October, 2019

• 7 October

  Pepsi says consumer chugging along even with higher prices

  

  Bloomberg PepsiCo Inc is getting a boost from higher prices on its drinks and snacks, a sign US consumers still feel good amid recent indicators of a looming economic slowdown. The snack and beverage giant said it will meet or exceed its full-year revenue growth after sales and profit both topped Wall Street estimates for last quarter. The results showed …

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• 6 October

  First World Road Congress in Mideast kicks off in Abu Dhabi

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, HH Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chief of the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, officially opened the 26th World Road Congress Abu Dhabi 2019 on Sunday as discussions on …

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• 6 October

  Emerging-market yield hunt to trump trade wars for now

  

  Bloomberg The hunt for yield is still on in emerging markets. And as that plays out, expect Asia to outperform. Those are the main findings of Bloomberg’s quarterly survey of 54 global investors, strategists and traders on their outlook for developing-nation assets. The trade dispute between the US and China remains a key concern. But looser monetary policy among major …

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• 6 October

  Norway oil coffers about to get giant boost from the North Sea

  

  Bloomberg Equinor ASA has started its Johan Sverdrup oil field, a rare mega-project in the North Sea that’s been a boon for Norway’s offshore industry and now promises to deliver a huge production boost for the country. Discovered in 2010 in an area that had been disregarded by most explorers, the site started production on Saturday and is set to …

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• 6 October

  Mozambique says Exxon to approve giant LNG project

  

  Bloomberg Mozambique’s government said Exxon Mobil Corp. will sign off on an initial investment decision for a liquefied natural gas project that could cost as much as $33 billion to build — the biggest ever in Africa. A ceremony marking the decision will take place Oct. 8 in Maputo, the capital of the southeast African nation, the Ministry of Mineral …

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• 6 October

  ‘Permian’ fails to deliver export boost

  Bloomberg Newly commissioned Permian Basin crude pipelines have yet to boost US crude exports, as the ongoing US-China trade war weighs on demand from Asia. The US Census Bureau said exports averaged 2.73 million barrels a day in August, up just 40,000 barrels from a month before. That’s despite the start of two widely anticipated crude pipelines from West Texas …

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• 6 October

  US energy chief to leave Trump administration by year’s end

  

  Bloomberg Energy Secretary Rick Perry has told confidants he plans to resign from the Trump administration by the end of the year. Perry, an Air Force veteran who was previously Texas’ longest serving governor, was to spend some time in the Oval Office but hadn’t intended to tell President Donald Trump of his departure timeline. Perry’s plan to depart comes …

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• 6 October

  IndusInd, hit by India’s shadow bank stress, says worst is over

  

  Bloomberg IndusInd Bank, which saw a fifth of its market value wiped out over the past week on concern about its creditors, says the crisis of confidence engulfing India’s financial system is fading away. Outstanding loans to overstretched borrowers dipped at the Mumbai-based bank last quarter, lenders including IndusInd are working to resolve defaults at Dewan Housing Finance Ltd, and …

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• 6 October

  RBA tells banks not to be strict after rates cut

  

  Bloomberg Australia’s central bank joined the government in warning lenders not to be too strict when assessing borrowers, fearing such caution could dent an already slowing economy. “It is important that banks are not overly cautious in the implementation of current lending policies,” the Reserve Bank of Australia said in its Financial Stability Review. “Lending always entails a degree of …

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• 6 October

  Danske non-resident unit ‘banker’ speaks out

  

  Bloomberg Between 2009 and 2015, Mihhail Murnikov spent his days handling as many transactions as he could at the non-resident unit of Danske Bank in Estonia. Roughly a year after Danske admitted that those transactions were part of a $220 billion money laundering scandal, prosecutors from Tallinn to Washington are still trying to get to the bottom of what really …

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