Economics and policy The World Bank has granted Jordan $70 million in financing to help it to extend small loans to young people in depressed rural areas that have suffered most from the country's sluggish economic growth. More from Reuters Lebanese Energy Minister Gebran Bassil has the government of failing to do enough with regard to the public sector wage scale as civil servants rallied outside his headquarters. More from The Daily Star Saudi Arabia has sharpened its edge in oil trading by leasing oil storage in Fujairah, allowing the producer's new trading arm greater flexibility in both buying and selling oil products. More from Reuters The UAE is the US’s largest export market in the Middle East with total trade reaching Dhs91 billion ($24.81 billion) in 2012, up 34.6 per cent compared to 2011. More from Gulf Business Companies and business The overall MEA tablet
