Bloomberg Only one-quarter of business leaders say their organisations are fully ready for the end of the Brexit transition period, according to a survey by the Institute of Directors. Nearly half of the 978 company directors polled late last month said they weren’t able to prepare for a transition now, and one in seven said they were focused on the ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte kept investors guessing over the fate of toll-road manager Autostrade per l’Italia SpA, ahead of a cabinet meeting due to consider the option of stripping away its highway concessions in a long confrontation with the Benetton family. A decision on the issue which has split the ruling coalition “must involve the entire government,” Conte told ...

Bloomberg China’s investors have waited five years for stock values to return to $10 trillion, a milestone that would seal the market’s recovery from its biggest crash in history. The good news is that it could happen as soon as this week, and even a slower pace of gains — which is favoured by Beijing — would do it. China’s ...

Bloomberg European stocks extended a global retreat and German bonds climbed as investors weighed the risks of the upcoming earnings season and economic hit of rising virus cases. S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures pointed to a higher open after finishing in the red yesterday. The UK’s two-year bonds yielded less than Japanese debt for the first time. In Asia, shares ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s Mars Mission will inspire new projects and enterprises, including big companies and SMEs, in all sectors, to take risks, mitigate them and succeed, a minister told Emirates News Agency (WAM). “When you talk about transforming the economy and developing science and technology, and building new companies and small and medium enterprises, it depends on ...

DUBAI / WAM Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) has recorded 10.6 percent growth in the retail and e-commerce sector with a total trade value of AED37.6 billion despite the sudden challenges facing both regional and global economy. More than 1,000 companies from 96 countries play a pivotal role in Jafza’s retail and general trading sector. Approximately 39 percent of these ...

Bloomberg Google said it plans to spend $10 billion over the next five to seven years to help accelerate the adoption of digital technologies in India. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of parent Alphabet Inc., made the announcement at the annual Google for India event via video conference. He said the coronavirus outbreak has made clear importance of technology for conducting ...

Bloomberg Oil edged lower ahead of an Opec+ meeting this week at which the group may announce plans to start tapering historic production cuts even as the coronavirus surges unabated in many parts of the world. Futures in New York fell below $40 a barrel. The producer bloc will review the state of the market at an online meeting on ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Sustainability Group has recognised Adnoc’s environmental stewardship by naming Shayma Al Mazrouei, an employee at Adnoc Gas Processing, Sustainability Manager of the Year Award 2020 for her contributions to environmental conservation through an innovative water reduction programme. The announcement was made on Monday as part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Business Leadership Awards 2020. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Centre has launched several initiatives and activities to help enrich the experience of People of Determination of the Centre. Under the “Re’Haab Alhemam” programme, the Centre announced it will release a series of initiatives catered for the disabled, the first being cultural tours given in sign language. The cultural tours will ...