ABU DHABI / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Presidential Court, the second edition of the Global Media Congress started on Tuesday at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre – Adnec. Organised by the Emirates News Agency (WAM) and Capital Events of the Adnec …

BLOOMBERG European stocks will rise next year as household spending power picks up and the threat of a sharp slowdown eases, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc strategists. Quicker-than-expected cooling in euro area inflation should lead to positive growth in real wages — a boost for consumers, while also reducing obstacles to interest-rate cuts and with that the risk of …

BLOOMBERG Global stocks and bonds edged higher ahead on speculation that a crucial US inflation report will show that price pressures slowed last month, cementing the view that interest rates have peaked.  Europe’s Stoxx 600 index added 0.2%, with mining stocks led by a 4% gain in Glencore Plc after it agreed to buy a majority stake in Teck Resources …