December, 2019

• 10 December

  China expects US postponing December 15 tariff deadline

  

  Bloomberg Chinese officials expect the US will delay a threatened tariff increase set for Sunday as both sides focus on de-escalating tensions by cutting import taxes currently in place rather than removing specific products from the target list, according to people familiar with the matter. Beijing sees removal of the December 15 threat enabling talks to continue on the unfinished ...

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• 10 December

  Adnoc, RIL in deal to explore petchem plant in Ruwais

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), signed on Tuesday a Framework Agreement with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), to explore the development of ethylene dichloride (EDC), facility in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi. The signing of the agreement was witnessed by Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and Adnoc Group CEO, and Mukesh D. Ambani, ...

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• 10 December

  Saudi government invested $2.3 billion in Aramco IPO

  

  Bloomberg Saudi government institutions invested almost $2.3 billion into the initial public offering (IPO) of Saudi Aramco, a transaction that was intended to find new sources of funding for the kingdom’s economic diversification plan. The government sold two thirds of the shares offered in the company to institutional investors, of which 13.2% came from Saudi government institutions, according to a ...

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• 10 December

  Khalifa Fund participates in Sial Middle East

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development (KFED), announced that it is taking part in the ongoing 10th edition of Sial Middle East at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec). The event features top local and international food and hospitality companies. During the event, Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development has been engaging with young Emirati entrepreneurs ...

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• 10 December

  VAT adds 5.5% to UAE’s overall revenue in 2018

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Tax revenue, including VAT, amounted to 5.5 percent of the total public revenue last year while oil revenues and the profits of public joint-stock companies accounted for 36.1 percent and 32.9 percent, respectively, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF). The Ministry of Finance said the UAE’s decision to apply value-added tax (VAT), was positively reflected ...

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• 10 December

  Sheikh Mohammed attends 40th GCC Summit in Riyadh

  

  Riyadh / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, arrived in Riyadh Tuesday afternoon to participate in the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, which kicked off under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Leaders and representatives ...

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• 10 December

  Powell steers for economic soft landing thwarted twice

  

  Bloomberg Maybe the third time Jerome Powell will get lucky. The Federal Reserve chairman looked close to pulling off a soft landing of the ebbing US economy twice this year — at the start of May and the end of July. Each time though he saw his plans blown off course via an escalation of trade tensions by president Donald ...

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• 10 December

  Deutsche Bank vows to avoid capital raise as ECB cuts burden

  

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Christian Sewing vowed that the bank will execute one of the largest restructurings in its history without the need for extra shareholder funds as he seeks to build credibility with investors. The lender’s common equity Tier 1 ratio — a key metric of financial strength — will be above 13% throughout the ...

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• 10 December

  Morgan Stanley fined $22mn by France

  

  Bloomberg Morgan Stanley was fined 20 million euros ($22.1 million) by French regulators after the bank’s London desk was accused of using “pump and dump” tactics to manipulate sovereign bond prices. The enforcement committee of the Autorite des Marches Financiers (AMF) said the bank manipulated the prices of 14 French government bonds and 8 Belgian bonds in June 2015. The ...

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• 10 December

  Egypt inflation climbs first time in 5 months

  

  Bloomberg Egypt’s inflation rate accelerated for the first time in five months, rising 3.6% in November as the effect of last year’s surge in prices faded but offering the central bank little reason to reverse a monetary easing cycle. The annual rate for urban inflation rose from 3.1% the month before, the state-run statistics bureau said. Consumer prices fell 0.3% ...

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