Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG expects mergers and acquisitions to pick up in the Middle East and Africa next year after a ‘subdued’ 2016, according to the head of the company in the region, Jamal Al Kishi. Deals and initial public offerings will add to accelerating debt sales as governments seek to fill budget gaps caused by the oil slump, …

  New Delhi / AFP Long queues formed outside banks in India on Thursday as they reopened for the first time since the government’s shock decision to withdraw the two largest denomination notes from circulation. Some banks in the capital New Delhi had received the new 2,000 rupee ($30) bill and a number of ATMs were working again, two days …

  Bloomberg The rupee rose to a two-month high as foreign investors piled into Indian assets and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said the government’s crackdown on unaccounted wealth will boost the nation’s bonds and currency. In India’s most extensive anti-graft operation in almost four decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi late Tuesday decided to ban 500 rupee ($7.50) and 1,000 rupee …