Bloomberg Donald Trump has given approval for Republican National Committee (RNC) to use his name in fundraising and other materials after the former president threatened to sue if the GOP continued to do so, the RNC said. Trump told RNC chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel that he’s fine with the RNC’s current use of his name, RNC Chief Counsel J. Justin ...

Bloomberg Central banks helped save the world economy from depression as the pandemic struck. Now they are dealing with the hard part: managing the recovery amid a difference of opinion with investors. Optimism that Covid-19 vaccines and continued government stimulus offer an escape from the worst health crisis in a century has sent bond yields soaring and pushed bets on ...

Bloomberg Barclays Plc is planning job cuts at its corporate and investment bank as part of its cost-saving measures, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The reductions will affect around 60 jobs, including some senior roles in the US and other countries, said one of the people, who asked not to be named discussing private information. A spokeswoman ...

Bloomberg China’s central bank will take measures to prevent systemic financial risks from building in the economy as the recovery takes hold, Deputy Governor Chen Yulu said. Laying out priorities for the next five years, Chen said the People’s Bank of China will improve its macro-prudential assessment framework and strengthen supervision of “systemically important” institutions, businesses and infrastructure. “The priority ...

Bloomberg Nine Polish banks are coalescing around a proposal for out-of-court settlements with holders of Swiss franc mortgages, according to PKO Bank Polski SA, the nation’s biggest lender. State-controlled PKO has spearheaded efforts to work out a joint solution to around $31 billion in mostly Swiss franc loans, based on a proposal by the country’s financial regulator and backed by ...

Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings Ltd.’s Chief Executive Officer Piyush Gupta said employees need to sometimes work from the office to develop a firm’s identity. “You need to build the soul of the company, and it’s very hard to do that if everybody is always working from somewhere else,” Gupta, who runs Southeast Asia’s largest bank, said in an interview with ...

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. joined rivals in pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades. The fourth-largest US lender said it aims to reach that goal, which includes its financed emissions, by 2050. It will also deploy $500 billion in financing to sustainable businesses and projects by 2030. “Climate change is one of the most urgent ...

Bloomberg US stock futures climbed on Tuesday, while government bonds across the globe rallied before US debt auctions that have the potential to spark volatility. The dollar falls. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 climbed 1.8%, signalling a rebound after an overnight slump in technology stocks amid a rotation to value. European shares opened modestly lower, dragged down by miners. ...

Bloomberg The bearish mood prevailing in China’s stock market is proving a match even for state-backed funds, and casting a cloud over the Communist Party’s biggest annual political event. The CSI 300 Index closed about 2.2% lower despite evidence that state-backed funds had intervened to shore up the market in morning trading. The news earlier helped the gauge erase losses ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE has strongly denounced the Iranian-backed terrorist Houthi militias for attempting to target one of the petroleum tank farms at the Ras Tanura Port in the Eastern Region and Saudi Aramco’s facilities in Dhahran with a drone and ballistic missile, which were intercepted by the Coalition Forces. In a statement by Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...