RIYADH / WAM The Government of Jeddah has combined its ancient heritage and its modern advancements through its public and private museums, the Corniche, the historic Jeddah wall, its entertainment and sporting locations, and especially its diving facilities. The Khuzam Palace Museum, part of the King Abdul Aziz Palace, is one of the city’s most important museums because of its …

Bloomberg Commerzbank AG’s long search for scale is finally starting to pay off, but it’s costing more than expected. Profit and revenue at Germany’s second-largest listed bank beat the highest estimate in the second quarter, as it expanded its business more aggressively. However, its core capital level dropped surprisingly, due to it taking on more risk in its corporate loan …

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG hired private banker Heinz Puth and three others from Swiss rival Julius Baer Group Ltd. to boost its Singapore team focussing on wealthy Indonesians, according to a person familiar with the matter. Puth and the former Julius Baer relationship managers will report to Johanes Oeni, who heads Credit Suisse’s private banking market group for Indonesia, …

Bloomberg Australia’s securities regulator will embed supervisors in the big-four banks in a push to get tough on corporate misbehaviour after a string of scandals. Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) staff will be placed inside Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Westpac Banking Corp., National Australia Bank Ltd., Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. and embattled wealth manager AMP Ltd. …

Bloomberg Danske Bank A/S’s legal jeopardy is deepening. Prosecutors in Denmark said they had opened a criminal investigation into the bank, acting on “multiple complaints” that the Estonian unit of the country’s biggest lender was used to funnel billions of kroner of dirty money. The prosecutors said that they had been following “the case very closely” for a long period …

Bloomberg Nedbank Group Ltd. forecast that interest-earning banking assets will increase at a rate below that of nominal growth in South Africa’s gross domestic product, after earlier predicting it will be in line with the economy’s expansion. The lender’s credit-loss ratio, which rose 6 basis points to 53 basis points, will also increase slightly above the level achieved in 2017 …

Bloomberg Facebook Inc.’s shares rose on optimism that the company is forging deeper relationships with banks to offer customer-service products via its Messenger chat application, a business that could boost engagement as growth slows on its main social network. Facebook has for years worked to make Messenger a natural place for consumers to communicate with businesses, aiming to replace email. …

Bloomberg It’s turning out to be a bumpy road to recovery for Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. Just when the premium airline was showing signs of a rebound, crude oil played spoilsport again, denting early gains from a transformation plan that CEO Rupert Hogg considers crucial to survival. More uncertainty lies ahead for the world’s third-largest cargo carrier as a global …

Bloomberg Pandora A/S plunged after the world’s biggest jewelry maker cut its profit and sales forecasts amid struggles in key markets such as the US and China. The shares fell more than 20 percent, the most in seven years, and were down 19.7 percent at 345.4 kroner in the Danish capital. Investors were battered by a similar slump just three …

Bloomberg Procter & Gamble Co. (P&G) is still the king of diapers and shampoo, but an onslaught of new competition and tighter ordering from traditional retailers is tarnishing the consumer-goods giant’s crown. Investors were lukewarm to the company’s fourth-quarter results, leaving the shares little changed after sluggish organic sales growth. In addition to the new rival products — which range …