SYDNEY/ Reuters The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has raised around $260 million via three sharia-compliant facilities to support small- and medium-sized businesses in the region, as African markets gradually open to Islamic finance. Cairo-based Afreximbank, which was founded by African governments and other investors in 1993 and focuses on trade finance, obtained a $100 million financing from the Islamic Corp ...

Bloomberg FedEx Corp. expects growing cross-border online transactions to be a driving force for its business in China as the company prepares to open one of its largest facilities in Shanghai. “Absolutely that’s an important part of it,” David Cunningham Jr., chief executive officer of FedEx Express, the world’s largest cargo airline, said in an interview in Shanghai. Cunningham said ...

Bloomberg Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc enjoyed a bumper Christmas season as UK consumers squeezed by inflation cut back on department-store spending to dress their Christmas tables in style. The Bradford, England-based grocer’s sales during the holidays beat analyst estimates as consumers splashed out on items from its premium range, including French yule logs. The shares rose as much as 4.7 ...