ABU DHABI / WAM Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs, received Masud Husain, Ambassador of Canada to the UAE, and his accompanying delegation in the presence of Matar Salim Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence. During the meeting, which was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, the two sides ...
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India issues tender for solar factories
Bloomberg India issued a new tender for solar power equipment manufacturing capacity totaling 2 gigawatts, the latest attempt to spur its domestic industry after two earlier efforts failed to rouse investor interest. The new tender, issued by the state-owned Solar Energy Corp. of India, seeks as many as four projects for module, cell, ingot and wafer manufacturing with annual capacity ...
Read More »US stocks pare gains after record; Treasuries retreat
Bloomberg US stocks rallied to all-time highs after a trade truce with China, though gains eased after measures of manufacturing activity showed growth slowing in the world’s largest economy. Gold, the yen and Treasuries all retreated. The S&P 500 surpassed its intraday record, with chipmakers surging after President Donald Trump agreed to ease a ban on American companies supplying Chinese ...
Read More »Germany’s DAX set to enter bull market
Bloomberg Germany’s DAX Index is starting the second half of the year with a bang as the benchmark is set to enter a bull market. The gauge rose as much as 1.8 percent in the first hour of trading on Monday, bringing the total gain to 22 percent since a closing low on December 27. The guage is up 1.5 ...
Read More »Haven currencies weaken
Bloomberg The dollar fell against the yuan and commodity-related currencies in Asia-Pacific trading on Monday after the US and China backed down from threats to escalate their trade war. Haven currencies weakened. The yen and Swiss franc, which tend to act as refuges in times of market distress, declined against the greenback, while the Australian dollar — a proxy for ...
Read More »Deutsche CEO poised to return lender to its pre-crisis roots
Bloomberg Christian Sewing is preparing to undo over a decade of failed expansion at Deutsche Bank AG. The chief executive officer may slash headcount by more than a fifth — as many as 20,000 positions — in what’s shaping up to be the troubled lender’s biggest makeover in years, two people familiar with the matter said. Some of the heaviest ...
Read More »Singapore to issue new digital banking licenses to non-banks
Bloomberg Singapore will issue as many as five new digital bank licenses to non-bank firms as the island nation seeks to strengthen competition in financial services, according to one of its top regulators. “We welcome firms with innovative value propositions to apply for the new digital bank licenses, even if they have not yet established a track record in banking,†...
Read More »Swedish central bank seen holding line against global easing momentum
Bloomberg Riksbank Governor Stefan Ingves, who has likened the world’s major central banks to elephants, is likely to ignore the growing momentum for easing emanating from Frankfurt and Washington, for now. Ingves and his colleagues in Stockholm are seen keeping their benchmark rate unchanged at minus 0.25 percent as they meet this week. It’s a close call whether they will ...
Read More »Nordea seeks new CEO to accelerate revenue drive
Bloomberg Beset by years of a lackluster results, Nordea Bank Abp is switching out its chief executive officer to find new momentum in its search of top-line growth. The biggest Nordic bank announced that Casper von Koskull, 58, will retire by the end of next year, and could step aside even sooner as the search for a successor has started. ...
Read More »Indonesia steers cautious rates path amid ‘market rout’
Bloomberg Indonesia’s central bank, one of the most aggressive interest rate hikers in Asia last year, is taking its time to lower rates. Even with the US Federal Reserve signalling it may ease soon and peers including India, the Philippines and Malaysia already cutting, Bank Indonesia is worried about scaring off foreign investors if it moves too much or too ...
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