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Hedge funds kick risk addiction at end of crazy year for stocks

  Bloomberg Calm has finally come to a stock market that for weeks had been swinging violently. Bulls who hung tough are ending the year on firm footing after a frenzied off-loading of risk by the professional speculators. December’s big sellers were hedge funds, which, chastened by wrong-way bets on high-flying software companies, spent the month slashing high-momentum trades. It ...

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Epic winning run for India stocks sputters as foreigners exit

  Bloomberg The winning streak for Indian stocks is losing momentum as sentiment sours on the prospect of tighter monetary policy and smaller stimulus spending in the coming year. India’s benchmark S&P BSE Sensex has slumped 3.6% since the end of September, halting a rally that ran for six straight quarters and doubled the index’s value. Since reaching a record ...

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Oil climbs to four-week high as Omicron concerns ease

  Bloomberg Oil settled above $73 a barrel for the first time in four weeks as signs that the omicron Covid-19 variant may be less severe than previous strains eased concerns about a demand hit. West Texas Intermediate futures in New York closed 1.4% higher amid thinning liquidity heading into the holiday period. A UK health agency said omicron was ...

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UAE announces 585 new recoveries from Covid-19

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 339,500 additional Covid-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment. The ministry also noted that an additional 585 individuals had fully recovered from Covid-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 740,707. MoHAP announced 1,621 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total ...

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FTA urges registrants to benefit from penalties redetermination

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has called on tax registrants to benefit from the redetermination of administrative penalties to be equal to 30 percent of the total unpaid penalties. The FTA noted that few days are left to benefit from the redetermination before December 31, in accordance with Cabinet Decision No. 49 of 2021, Amending ...

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Russia hits Google, Meta with record $125m fine

  Bloomberg A Russian court fined Alphabet Inc’s Google 7.2 billion rubles ($98 million) and Meta Platforms Inc 2 billion rubles for failing to remove banned content, largest such penalties yet, as the authorities escalate a crackdown on foreign technology companies. The fines were due to the companies’ repeated failure to comply with orders to take down content and based ...

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MBRU to adopt a 4.5 day week from January

Dubai / Gulf Time The Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences (MBRU) has welcomed the UAE government’s landmark decision to embrace a new work week cycle, announcing that it will begin operating on a Saturday-Sunday weekend mode from January 1. The decision to adapt to the new schedule was taken after members of the MBRU family worked ...

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