oil extends gains after US crude stockpiles drop, exports soar

Oil holds near $121 as investors weigh tightening markets

Crude has rallied about 60 per cent this year as an economic rebound coincided with upended trade flows

Oil set for seventh weekly gain as traders weigh China’s return

Consumption in top importer China is expected to rise as it lifts strict Covid restrictions

Saudi Arabia

Saudi raises oil prices amid Asia rebound

Saudi Arabia sends more than 60 per cent of its crude exports to Asia, with China, Japan, South Korea and India being the biggest buyers

Gold

Gold holds weekly gain as dollar extends drop on risk sentiment

Bullion has risen past $1,850 an ounce in the second half of May

Qatar exports surge as demand for gas climbs on Ukraine crisis

China was the top destination of Qatar’s exports in April with close to QR6.6bn riyals

Oil pump

Oil rebounds after two-day drop as traders weigh products, China

Investors have shunned equities and many commodities after Federal Reserve officials reaffirmed much tighter monetary policy lies ahead to cool an overheating economy and tame inflation

Saudi Arabia

Saudi cuts oil prices from record highs amid China lockdowns

Saudi Arabia sends more than 60 per cent of its crude exports to Asia

Morgan Stanley raises oil forecasts by $10 citing market deficit

The bank raised its third quarter estimate to $130 a barrel

How trust in digital payments is priming social commerce for a major uplift

S-commerce has several other factors going in its favour

China Eastern

Boeing 737 crashes with 133 on board in China, state media reports

China Eastern flight MU5735 was traveling from Kunming to Guangzhou

Saudi Aramco JV to develop refinery and petrochemical complex in China

The facility will be built in the city of Panjin, in China’s Liaoning Province

UAE’s non-oil foreign trade rises 27% in 2021

China ranked first as the country’s largest trading partner in 2021

Gold heads for weekly gain as stocks drop before US jobs data

January’s employment report due Friday is expected to be weak

Oil extends gain after weekly advance on tightening market

Oil has rallied more than 10 per cent so far this year

Oil extends losses on omicron spread uncertainty

Oil’s drop this week has eaten into a partial recovery from a bear market at the end of November

China’s ByteDance invests in Dubai-based logistics startup iMile Delivery

The fresh capital will support iMile’s plans to hire more engineers in China and invest in its technology