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Evergrande crisis no Lehman moment for Chinese markets

Bloomberg For all the warnings earlier this year that China Evergrande Group’s debt crisis would become the country’s Lehman moment, the developer’s landmark payment failure is barely registering in local financial markets. The CSI 300 Index of stocks on Wednesday climbed to a six-week high, while Chinese junk dollar bonds rose 2 cents on the dollar, according to traders. The ...

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Stocks, US futures up as risks ebb; dollar holds

Bloomberg Stocks rise for a third day as optimism about vaccines eased concerns about the omicron variant and China policies helped buffer against fallout from mounting property debt distress. Europe’s Stoxx 600 Index rose 0.5% after the biggest jump in more than a year, with healthcare shares outperforming and energy stocks down. US futures ticked up after the biggest surge ...

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Ta’ziz, Reliance form JV for $2b chemicals project in Ruwais

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Chemicals Derivatives Company RSC Ltd (Ta’ziz) and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), have agreed to launch Ta’ziz EDC & PVC, a world-scale chemical production partnership at the Ta’ziz Industrial Chemicals Zone in Ruwais. The new joint-venture will construct and operate a Chlor-Alkali, Ethylene Dichloride (EDC) and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) production facility, with an investment of ...

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