July, 2021

• 13 July

  Google fined $593m in French warning to pay for news

  

  Bloomberg Google was fined $593 million in France after the search giant failed to follow an order to thrash out a fair deal with publishers to use their news content on its platform. The Alphabet Inc unit ignored a 2020 decision to negotiate in good faith for displaying snippets of articles on its Google News service, the Autorité de la ...

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• 13 July

  Rents in central London surges by record 4.3%

  Bloomberg Londoners have returned to their city center with a bang. Rents in central districts surged 4.3% in June from the previous month, the fastest pace on record, as the easing of lockdown restrictions lured tenants back to urban life, according to estate agent Hamptons International. That’s the first time since the start of the pandemic that rents saw a ...

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• 13 July

  EU set to require cutting new car emissions to zero by 2035

  

  Bloomberg The European Union (EU) is set to propose all new cars sold from 2035 should have zero emissions, as part of an unprecedented plan to align its economy with more ambitious climate targets. The European Commission, the bloc’s regulatory arm, plans to require emissions from new cars and vans to fall by 65% from 2030 and drop to zero ...

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• 13 July

  Canada imposes wildfire rules on trains

  Bloomberg Canada’s transportation authority imposed new rules on its two largest railroad companies operating in wildfire-ravaged British Columbia as it investigates whether a freight train caused a blaze that destroyed a village two weeks ago. Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Co will have to ensure they can respond within 60 minutes to any fire detected along rail ...

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• 13 July

  Microsoft to buy cybersecurity company RiskIQ

  

  Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. has agreed to acquire RiskIQ, a security software maker, as the tech giant tries to expand its products and better protect customers amid a rising tide of global cyberattacks. The deal will be announced as soon as the next few days, said the people, who asked not to be identified speaking about an acquisition that isn’t yet ...

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• 13 July

  Earnings disappointment a risk for Indian stocks, says JPMorgan

  

  Bloomberg Equity investors in India face the risk of earnings disappointment after a rally that’s propelled the local stock benchmark to successive records this year, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. As business activity resumes following one of the world’s deadliest coronavirus outbreaks, consensus earnings estimates may end up being overdone, said Sanjay Mookim, head of India equity research at ...

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• 13 July

  Futures steady ahead of earnings, inflation data

  

  Bloomberg Markets settled into a holding pattern on Tuesday as traders awaited key American inflation data and second-quarter earnings reports from some of the world’s biggest banks. Treasuries and the dollar were steady. Contracts on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 fluctuated around small gains and losses after the underlying indexes closed at records. JPMorgan Chase & Co and ...

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• 13 July

  Sheikh Mohammed inaugurates series of new road networks

  DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has inaugurated a series of road networks and strategic development projects implemented with the aim of shortening the distance and transportation time between various regions and emirates in the country. Completed at a total cost of AED1.95 billion, the projects were implemented ...

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• 13 July

  Abu Dhabi’s foodstuffs trade hits AED7.51b in five months

  

  ABU DHBAI / WAM The value of Abu Dhabi’s foreign trade of foodstuffs amounted to AED7.51 billion during the first five months of 2021, reflecting emirate’s maintain its commercial activity levels, according to data issued by the General Administration of Customs in Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi Customs). In terms of foodstuff trade, the number of customs transactions reached 72,918 (66,389 ...

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• 13 July

  Ministry showcases success of UAE political engagement

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Ministry of State for Federal National Council (MFNCA) has presented the success of its political engagement process at third Forum of Electoral Management Bodies in Arab States, with its theme ‘Electoral Systems in Arab Countries’. Held over three days, the virtual forum was organised by the League of Arab States’ Electoral Affairs Department, in conjunction ...

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