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Bloomberg Italy’s economy will keep recovering from recession slowly but surely and avoid a renewed slump this year and next, a Bloomberg survey of analysts showed. The euro region’s third-biggest economy will extend the expansion that started last year, said 19 of 25 respondents in the poll published on Tuesday. Still, the pace of growth in 2016 and 2017 will ...

Bloomberg The Obama administration is reversing course on opening Atlantic waters to a new generation of oil and gas drilling, after a revolt by environmentalists and coastal communities that said the activity threatened marine life, fishing and tourism along the U.S. East Coast. The proposed offshore leasing program eliminates the administration’s initial plan to auction off drilling rights in as ...

Bloomberg The rally that made Brazilian assets the world’s best performers in 2016 is losing momentum as investors’ euphoria over prospects for change in government gives way to pessimism about how hard it will be to pull the country out of an economic malaise no matter who is in power. The Ibovespa equity gauge, Brazil’s currency and its bonds have ...

Bloomberg The U.S., once the world’s largest wheat exporter, is scheduled to import the grain this month from South America in the latest sign of how the country is losing its domination of the global trade. Even amid overflowing U.S. grain bins, there’s a ship destined to reach North Carolina shores this month with supplies from Argentina. Olympos, the vessel ...

Bloomberg If you want to watch the Disney Channel or BET in the U.S., you pretty much need a costly pay-TV plan, one with hundreds of networks you couldn’t care less about. In other countries, it’s increasingly a different story. Entertainment companies led by Viacom Inc., 21st Century Fox Inc. and Walt Disney Co. are forging ahead internationally with online ...

Doha / EMIRATES BUSINESS Despite reports of market gloom, Qatar’s residential rental levels continued to expand unabated during 2015, rising by approximately 7 percent year-on-year during the second half of 2015. But this was down from 14 percent annual growth achieved during the same period in 2014. Smaller apartment units, particularly those within central locations, remained in high demand, although ...

CAIRO / EMIRATES BUSINESS Egyptian real estate company Abraj Misr signed a 1.1 billion Egyptian pounds strategic partnership with SIAC holding to carry out the construction works for its first and largest residential, administrative, smart and eco-friendly project, which is dubbed as ‘The Gate’. The 400.000 sqm project is set to be completed within 24 months. Placed in the heart ...

Manama / EMIRATES BUSINESS Bahrain’s stock exchange has established a market for real estate investment trusts (REITs), it said. Under the plan, REITs licensed by the central bank can be listed and traded by investors in the secondary market. The details of the market and the trading mechanism of REITs will be announced later, the statement said. While REITs are ...

Bloomberg Philippine builders are adding the most office space in Manila in at least 26 years, catering to companies such as American Express Co. and International Business Machines Corp. that are outsourcing more jobs to the Southeast Asian nation. About 710,000 square meters of office space will be built in the Philippine capital this year and more than 780,000 square ...

RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Hotels and airlines are not the only industries gearing up to reap rich dividends out of Dubai Expo 2020. The much-awaited event is expected to give a push to Car rentals as well. Vehicle rental companies across the UAE are pulling up their socks to cater to the huge demand for rented transportation options that ...