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  Bloomberg Nearly half of all Germans can no longer afford their lifestyle as inflation surges from one record to the next, according to a poll conducted for public broadcaster ARD. About 47% indicated they’re strongly or very strongly cutting back on spending. In low-income households, that share rises to more than three-quarters. The survey was conducted among 1,337 Germans ...

  Bloomberg New York City’s requirement that 2- to 4-year-old wear masks in schools and day care centers is coming to an end next week, Mayor Eric Adams said on Thursday. Starting Monday, June 13, masks will be optional for children under age 5 in all early childhood settings, Adams said in a statement. “I have always said that the ...

  Bloomberg Italian Premier Mario Draghi said surging inflation in Europe doesn’t reflect excess demand, and there’s still spare capacity to be found in the region’s economy. The former European Central Bank president spoke out on the day that officials led by his successor, Christine Lagarde, are set to stop bond purchases and firm up plans for interest-rate increases to ...

  Bloomberg Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used his emergency powers to publish decrees on a sweeping set of windfall taxes and to order about $6.1 billion in spending cuts for this year and next. The measures, which will hit industries from banking to energy and airlines to telecommunications, underscore the extent of the budget imbalance that has spooked investors ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, affirmed that the UAE begins a new era of prosperity and growth, under the leadership of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. HH Sheikh Mohammed added that the vision of the UAE ...

  Bloomberg Oil extended gains from the highest close in three months as the US summer driving season ramps up and China emerges from virus lockdowns. West Texas Intermediate futures rise above $120 a barrel, trading near a three-month high. Inventories at the nation’s biggest storage hub at Cushing, Oklahoma, falls 1.59 million barrels last week, according to an Energy ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced the start of mid-day break for labourers at project, construction sites from 12:30 until 15:00 from June 15 to September 15. An administrative fine will be imposed on establishments that violate midday break amounting to AED5,000 for each worker and a maximum of AED50,000 in case multiple ...

  Sharjah / WAM Abdulaziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director-General of the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department, said that Sharjah’s real estate sector is seeing considerable growth, thanks to the great support shown by HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah. In his statement to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Al Shamsi noted ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further support the growth needs of the commercial and financial community in Abu Dhabi. The MoU aims to increase collaboration between ADGM and FAB and initiate preferential banking services, such as fast and efficient bank account ...

  Dubai / WAM Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi, Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Development Bank (EDB), has called on the local and regional banking community to increase access to corporate finance and accelerate the UAE’s economic recovery. Speaking on the opening day of Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2022, Al Naqbi highlighted the role of financial markets in driving ...