September, 2022

• 2 September

  IAEA team reaches besieged nuclear plant in Ukraine

  

  Bloomberg Foreign monitors arrived at a nuclear plant held by Russian forces in Ukraine, even as shelling reported in the area threatened to put their high-stakes mission at risk. International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said Thursday that Ukrainian defense officials had warned his team of increased military activity in the so-called “gray zone” separating Kyiv’s territory ...

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• 2 September

  Russia plans to buy $70 billion in yuan, other ‘friendly’ currencies

  

  Bloomberg Russia is considering a plan to buy as much as $70 billion in yuan and other “friendly” currencies this year to slow the ruble’s surge, before shifting to a longer-term strategy of selling its holdings of the Chinese currency to fund investment. The offshore yuan briefly extended gains against the dollar after the news, rallying to a session high. ...

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• 2 September

  Japanese yen falls to its lowest since 1998

  

    Bloomberg The yen declined to its lowest since 1998, prompting warnings from Japanese government officials, as the yield gap between the US and Japan widened to heap more pressure on the currency. It falls as much as 0.5% to 139.68 per dollar in Thursday trading — a hair’s breadth from the key psychological level of 140, before paring the ...

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• 2 September

  China’s mega banks hit by margin squeeze

  

    Bloomberg China’s biggest banks, including Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., reported slowing earnings growth and eroding margins after being enlisted by Beijing to help stave off a deeper slump in the world’s second-biggest economy. ICBC, the world’s biggest bank by assets, reported net income grew 4.9%, the slowest in two years, in the first half of the ...

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• 2 September

  Chinese stock’s 13,000% surge creates another US IPO mystery

  

    Bloomberg Another Chinese firm is baffling investors with massive gains on its first day of trading in the US, following on from stellar debuts for AMTD Digital Inc. and Magic Empire Global Ltd. Addentax Group Corp. soared as much as 13,031% on Wednesday in its debut session, triggering more than 20 volatility halts. Its market capitalisation has ballooned to ...

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• 2 September

  Stocks, bonds extend selloff; dollar gains

  

  Bloomberg Stocks and bonds extended their selloff on Thursday as a hawkish drumbeat from central banks and a lockdown in China further frayed investor nerves. The dollar gained. A global equity index hit a six-week low as Nasdaq 100 futures fall after a sales warning from Nvidia Corp. Miners led declines in Europe as commodities dropped amid concerns that aggressive ...

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• 1 September

  UAE’s Hope probe discovers ‘patchy’ Mars proton aurora

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, has made first observations of a new type of proton aurora around Mars. The spatially variable ‘patchy’ proton aurora potentially triggers new insights into unexpected behaviours in the Martian atmosphere. The EMM team has worked together with Nasa’s Maven (Mars Atmosphere ...

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• 1 September

  Adnoc awards $1.83b deals for drilling-related services

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Wednesday announced the award of five framework agreements valued at $1.83 billion (AED6.72 billion) for Directional Drilling and Logging While Drilling (LWD) to support its efforts to expand production capacity of its low carbon oil and gas resources to help meet the world’s growing demand for energy. The ...

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• 1 September

  President appoints new chief of National Library and Archives

    Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a Federal Decree appointing Abdulla Majid Al Ali as the Director-General of the National Library and Archives, with the rank of Undersecretary.

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• 1 September

  Jafza’s trade grows 19% to AED454.7bn in 2021

  

    Dubai / WAM Underpinning its status as a key pillar supporting Dubai’s economy, DP World’s flagship Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) generated over AED454.7 billion in trade in 2021, up 19 percent year-on-year. The rise in trade compares to the AED382.8 billion facilitated by Jafza in 2020. Complementing this growth was an 18.6% increase in the number of new ...

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