Dubai / WAM Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment (MRHE), has called on companies in the real state sector to participate in the second housing, building materials, decoration and engineering consultancy exhibition, Decobuild 2018, to take place from November 7-10 in Dubai. The Establishment is encouraging companies that specialise in building and construction materials, contracting companies, engineering consulting firms, interior design ...
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Scientists call for $2.4 trillion shift from coal to renewables
Bloomberg The world must invest $2.4 trillion in clean energy every year through 2035 and cut the use of coal-fired power to almost nothing by 2050 to avoid catastrophic damage from climate change, according to scientists convened by the United Nations. Their report published on Monday adds pressure on policymakers and businesses to step up their response to global warming, ...
Read More »Singapore’s Hyflux in talks with investors
Bloomberg Hyflux Ltd., the embattled Singapore water-treatment and power company, is in advanced talks with at least two potential investors about taking a strategic equity stake in the group as part of a restructuring plan. The discussions with these investors are taking place concurrently with efforts to sell its desalination plant known as Tuaspring, its legal adviser WongPartnership LLP said ...
Read More »Macquarie to invest in $15.5bn Australian project
Bloomberg Macquarie Group Ltd. has agreed to invest in a wind and solar power development in Australia’s Pilbara region, which will provide electricity to mines and mineral processing operations in the region. The Asian Renewable Energy Hub has also increased its planned generation capacity to more than 11 gigawatts, from 9 gigawatts, according to a statement on Monday on the ...
Read More »â€˜Cooler heads’ pull back wagers on Brent oil’s continued rally
Bloomberg The run-up to $100 oil is giving some investors pause.This year’s longest buildup of hedge-fund bets on higher Brent crude prices is faltering, with bulls retreating for the first time in six weeks. After fears of dramatic shortfalls from Iran sent the global benchmark on a tear and triggered speculation that it will reach three digits, the rally is ...
Read More »China’s investment in Australia plunges 40%
Bloomberg Chinese investment in Australia plunged 40 percent in 2017 from the year before, according to research released on Monday. After peaking in 2016 at A$14.9 billion ($10.5 billion), investment from Chinese companies last year slumped to A$8.9 billion, according to the Australian National University database. In 2017, Chinese deals in Australia’s mining sector accounted for just over half of ...
Read More »Malaysia contractors slide as government deepens spending cuts
Bloomberg Malaysian contractors are plunging as the government intensified its efforts to rein in spending by reducing the cost of an almost $14-billion mass-rapid transit project. Shares of Gamuda Bhd. slid by a record and MMC Corp. fell to the lowest in nine years, after the Finance Ministry rejected an offer from the MMC-Gamuda consortium to build an underground portion ...
Read More »Indian financiers brace for tighter rules
Bloomberg Shares of Indian non-bank financiers plunged on concern the fastest pace of growth since 2013 is at risk of foundering. Dewan Housing Finance Corp., JM Financial Ltd. and Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd. are among non-bank lenders that slumped more than 15 percent as of 2:40 p.m. in Mumbai on Monday. A spate of money market defaults by Infrastructure Leasing ...
Read More »N Korea hackers broke into banks, tried to take $1.1bn
Bloomberg A North Korean hacking group focused on financial gain for the rogue state has penetrated banks around the world with a series of ongoing attacks, and has tried to steal at least $1.1 billion over the last four years, according to a new tally by cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc. The group, which FireEye identified as APT38, has infiltrated more ...
Read More »Philippine inflation approaching 7% signals more rate increases
Bloomberg Consumer prices in the Philippines rose at the fastest pace in more than nine years in September, with central bank Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo pledging a “strong tightening bias.†Inflation accelerated to 6.7 percent from 6.4 percent in August, the Philippine Statistics Authority said in Manila. That compared with the 6.8 percent median forecast of economists in a Bloomberg ...
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