Bloomberg US equity-index futures fall as investors took a pause from a rally driven by bets for less hawkish central banks, and sought more evidence that inflation is moderating. December contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 dropped 0.9% each after the underlying indexes scaled two-week highs. Treasuries slid across the curve and the dollar rose for the …

  Bloomberg One by one, short sellers are being forced to capitulate as market expectations grow for a slower pace of central bank tightening. Whether in stocks or bonds, bearish bets are being dealt a blow as US data begin to reflect the fallout from the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate hikes. A dovish pivot by the Reserve Bank of Australia …

  Dubai / WAM With the expansion of GCC urban areas, municipalities in the GCC are challenged to handle the ever-increasing waste generation through the existing landfill strategies. However, many GCC countries are already investing to improve their waste management, with deals soaring in volume and value in 2019, according to a new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in …