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Bloomberg Indonesia’s rupiah weakened past 15,000 per dollar for the first time in 20 years as sentiment towards emerging-nation assets soured and oil prices jumped. The currency has tumbled almost 10 percent this year as rising US interest rates have boosted the dollar and Indonesia’s current-account deficit has left the economy exposed to the financial turmoil that afflicted Turkey and ...

Bloomberg With a Nafta deal on the table — and a bullet dodged for the auto sector — the clock is ticking for the next key trade talks for Canada’s steel and aluminum industries. After a marathon weekend of discussions, negotiators secured a deal to replace the 24-year-old Nafta agreement just before the deadline. However, the steel and aluminum tariffs ...

Bloomberg After months of negative news, American farmers rejoiced as the US finally secured a trade deal with both Canada and Mexico. The pact comes just as US growers are harvesting mammoth corn and soybean crops and domestic meat production balloons. The outlook for big supplies combined with trade tensions, especially with China, had sparked a prolonged rout for agriculture ...

Bloomberg The UK government envisages a post-Brexit immigration system that treats all nations equally, but gives ministers the flexibility to tailor rules for countries striking trade deals. High-skilled workers will be prioritised and low-skilled immigration curbed under new rules announced by Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday, a day before her leader’s speech at the Conservative Party annual conference. May ...

Bloomberg BMW AG has packed its revamped 3-Series sedan with tech gadgetry like smartphone entry, auto-reverse and an in-car assistant that learns drivers’ routines, aimed at delivering a crucial sales bump after growth slowed. The best-selling model, unveiled at the Paris car show and available in March, demonstrates how manufacturers have moved away from luring customers with luxurious trimmings and ...

Bloomberg America’s tech hub is leading the country in wage growth, according to a new report. San Francisco saw wages rise 3.9 percent since last September, bringing median base pay to $70,361 per year, according to Glassdoor Inc.’s Local Pay Report, which tracks wage growth for certain full-time employees in 10 cities thro-ugh an analysis of anony- mous salary data. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE federal budget over the coming three years carries forward a profound message that reaffirms the government’s unswerving determination to forge ahead with its ambitious developmental and investment strategy with the ultimate goal of ensuring the well-being of our human capital, being the core and crux of our comprehensive developmental drive. Approved by the Cabinet ...

Bloomberg The US and Canada have agreed on a trade deal that would save the North American Free Trade Agreement as a trilateral bloc, according to three people familiar with the matter. US and Canadian negotiators worked around the clock to secure an agreement, allowing leaders from those nations and Mexico to sign the accord by late November. The 24-year-old ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Startup Hub, an initiative of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, announced the signing of several deals among three UAE-based companies, namely Emirates NBD, Nikai Group, and Sanofi, and start-ups that were selected as winners of the Market Access programme’s second cycle. A total of four memoranda of understanding (MoUs), were unveiled during a deal-signing ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Ahmed Mohammed Sharif Al Khouri, Director-General of the Federal Transport Authority – Land and Maritime (FTA), on Monday received Samuel Tan, Ambassador of Singapore to the UAE, and discussed the means of strengthening the cooperation between both sides and exchanging expertise, especially in the land and maritime sectors, as well as benefitting from the latest practices. ...