Bloomberg New Zealand’s central bank may acknowledge the rising risk of an interest-rate cut when it delivers its first policy decision of the year. While Governor Adrian Orr is expected to hold the official cash rate at a record-low 1.75 percent on Wednesday and signal no change for some time, he could concede there’s an increasing possibility of looser policy …

Bloomberg A policy of cautious lending to the silk weavers and shopkeepers of Tamil Nadu has allowed a small local bank to outpace the largest Indian banks in terms of share price performance. City Union Bank Ltd., a small lender based in Kumbakonam, has risen more than 27 percent over the last twelve months, the best performance of any Indian …

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways Engineering, the largest commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services provider in the Middle East, signed a collaboration agreement with Argentina’s main aircraft manufacturer, Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA), to serve MRO customers in South America. The agreement enables both companies to leverage their strengths and become significant players in the narrow …