Abu Dhabi / WAM Driven by the latest incentive stimulus packages, and the recent decision to set a 5 percent decline limit, UAE stocks gained AED12.5 bn in market cap by the end of Wednesday’s session. The improved investor sentiments following the recent stimulation decisions to prop up the market saw Abu Dhabi’s General Index rising 2.29 pct to 3,399 ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The central bank of the UAE announced the issuance of the ‘Dormant Accounts Regulation’. This regulation applies to all banks operating in the UAE. The purpose of the regulation is to establish a framework for the control and protection of dormant funds in banks, said a CBUAE press release on Wednesday. To ensure the funds in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The joint military exercise between the UAE and US armed forces, ‘Native Fury 20’, has resumed in the UAE, reflecting the military cooperation between the two friendly countries and their close military ties. Brigadier Tariq Al Zaabi, Director of Native Fury 20, stated that the overall exercise includes a series of joint military training exercises, under ...

Bloomberg India’s top court ruled out a reassessment of $19 billion in past dues to be paid by telecom companies, a move that could send indebted carrier Vodafone Idea Ltd into bankruptcy. A three-judge panel, headed by Justice Arun Mishra, said it will consider a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration seeking a 20-year payment plan for dues worth ...

Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co will end vehicle manufacturing at its plant in Indonesia as the struggling Japanese company tries to improve profitability. “The end of vehicle production is part of an optimisation plan that includes rightsising, production optimization and reorganising of business operations,” Isao Sekiguchi, president of PT Nissan Motor Indonesia, said in an emailed statement on Wednesday. Chief Executive ...

Bloomberg CanSino Biologics Inc said it received Chinese regulatory approval to start human trials of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, another example of a potential weapon against the illness being fast-tracked for testing as the global death toll escalates and nations impose lockdowns on their citizens. The vaccine, co-developed by the Hong Kong-listed company and China’s Academy of Military ...

Bloomberg Indonesia has pledged to boost stimulus efforts aimed at countering the coronavirus crisis by as much $1.8 billion, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawti said, as the outlook for Southeast Asia’s biggest economy continues to deteriorate. The government is preparing a raft of new measures to support the economy, Indrawti said on Wednesday, including re-allocating as much as 10 trillion ...

Bloomberg After the coronavirus outbreak caused a nationwide shortage of face masks in January, Chinese officials were quick to ensure that Tesla Inc wouldn’t be left without. China’s government helped the California-based carmaker secure the sought-after supplies that allowed it to reopen at a time when many of its competitors were still shut down. Tesla received 10,000 masks, cases of ...

Bloomberg Tenova SpA, a unit of the Italian billionaire Paolo Rocca’s Techint Group, has appointed legal and forensic-accountancy firms to assess its dealings with South Africa’s Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd after identifying payments that caused the company “concern.” A contract between the mining and manufacturing-services provider and state-owned Eskom is one of a number of agreements, including ones frm Alstom ...

Bloomberg Angela Merkel signalled she may be open to joint European Union (EU) debt issuance to help offset the impact of the coronavirus, an apparent softening of entrenched German opposition that could transform the finances of the 27-nation bloc. The unexpected opening from the leader of Europe’s dominant economy came after the chancellor and her EU counterparts agreed by video ...