February, 2023

• 27 February

  Hong Kong exports plunge by most in 70 years as demand dips

  

  BLOOMBERG Hong Kong’s exports plunged in January by the most in 70 years as waning global demand and the Lunar New Year break weighed on trade and Chinese demand remained weak, even after the mainland emerged from Covid Zero. Overseas shipments plummeted 36.7% from a year earlier to HK$290.9 billion ($37.1 billion), the Census and Statistics Department said. That was ...

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• 27 February

  Essar plans to invest $3.6bn for UK, India decarbonisation unit

  

  BLOOMBERG Essar Group plans to spend as much as $3.6 billion on low-carbon hydrogen production in the UK and India, as well as decarbonisation work at its refinery in northwest England, pending government support. The company’s first step would be a $1.2 billion investment in Britain to produce hydrogen from natural gas with carbon capture and storage, according to Prashant ...

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• 27 February

  Toyota global sales see decline in Jan due to lingering Covid effects

  

  BLOOMBERG Toyota Motor Corp reported a slight drop in global sales in January due to lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and a chronic shortage of semiconductors for automobiles, the Japanese automaker said. Sales, including Daihatsu Motor Co and Hino Motors Ltd, fell 3.6% from a year earlier to 795,847 vehicles, while production rose 8.4% to 819,727 units, the world’s ...

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• 27 February

  Li Auto Q1 sales forecast soars on expanded EV lineup

  

  BLOOMBERG Chinese electric carmaker Li Auto Inc expects first-quarter revenue to come in as high as $2.7 billion as a revamped and expanded product lineup helps it win sales from rivals including Tesla Inc. The Beijing-based auto manufacturer said revenue for the three months ending on March 31 should be between 17.5 billion yuan ($2.5 billion) to 18.5 billion yuan, ...

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• 27 February

  e&, Mastercard to drive ambitious digital future for consumers

  

  DUBAI/ WAM e& has announced a strategic partnership with Mastercard that will see consumers and businesses in 16 markets across the Middle East, Asia and Africa benefit from a variety of new technologies and user-friendly experiences. The experiences include providing consumers with innovative alternatives to how they choose to pay for a variety of lifestyle activities. Consumers will also benefit ...

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• 27 February

  Seha receives 5.1 million outpatient visitors in ’22

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha), part of the PureHealth group, has announced its key achievements in 2022 from the latest report curated by the Emirates News Agency (WAM). Some of Seha’s most notable achievements in 2022 include the closure of its Covid-19 testing centres and 5.1 million outpatient visits throughout the year. Collectively, a total ...

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• 27 February

  UAE search and rescue team returns back home

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE search and rescue team, as part of the “Chivalrous Knight / 2” operation in Syria, has returned home following the completion of the rescue mission in earthquake-hit Syria. Lt. Colonel Hamad Al Kaabi, Commander of the Emirati Search and Rescue in Syria, said that the team has made exceptional efforts in the rescue mission ...

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• 27 February

  UAE records 32% jump in green, sustainable finance

  

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE witnessed a 32 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth in its 2022 green and sustainable finance issuing, a new report by leading consulting firm Arthur D. Little showed. Between 2019 and 2022, the UAE recorded increasing environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) reporting across major public and private institutions such as Dubai Financial Market, Ministry of Climate ...

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• 27 February

  UniCredit to boost bonus pool up to 20% after strong year

  

  BLOOMBERG UniCredit SpA is set to increase its overall bonus pool for 2022 by about 20%, after a year in which the Italian lender beat profit expectations and increased shareholder returns, people familiar with the matter said. The Milan-based bank’s payout covers non-executive employees working at branches and offices and about 900 top managers with risk responsibilities, said the people, ...

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• 27 February

  Goldman sees modest yen weakness from US rates

  

  BLOOMBERG Pressure from the US bond market may lead to modest yen weakness in the short-term, outweighing any positive impact from speculation of a Bank of Japan (BOJ) policy shift, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. If markets continue to price in resilient US growth and more interest-rate hikes than expected, there is scope for further “tactical yen underperformance,” wrote ...

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