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Jefferies to shake up USA financial sponsor bank group

  Bloomberg Jefferies Group is making more changes to the investment-banking division that manages relationships with private equity firms, according to people familiar with the matter, following the departure of the group’s global head, Adam Sokoloff, in March. Christopher Ooten, a managing director at Bank of America Corp.’s Merrill Lynch unit, will join Jefferies’s financial sponsor group to replace Theodore ...

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Changing the way people build technology

  Sunaina Rana EMIRATES BUSINESS Founded in 2009 by John ‘Coz’ Colgrove and John Hayes, Pure Storage is out to change the way people build technology. With headquarters in Mountain View, CA and offices across the US, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia, South America and Africa, Pure’s disruptive, software-driven storage technology combined with a customer-friendly business model has helped drive ...

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Investing in developing communities

   Our Correspondent EMIRATES BUSINESS Bloom Holding, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi-based National Holding Company, strives to build communities that integrate aesthetics, quality living and value-added offerings in education, hospitality, healthcare, leisure and retail. Bloom Holding’s diversified portfolio includes residential and commercial properties, retail and leisure centers as well as mixed-use communities in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Dubai. Complementing ...

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Qatar predicts three years of budget deficit

  DUBAI / Reuters Qatar’s government expects to run a budget deficit for at least three years as low natural gas and oil prices weigh on its revenues, the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics said. In a long-term report on the Qatari economy, the ministry forecast a fiscal deficit of 7.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) this year, ...

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GCC firms should think ahead to VAT, Excise Tax

  Emirates Business The GCC Ministers of Finance, in a vital meeting in Jeddah recently, approved in principle the Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise Tax treaties. Some administrative matters still need to be resolved, notably with regards to the tax collection mechanism related to intra-GCC trade. The GCC Committee has been tasked to provide its recommendation by the end ...

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ATMs in Manama parks ‘may put lives at risk’

  Manama / Tribune News Service Concerns have been raised that people would be attacked if ATM machines are installed in public parks across Bahrain. The proposal, presented by Southern Municipal Council chairman Ahmed Al Ansari to the Central Bank of Bahrain, aims to provide services across the board and generate municipal income from the leased space. Works, Municipalities and ...

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France warns UK it will be inflexible over EU exit

  Paris, France / AFP French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said the EU should act quickly and firmly if Britain votes next week to leave the European Union. Britain’s EU referendum will be held on Thursday, with an EU summit set for a few days later on June 28 at which Macron said EU leaders should take a firm stand with ...

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Fiat’s Marchionne mulls Maserati e-sportscar as Tesla competitor

  Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne is considering adding full electric vehicles to the carmaker’s line-up including the Maserati Alfieri sportscar and a small city car. “I’ve always thought the economic model that supports Tesla is something that Fiat Chrysler could replicate as we have the brand and the vehicles to do it,” Marchionne told Bloomberg Television in Venice. ...

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