May, 2022

• 12 May

  Emirates, DCT Abu Dhabi to promote tourism to UAE

  

    DUBAI / WAM Emirates and the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost tourist numbers across the airline’s global network. The new partnership is part of the airline’s commitment to promote tourism to the UAE by aligning activities with other tourism partners and capitalising on ...

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• 12 May

  Waha Capital net profit rises 32% to AED147million in Q1 of 2022

    ABU DHABI / WAM Waha Capital has reported a 32% year-on-year increase in first quarter net profit, driven by robust returns from its public markets business and the strong performance of its Waha Mena equity fund. The company recorded a net profit of AED147 million in the first three months of 2022, compared to AED111 million in the same ...

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• 12 May

  Germany’s Uniper confident it can keep Russian gas flowing

  

  Bloomberg German utility Uniper SE is confident its next payment for Russian natural gas will comply with Kremlin demands without violating sanctions, in the latest sign that European companies and their Russian supplier are finding ways to keep the gas flowing. Uniper, one of Europe’s biggest buyers of the fuel from Russia, will pay in euros when its next bill ...

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• 12 May

  Germans wage ‘war of open letters’ over Ukraine, Russia

  

  Debates among German intellectuals are usually so vapid, pretentious and painful to behold that I hesitate to wish the experience even on my worst enemies. But I’m making an exception for a phenomenon I’ll call the War of Open Letters. This ongoing philosophical conflict is about the brutal attack by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine, and the appropriate reaction ...

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• 12 May

  Does your country need digital cash?

  

  Nine out of 10 central banks are exploring electronic versions of physical cash, according to the Bank for International Settlements’ 2021 survey of monetary authorities released this month. Nearly everyone, it seems, is convinced that the future of money is digital. While that might be right, does every country need to be on the bandwagon just yet? Not really. Whether ...

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• 12 May

  Long Covid in real estate weighs on core inflation

    It’s time to mark cards for what has become the single most important data release for global markets: the US consumer price inflation data. This one is consequential, although perhaps not as important as it feels at present. The virtually universal expectation is that the headline annual CPI number will fall compared to the previous month, for the first ...

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• 12 May

  Democrats are flunking Covid pandemic 101

    Congress still hasn’t approved supplemental funding for Covid-19 vaccines, booster shots, treatments, tests and scientific work in a bill it’s been sitting on for months. Democrats have the tools to make it happen, but they aren’t using them. Republicans are filibustering against the bill in the Senate, holding the spending hostage in an attempt to get their way on ...

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• 12 May

  Boeing downplays its 777X jet cancellation risk despite delay

  

    Bloomberg Boeing Co said customers for its much delayed 777X jet are standing by orders for the wide-body model even after it was revealed that the program has slipped five years behind schedule. While Boeing has held talks to update buyers, feedback so far has stopped short of moves to walk away from the 777X, Darren Hulst, the manufacturer’s ...

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• 12 May

  To fund 14 new jets, Flynas agrees on sale-leasebacks

  

    Bloomberg Saudi Arabian discount airline Flynas agreed so-called sale-leaseback deals that will fund the purchase of 14 Airbus SE narrow-body jets. The accords with leasing firms CDB Aviation, CMB Financial Leasing and Avolon Holdings Ltd cover part of a Flynas order for 120 Airbus A320neo aircraft, the carrier said in a statement. It said the planes have a value ...

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• 12 May

  Morrisons wins bidding war for McColl Retail’s convenience chain

  

    Bloomberg Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc is poised to take control of insolvent UK convenience-store chain McColl’s Retail Group Plc after a bidding war with gas station and convenience empire EG Group, according to people familiar with the matter. Morrison is purchasing McColl’s through a prepackaged administration, a form of UK insolvency proceeding. The plan is yet to be confirmed ...

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