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Telal showcases diamond-decorated outfit for Emirati groom

  Dubai / Gulf Time This year, Telal Gents’ Fashion made an extraordinary development in the history of fashion fairs in the region by joining the Gulf Bride Show, a leading exhibition of luxury women’s fashion for wedding occasions in the region. The show was organised at Dubai World Trade Center from September 14-18. The participation of Telal Gents’ Fashion, ...

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Truss can’t neglect Tory jitters after mini-budget

It is said that the Conservative Party only has two modes — triumph and panic. Under Liz Truss, the new prime minister, the party has gone from the first to the second in record-breaking time (with a strange interregnum for Queen Elizabeth’s funeral). Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget, or “fiscal event” as he termed it, was the worst-received ...

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Bond doomsayers are a little premature

The credit-market bears may well be vindicated if the US enters a recession in the next year, but it’s too early to go full-scale Armageddon with predictions about corporate bond spreads. For all the economic headwinds, US corporations started the year from a position of extraordinary financial strength thanks to opportunistic refinancing in 2020 and 2021 and strong cash reserves ...

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Gilt market problems aren’t unique to the UK

  The Bank of England recently announced that it would enter the market to buy government bonds (known as gilts) with a remaining maturity of 20 years or more. Although the central bank insists that its actions are “temporary,” to restore “orderly” markets, it’s not really clear what either of those words mean. 1 It was only on Sept. 21 ...

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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni has a mandate but little time

  Those disheartened by the election campaign run by Giorgia Meloni may think that the best thing about Italy’s incoming government will be its likely transience. Hers will be the country’s 70th government since World War II. But it would be wrong to conclude that Italian leaders don’t matter. To the contrary, Europe badly needs a stable Italy capable of ...

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China’s rival aircraft to Boeing, Airbus jets wins certification

  Bloomberg China formally certified its homegrown aircraft to take on Boeing Co and Airbus SE in the highly lucrative market for narrowbody jets, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. The announcement of the certification of Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd.’s C919 was made in Beijing, with President Xi Jinping and other high ranking Chinese government officials attending ...

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Boeing’s 737 Max 7 at risk of missing key deadline, warns US

  Bloomberg US aviation regulators warned Boeing Co. that its 737 Max 7 model is at risk of missing a key deadline later this year, potentially forcing the planemaker to carry out an expensive and complex redesign of the aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration’s chief of aircraft certification told Boeing that the agency had approved less than 10% of the ...

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HK plans 500,000 plane-ticket giveaway to attract tourists

  Bloomberg Hong Kong will give away 500,000 plane tickets to lure visitors back to the financial hub when the government removes all remaining restrictions on inbound arrivals, local media outlet Sing Tao reported in a column, citing people it didn’t identify. Chief Executive John Lee may announce the plan to return to normalcy in his October policy address, unless ...

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Tata group’s Air India weighs raising $1bn for expansion

  Bloomberg Air India Ltd. is considering raising at least $1 billion in a funding round that could value the carrier at around $5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The carrier, controlled by India’s oldest conglomerate Tata Group, is in discussions with potential investors including private equity funds and sovereign wealth funds, said the people. Air India ...

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Inflation in UK shops hits record high as pound falls

  Bloomberg Prices in British shops hit a fresh record high, heaping more pain on consumers grappling with soaring energy and housing bills. The British Retail Consortium said shop price inflation accelerated to 5.7% in September, topping the previous 5.1% record increase in August. This is highest level of inflation since the index began in 2005 as retailers pass on ...

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