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Credit Suisse may secure key banking license in Saudi Arabia

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG is seeking to secure a key banking license in Saudi Arabia as part of plans to expand in the kingdom. The Zurich-based bank, which has a securities and equities business in the country, is in talks with the central bank for an onshore license, Iqbal Khan, head of the bank’s international wealth-management business, said ...

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IMF raises eurozone growth forecast despite Brexit

  Brussels / AFP The IMF raised its growth forecast for the eurozone on Tuesday, but warned of uncertainty due to the still unknown consequences of Brexit and damage caused by low inflation. The IMF edged up the growth forecast for the 19 nation currency bloc to 1.7 percent in 2016, from an earlier 1.6 percent, citing low oil prices ...

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Ericsson to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden as network demand dips

  Bloomberg Ericsson AB plans to cut 3,000 jobs in Sweden, a fifth of the workforce in its home country, as it curbs production to cope with shifting technology and stagnant demand for wireless-network equipment. The company will reduce manufacturing in the towns of Boraas and Kumla — a move it signaled last month— as it turns its focus to ...

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