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Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin told Russians that the economy will resume growth next year in his annual call-in show on Thursday, aiming to shore up his support as the country’s longest economic downturn in two decades pushes more people into poverty. “The situation hasn’t been resolved yet but the trend is positive,” Putin said, pointing to forecasts that the economy ...

Bloomberg The world’s biggest oil explorers are fighting a U.S. plan to toughen offshore drilling rules that Exxon Mobil Corp. said will cost $25 billion over 10 years and render many offshore discoveries worthless. The Obama administration will issue the sweeping new regulations as part of an effort to reduce the number of well blowouts after the explosion aboard the ...

  Bloomberg Energy XXI Ltd., a U.S. oil and gas explorer, filed for bankruptcy protection after spending $5 billion on acquisitions in the years leading up to the crude slump. The company entered Chapter 11 in Houston after reaching a restructuring agreement with noteholders, it said on Thursday in a statement. “Energy XXI will eliminate more than $2.8 billion in ...

  Bloomberg Brazil’s Ibovespa equity index rallied to a 10-month high as traders increased wagers that President Dilma Rousseff will be impeached, paving the way for a new government to pull the economy out of its worst recession in a century. State-controlled oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA, iron ore miner Vale SA and lender Itau Unibanco Holding SA contributed the ...

Bloomberg Argentina can go ahead with a planned $15 billion bond sale to pay off holdout creditors from a 2001 default, ending more than a decade of litigation over repayment of the debt that kept South America’s second-biggest economy out of international credit markets. The U.S. Court of Appeals in New York cleared the way for the bond sale by ...

  Bloomberg Argentina’s inflation will slow to the very top of its target range by year-end, the International Monetary Fund forecast, showing more optimism than most economists. Inflation will slow to the 25 percent ceiling of Argentina’s target range by year-end, the IMF said in its published World Economic Outlook. That is lower than all estimates from economists surveyed by ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business According to a Food and Beverage (F&B) report released by global property advisor CBRE, UAE residents ranked the third biggest F&B spenders globally in shopping malls, following their counterparts in Norway and Switzerland. As the F&B market in the UAE demonstrates a considerable degree of resilience in the years following the economic downturn, the results ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business In a move to achieve the vision of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, the Sharjah Central Finance Department (SFD) issued its financial strategy for the period of 2016 to 2018, with an objective to develop a financial, strategic and technical operating system ...

  Ritika Sharma / Emirates Business Virtual banking, Quick transactions and mobile-to-mobile payments – with the new trends ushering in retail banking sector, UAE is well poised to achieve its objective of becoming an undisputed leader in banking technology worldwide. Fast changing banking technology will be assessed for its future viability at the upcoming Middle East Retail Banking Forum & ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business An audience of more than 200 is expected to come together to consider what it takes to be a successful woman at the second annual Women’s Peak Performance Summit in Abu Dhabi next month. According to Anna Heystek the summit co-founder, Women’s Peak Performance features a cast of extraordinary speakers coming together to inspire ...