Bloomberg US equity-index futures gained on Thursday as technology shares rallied on the penultimate trading day of what’s been a brutal year for financial markets. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 rose more than 0.6% following gains for Asian technology stocks earlier amid signs China is easing a regulatory crackdown. Contracts on the S&P 500 were up about 0.3%. ...

  Bloomberg Beset by war, soaring costs and higher interest rates, 2022 was a year many European companies — and stock market investors — would prefer to forget. Carefully crafted investment strategies were thrown into disarray, first by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent energy crisis, then by surging borrowing costs that lifted Germany’s 10-year bond yield, Europe’s benchmark, ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) has announced that the subscription to the Unemployment Insurance Scheme will start on January 1, 2023, calling on UAE nationals and residents who work in the federal government and private sector to subscribe. Stemmed from the Federal Decree-Law No. 13 of 2022, the Unemployment Insurance Scheme aims ...