Bloomberg With screeners already calling in sick in larger-than-normal numbers, US airports are girding for disruptions next week if the partial government shutdown continues and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers miss their first paycheck. The airport security officers are caught in the political fight in Washington between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats over money for a wall along the …

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Aldar Properties on Monday announced the launch of its newest AED2 billion development, Alreeman in Alshamkha. With investment zone status, and located in close proximity to the Abu Dhabi International Airport and key arterial highways, the mid-market, mixed-use development offers residential and commercial land plots available for purchase by all nationalities. Alreeman is spread over …

Bloomberg Oil headed for its longest stretch of daily gains in more than 17 months as the US Federal Reserve sought to ease investor concerns, China moved to sti-mulate its economy and Opec production cutbacks took effect. Futures in New York climbed as much as 3.2 percent after a fifth consecutive increase, when they settled at the highest closing level …

Bloomberg After four years of planning, Tesla Inc finally broke ground on its planned $5 billion factory in the world’s biggest auto market. But the timing couldn’t be more inauspicious. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and some Shanghai officials, including Mayor Ying Yong, on Monday attended a function at a site near the city kicking off construction of what would …

Bloomberg Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd will extend its strategy of trimming top executive positions to include lower ranking managers and finally the general workforce as South Africa’s cash-strapped power utility looks to cut costs, according to a person familiar with the plans. The state-owned company last month reduced its highest executive structure to nine positions from 21 by regrading and …

Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group Inc cut its oil price forecasts for 2019, citing a re-emerging surplus and resilient US shale production. Global benchmark Brent crude will average $62.50 a barrel this year, analysts including Damien Courvalin said in a January 6 note, down from a previous estimate of $70. US marker West Texas Intermediate will average $55.50 a barrel, down …

Bloomberg US stocks rose slightly as investors weighed their risk tolerance amid the resumption of trade talks with China. The dollar fell to its lowest level since October as traders assessed seemingly dovish remarks from Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Friday. The S&P 500 Index gained led by consumer discretionary stocks and energy as oil surged higher. The Nasdaq …

Bloomberg Japan’s financial watchdog has abandoned plans to allow listed derivatives based on cryptocurrencies but may yet approve exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the asset class, according to a person familiar with the matter. The decision to bar instruments like Bitcoin futures or Ethereum options in one of the largest markets for cryptocurrencies marks another setback for investors betting on …

Bloomberg Morgan Stanley just beat JPMorgan Chase & Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc for a second straight year in one of Wall Street’s most competitive businesses — and it’s poised to win again in 2019. Its secret: Quirky dealmakers wielding a spigot of private money. The bank is the world’s top stock underwriter, a title that in recent years …

Bloomberg UBS Group AG is in the early stages of planning the succession of Sergio Ermotti, one of European banking’s longest-serving chief executive officers, according to Chairman Axel Weber. Ermotti, almost eight years on the job, and Weber himself are at “a point in time where you need to start thinking about what is it that you’re going to do …