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Bloomberg The UK will generate more energy from low-carbon sources than from fossil fuels this year for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. Wind, solar, hydro and nuclear plants provided 48 percent of the nation’s electricity in the first five months of 2019, according to the UK network operator National Grid Plc. Coal, which made up more than 30 ...

Bloomberg Daimler AG cut its profit forecast for the third time in a year, this time blaming the burden of handling longstanding proceedings around diesel emissions a month after a new guard took the helm at the world’s biggest luxury carmaker. The German manufacturer is facing investigations in Europe and the US over allegedly excessive pollution from its diesel vehicles. ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. failed to fend off a lawsuit over a data breach that affected nearly 30 million users, one of several privacy snafus that have put the company under siege. The company’s disclosure in September that hackers exploited several software bugs to obtain login access to accounts was tagged as Facebook’s worst security breach ever. An initial estimate that ...

Bloomberg London’s lawmakers aren’t against cars and vans driving through its most congested parts, as long as they turn electric soon. A suite of policies aimed at cleaning up London’s toxic air pollution isn’t there to penalise drivers but to improve public health, Shirley Rodrigues, London’s Deputy Mayor for environment and energy, said at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit. “The ...

Bloomberg A slump in German business confidence deepened in June as trade tensions weighed on manufacturers. US-led protectionist thr-eats have clouded the growth outlook in Europe’s largest economy for mon-ths, contributing to a manufacturing slump and bo- osting fears that domestic demand will be undermined. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi last week said he’ll inject fresh monetary stimulus for ...

Bloomberg Iceland is preparing for a deeper recession this year amid dropping tourism arrivals and a disastrous fishing season, central bank Governor Mar Gudmundsson said. “We are prepared for the possibility of a deeper recession, and the numbers we are getting on tourist arrivals seem to indicate that that may happen,” Gudmundsson said in an interview on the sidelines of ...

Bloomberg The United Arab Emirates called for de-escalation and a political solution to the tensions gripping the Gulf region after US President Donald Trump abruptly called off a plan for airstrikes against Iran. “Tensions in the Gulf can only be addressed politically,” the UAE’s minister of state for foreign affairs, Anwar Gargash, said on Twitter on Sunday. Tensions are boiling ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The non-oil sector grew 1.6 percent in Q1-2019 on year, with economic growth hitting an annual growth rate of 2.2 percent driven by a robust government and private sector performance, according to Central Bank of UAE’s Quarterly Review. The real gross domestic product is projected to grow by 2 percent over the coming period, catalysed by ...

Bloomberg Investors in Gulf assets breathed a sigh of relief after US President Donald Trump showed restraint against Iran. Calling off airstrikes and opting for additional sanctions on Iran eases the risk of military combat between the Persian nation and its Arab neighbours, and will probably have a positive impact on GCC spreads, according to Arqaam Capital Ltd. “While GCC ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) has welcomed 1,868 new companies to its free zone in 2018, marking a 12 percent growth compared to 2017. The construction of Uptown Dubai, DMCCs new district, is also well underway to accommodate the demand for additional space, DMCC announced. “We have established our position as the preferred free zone for ...