Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Chamber’s investments aimed at raising awareness about trade and investment opportunities in Latin America are expected to reach AED 100 million over the next ten years, the Chamber’s President and CEO, Hamad Buamim revealed at the Global Business Forum on Latin America 2018 in Dubai on Wednesday. Speaking during a panel discussion entitled “Tomorrow’s Synergies ...
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Emirates Skywards reaches 20mn members
Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates Skywards, the award-winning loyalty programme of Emirates airline, has reached 20 million members. To celebrate this major milestone, Emirates Skywards will be celebrating with its members. Those travelling from Dubai on Emirates flights during the week beginning March 4 can look forward to little surprises at check-in, on board and in the lounges for some ...
Read More »US stocks fall as oil weighs on energy shares; dollar gains
Bloomberg US stocks gave up earlier gains and turned lower as oil tumbled following a government report showed expanding inventories and production in what will soon be the world’s largest source of crude. Treasuries climbed with the dollar. “We’re kind of at an inflection point with oil,†said Tom Anderson, chief investment officer of Boston Private Wealth. “It’s hard to ...
Read More »Pound slips as EU’s Barnier says Brexit transition not assured
Bloomberg The pound fell to a two-week low against the dollar and UK government bonds rose as the European Union’s chief negotiator warned a Brexit transition period for the UK was not guaranteed. Sterling slipped versus all of its Group-of-10 peers after Michel Barnier’s comments, which followed the publication of the EU’s draft Brexit treaty that saw the bloc ignore ...
Read More »Siberian chill expanding across Europe roils energy markets
Bloomberg Londoners this morning woke up to the rare sight of the city blanketed in snow as the icy blast from Siberia that’s causing havoc across Europe will linger for at least this week. Temperatures across Europe have plummeted and forecasters predict they will remain as much as 8 Celsius below average (14.4 Fahrenheit) in Britain through the weekend. UK ...
Read More »China’s LNG plants reopen as heating crisis eases
BEIJING / Reuters At least 10 of China’s domestic liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants have resumed output in the past week after the government cut off their supply, providing the first signs that the country’s gas supply crunch is starting to ease, company sources said. The return of the plants, which liquefy domestically produced gas that is then trucked to ...
Read More »Oil set for first monthly drop since August on US stock fears
Bloomberg Oil is poised for its first monthly decline in half a year as January’s rally fades on growing fears over booming US shale supply. Futures in New York were little changed, putting them on course for a 2.8 percent drop in February. An industry report was said to show US oil inventories rose last week, which would be the ...
Read More »America’s biggest solar buyer has a low profile
Bloomberg The biggest buyer of solar farms in America is a company you’ve probably never heard of. Meet Capital Dynamics, an asset manager that handles $15 billion. The firm’s been snapping up clean-power plants for years, but it wasn’t until this month — when the company agreed to spend almost $1 billion on a solar business — that it really ...
Read More »Oklahoma toughens oil fracking rules as earthquakes climb
Bloomberg Oklahoma is tightening its rules for fracking after studying a new cluster of earthquakes in one of the hottest US regions for drilling. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced that all explorers within certain areas must use equipment known as a seismic array, which detects movement underground. The regulators also lowered the quake threshold for pausing work from 3.0 magnitude ...
Read More »China’s Geely to use $9 billion collar trade on Daimler deal
Bloomberg Chinese billionaire Li Shufu’s Geely Group structured the purchase of its 7.3 billion-euro ($9 billion) stake in Daimler AG through complex derivative transactions that allowed the buyer to build a large equity holding while limiting the risks, people with knowledge of the matter said. Geely entered into a so-called collar trade for the entire stake, making this the largest ...
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