DUBAI / WAM The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC), the world’s largest bank by assets, celebrated the listing of four green bonds worth a total value of $2.2 billion on Nasdaq Dubai, and Zhang Yiming, ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the UAE, rang the market opening bell to mark the occasion. Accompanying Zhang Yiming ...

BLOOMBERG Turkey is considering prison terms for landlords found guilty of excessive rent increases after this month’s deadly earthquakes left millions displaced and homeless. The government is weighing two-to-five year terms, an official with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg, adding that it hasn’t yet decided what would constitute an unacceptable increase. The official spoke privately because details of the ...

BLOOMBERG Britain’s governing Conservative Party is trailing badly in opinion polls, apparently on course for a heavy defeat in the next UK general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes a team-building “away day” can stop the rot. Fresh from unveiling a new post-Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, Sunak will host a gathering of Conservative MPs this week outside central London ...