April, 2018

• 17 April

  BOJ to forecast inflation nearing 2 pct target for next two years

  

  TOKYO / Reuters The Bank of Japan will likely maintain its view inflation will reach its 2 percent target next fiscal year and project it will stay near that level the following year, in new forecasts due out next week, sources familiar with its thinking said. But the central bank will reassure markets it is nowhere near an exit from ...

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• 17 April

  SNB rewinds currency clock as franc nears old line in sand

  

  Bloomberg The franc is within striking distance of what was once one of the most heavily defended boundaries in global markets. Having touched a three-year low of 1.19 per euro on Tuesday, the franc is now less than a centime away of the 1.20 mark at which the Swiss National Bank had its minimum exchange rate until early 2015 — ...

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• 17 April

  Ikea prepares for future of mega cities, ‘thin wallets’

  

  Bloomberg Ikea Group, the world’s largest furniture retailer, is getting ready for a future where people have little to spare: both in their wallets and in terms of space. The Swedish furniture giant is now abandoning its custom of planning five to 10 years ahead, setting a new three-year approach to keep pace with a rapidly transforming society. The strategy ...

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• 17 April

  Singapore’s Temasek interested in buying into Hong Kong Airlines

  

  SINGAPORE / Reuters Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings has expressed interest in buying into Chinese conglomerate HNA’s Hong Kong-based carriers, Hong Kong Airlines and Hong Kong Express Airways, according to a source familiar with the matter. However, an investment in the unlisted Hong Kong carriers by Temasek remains subject to a due diligence process that has yet to begin, said ...

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• 17 April

  Dassault eyes lead role in new European fighter jet project: CEO

  

  FRANKFURT / Reuters France’s Dassault Aviation aims to take the lead on the development of a new European fighter jet, its chief executive told a German magazine. “Experience has shown, if you want a defence project to be successful it needs someone to be responsible, a leader,” German weekly WirtschaftsWoche quoted Eric Trappier as saying in an interview. France and ...

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• 17 April

  Airbus pushes mission-critical standard solutions for 5G network

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Airbus will intensively contribute to the next steps in finding a global standard for mission-critical multimedia group communication. After the 3rd Generation Partnership Project’s (3GPP) completion of release 14 of secure multimedia group communication in December 2017, Airbus and its partners within 3GPP are now working on release 15 and 16 by the end of 2019. ...

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• 17 April

  Boeing 787’s range faces FAA cap after Rolls glitch

  Bloomberg Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner planes equipped with a batch of potentially faulty Rolls-Royce Holdings engines face restrictions on how far they can fly following a ruling by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The measure, which Boeing has said affects about a quarter of in-service 787s, restricts the planes from operating more than 140 minutes from a diversionary airport, ...

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• 17 April

  Allegiant Airlines drops after TV report on ‘midair breakdowns’

  

  Bloomberg The parent of Allegiant Airlines dropped following a “60 Minutes” segment detailing a high number of what the programme called “midair breakdowns” at the budget carrier. “Public documents show an alarming number of aborted takeoffs, cabin-pressure loss, emergency descents and unscheduled landings,” according to a report the CBS programme. The segment included interviews with shaken passengers and prominently featured ...

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• 16 April

  Global economy to grow 3.5%

  NEW YORK / Reuters The global economy is set to grow at a faster clip than anticipated in 2018, due mostly to lower tax rates in the United States, but tensions over trade threaten to derail months of synchronised global expansion, the Institute of Internatio-nal Finance (IIF) said on Monday. The Institute, a global financial industry association, lifted its forecast ...

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• 16 April

  Aldar launches AED10bn Alghadeer masterplan

  

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Aldar Properties announced the launch of a new AED10 billion masterplan that will incorporate and greatly enhance one of its already established destinations — Alghadeer, which sits close to the border of Abu Dhabi and Dubai within its Seih Al Sdeirah landbank. Alghadeer masterplan consists of 14,408 units, including villas, townhouses, and maisonettes. Total residential ...

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