August, 2022

• 10 August

  Apple slows pace of dealmaking even as its tech peers plow ahead

  

    Bloomberg Apple Inc, which used to acquire a company every three or four weeks, has dramatically slowed its dealmaking in the past two years, a sign the tech giant is being more choosy in the face of a shaky economy and heightened government scrutiny. The company spent just $33 million on payments connected to acquisitions in its last fiscal ...

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• 10 August

  Pfizer buys Global Blood Therapeutics for $5.4bn

  

    Bloomberg Pfizer Inc has agreed to buy Global Blood Therapeutics Inc, the maker of a drug for sickle-cell disease, in a deal worth $5.4 billion. The New York drug giant will pay $68.50 for all outstanding shares of Global Blood, the companies said in a statement before US markets opened. That’s double the price of the stock on August ...

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• 10 August

  Veolia to sell Suez’s UK waste unit for $2.4bn

    Bloomberg Veolia Environnement SA agreed to sell Suez SA’s waste activities in Britain to Macquarie Group Ltd. for 2.4 billion euros ($2.44 billion) after the country’s antitrust authority raised competition concerns. Veolia’s announcement, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report, marks the last step in its acquisition of a large chunk of French rival Suez, which was completed in other ...

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• 10 August

  Hungary inflation soars

    Bloomberg Hungarian inflation accelerated to the fastest in 24 years, offering no reprieve for a central bank that’s raised interest rates by most in the EU. Consumer prices rose 13.7% in July from a year earlier, exceeding all estimates in a Bloomberg survey. Core inflation, which strips out volatile commodity prices, was even higher at 16.7%, pointing to broad-based ...

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• 10 August

  US futures mixed amid focus on earnings, inflation report

  

    Bloomberg US equity-index futures were mixed and the dollar fell as investors bet a strong earnings performance can continue despite recent disappointments. European stocks fall. Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked higher while those on the Nasdaq 100 slipped after the losses driven by NVidia Corp.’s revenue miss. Treasuries dipped, with the 10-year benchmark yield rising three basis points ...

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• 10 August

  A wave of analyst optimism is a red flag to Citigroup strategists

  

  Bloomberg Highly optimistic analyst stock recommendations are flashing a warning signal for equity market rally, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists. An index of global sell-side ratings “is back to peak bullishness levels reached in 2000 and 2007, after which global equities halved,” strategists led by Robert Buckland wrote in a note. While analysts always have more buys than sells, “they ...

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• 9 August

  Sharjah supports low-income families with AED10.3 million

    Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah Charity International (SCI) announced that its monthly assistance targets the needy category of people with low-income families in order to guarantee them a decent life and meet their living needs government aid. The association was able to provide monthly aid throughout the first half of this year, with a financial value of AED10.3 million, ...

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• 9 August

  UAE’s public spending in Q1 reaches AED87.4bn

  

    Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s public spending in the first quarter of 2022 totalled AED87.4 billion, an increase of 19.6 percent and equivalent to AED14.34 billion, compared to AED73.7 billion in the same period of the previous year, according to statistics from the Ministry of Finance. The figures also highlighted the fact the country’s public spending in first ...

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• 9 August

  DIFC launches first ‘global family business, private wealth centre’

  

  Dubai / WAM The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) announced the launch of the first Global Family Business and Private Wealth Centre (Centre) in the region and worldwide. DIFC is the first financial centre in the world to create a unique offering at a time when an estimated AED3.67 trillion ($1 trillion) in assets will be transferred to the next ...

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• 9 August

  Enoc opens new compact station in UAQ

    Dubai / WAM Enoc group on Monday announced the opening of a new compact service station in Al Salamah 1, Umm Al Qaiwain, making it the second service station in the emirate. The expansion is part of the group’s long-term strategic plan to strengthen its retail presence across the UAE. Spread across 18,800 square feet, the new compact station ...

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