Bloomberg This year’s selloff in emerging-market assets has created a whole lot of value, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The firm’s asset-management arm says it’s time to buy as months of underperformance for developing-nation securities relative to their US peers won’t last much longer. The divergence was an anomaly, spurred in part by sanctions on Turkey and Russia as …

Bloomberg Two events this month may have finally brought the curtain down on secrecy rules that were the key to Geneva and Zurich’s private banking heyday, when foreign clients could come armed with suitcases of cash and their bankers would look other way. Swiss tax authorities announced they’d shared details on 2 million accounts with other countries for first time …

Bloomberg Boeing Co. won’t deliver its first KC-46 aerial refueling tanker by month’s end as it had agreed, according to US Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, the latest in a procession of missed deadlines since the company won the contract in 2011. Air Force officials are meeting with planemaker “to try to lay down path forward for delivery and to …

Bloomberg Boeing Co. received an endorsement from an unlikely source: John Leahy, Airbus SE’s retired sales supremo who rang up over $1 trillion in aircraft deals over a long career, largely at the expense of the US aerospace giant. Leahy is famous for ribbing his long-time rival. But after being put on the spot by a fellow aviation luminary at …

Bloomberg Fast-dwindling cash is casting doubt on whether Sears Holdings Corp. can firm up its survival plan in time to avoid liquidation. Sears is expected to bleed $220 million in just the first month of its bankruptcy, court filings show, cutting deep into the $300 million loan it secured this week from senior lenders. The crunch could become more acute …

Bloomberg Air France-KLM Chief Executive Officer Ben Smith marked an early victory just weeks after taking the top job by reaching a pay deal with French unions that had eluded his predecessor. The accord at the Air France arm includes a wage increase of 2 percent retroactive January 1 and another 2 percent to take effect in 2019, according to …

Dubai / WAM The second United Nations Data Forum 2018 will commence on Monday, October 22. The three-day forum takes place in Dubai and will bring together more than 2,500 data experts, high-ranking government officials and prominent policy makers from 120 countries around the world. With 80 interactive discussion panels and over 400 global spe-akers, the second edition of the …

DUBAI / Emirates Business The fourth edition of the annual UAE-India Economic Forum (UIEF), which will be held in Dubai on October 24, is poised to explore the strengthening ties and bilateral trade relations between the two countries. The UIEF is supported by the Telangana Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The forum, to …

Emirates Business Maqta Gateway LLC, an Abu Dhabi Ports subsidiary, announced that it is to carry out its first testing of international blockchain solution Silsal with a maritime operator in partnership with MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, a global leader in shipping and logistics. The announcement marks the latest milestone for Silsal. The innovative solution provides a seamless and secure link …

STOCKHOLM / WAM Mariam Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security, met Elisabeth Backte- man, State Secretary of Swed-ish Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation, to discuss means of enhancing ties in innovations in food technology. This meeting was held as part of UAE minister’s visit to Sweden, where she visited a number of research centres and companies which support …