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Strategists keep faith in stocks, view Fed-hike bets as overdone

Bloomberg Markets are bracing for a pivotal Federal Reserve meeting that’s expected to lay out a roadmap for tapering pandemic-era stimulus and perhaps provide clues about the timing of a liftoff in interest rates. The prospect of rising borrowing costs to fight inflation has roiled bonds and flattened the Treasury yield curve, suggesting a slower economic recovery lies ahead. But ...

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South Korea’s largest payments app more than doubles in debut

Bloomberg Kakao Pay Corp, South Korea’s largest mobile payments app, more than doubled in its debut in Seoul, following a rocky path to public markets that was marked by heightened regulatory scrutiny. Shares of Kakao Pay surged more than 150% in early trading on Wednesday after pricing the offering at 90,000 won. The startup, backed by Jack Ma’s Ant Group ...

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Flag Day: Sheikha Fatima wishes UAE leadership, people

ABU DHABI / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union (GWU), President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation (FDF), and the “Mother of the Nation”, congratulated the UAE leadership and people on the occasion of the UAE Flag Day, which is observed on November 03. ...

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