April, 2019

• 10 April

  Seats may be comfier, smell better in coach cabin of future

  

  Bloomberg Commercial flying may have lost its mythical appeal from the bygone jet age — think crowded budget carriers, dour catering and the premature demise of the majestic Airbus A380 airliner — but aerospace companies are nevertheless busy trying to improve the passenger experience on board an aircraft. In the hyper-competitive world of aviation, more comfort in the cabin can …

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• 9 April

  UAE set to play big role in China’s ‘One Belt and One Road’ project

  

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE is set to play a big role in China’s One Belt and One Road Project, as stated on the sidelines of Annual Investment Meeting (AIM), in Dubai. The 9th edition of AIM brought to focus several investments and projects associated with the initiative. Abdulla Al Saleh, Undersecretary for Foreign Trade, UAE Ministry of Economy said, …

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• 9 April

  Aramco gets $100b in orders for bond deal

  

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco received more than $100 billion in orders for its maiden global bond. The bond sale, the most highly anticipated in recent memory, is set to be the largest-ever in emerging markets and one of just a handful of times that a company anywhere in the world received more than $100 billion in bids for …

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• 9 April

  Renewables cut $10trn off cost for climate goal

  

  Bloomberg The cost of reaching global climate goals is falling rapidly as wind and solar prices plummet and policy makers push electrification as the main tool to cut pollution, the International Renewable Energy Agency said. The group known as Irena revised down its estimates for global investments needed by 2050 in clean energy to meet targets under the Paris Agreement …

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• 9 April

  Petrobras to sell pipe unit stake for $8.6b

  

  Bloomberg Petroleo Brasileiro SA agreed to sell its 90 percent stake in a natural gas pipeline unit to France’s Engie SA and Canadian pension fund Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec for $8.6 billion. Engie and Caisse prevailed after multiple rounds of bidding for the unit, known as TAG. It is the biggest-ever single asset sale for Petrobras, whose …

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• 9 April

  Singapore REIT mergers may accelerate after key OUE deal

  

  Bloomberg Talk of consolidation among Singapore real estate investment trusts ramped up after the regulator strengthened rules governing the market in 2015. Four years on, it’s finally happening. OUE Commercial REIT said it had agreed to buy OUE Hospitality Trust to create one of Singapore’s 10 biggest REITs, giving the combined entity greater firepower to make acquisitions. It’s also the …

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• 9 April

  US futures, Europe stocks edge lower with greenback

  

  Bloomberg US equity futures and European shares edged down after President Donald Trump threatened new tariffs on goods produced in the EU. The dollar slipped while Treasuries nudged higher. Contracts on the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq pointed to a weaker open and the Stoxx 600 Index erased an earlier gain as the European Union prepared retaliatory tariffs in response …

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• 9 April

  Some stocks surge as Japan redesigns currency notes

  

  Bloomberg Japan announced new currency note designs today, sending shares of several somewhat obscure companies soaring. Glory Ltd — a provider of cash sorting machines — rallied as much as 19 percent, the most in more than 11 years, after the Ministry of Finance said that it plans to circulate new bill designs by the first half of the fiscal …

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• 9 April

  Big foreign lenders could face new risk rules under Fed’s plan

  

  Bloomberg The Federal Reserve is proposing a new approach for overseeing foreign banks such as Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Plc and Credit Suisse Group AG that’s expected to require some of them to hold bigger stockpiles of easy-to-sell assets to guard against losses. Fed board members voted 4-1 to seek comment on its plan for a new system that closely …

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• 9 April

  Trumps says US economy doing well despite ‘destructive’ Fed

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump fired a fresh broadside at the Federal Reserve for raising interest rates last year, saying the economy is in good shape “despite the unnecessary and destructive actions” taken by the central bank. In a tweet, Trump added that trade agreements with China, Canada and Mexico are “moving along nicely, there is little or no Inflation, and …

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