Bloomberg European stocks dropped with US futures on Wednesday as risks from a highly infectious coronavirus strain appeared to outweigh growing confidence in the global economic recovery. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index declined 0.7%, with cyclical shares bearing the brunt of the losses. Airlines struggled as fears of the more contagious Delta variant continue to spur tourism curbs in the ...

Bloomberg Asia’s stock listing aspirants will likely face a less generous market following a first-half sales boom, as bubbly valuations and nervousness about US monetary policy make investors more cautious. Firms in Asia have raised $82 billion through initial public offerings so far this year, the most ever for a first half, and beating the previous record of $63 billion ...

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court and Chairman of Etihad Rail, has inaugurated track-laying works at the Seih Shuaib site, which is the centre point for track-laying running to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Sheikh Theyab reviewed the latest progress during a 10-kilometre trip aboard an inspection ...