September, 2018

• 23 September

  Emirates one-off A380 lands in Riyadh on 88th Saudi National Day

  

  Dubai / Emirates Business Emirates on Sunday operated a special one-off A380 service to Riyadh in celebration of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s 88th National Day. Upon landing at 1550hrs at King Khalid International Airport, the aircraft was met with a ceremonial water cannon salute. The A380 one-off service, which operated as a full flight of 519 passengers, was proudly ...

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• 23 September

  WGES to emphasise role of youth in green economy movement

  

  Dubai / WAM The World Green Economy Summit (WGES 2018), is set to emphasise the role of young men and women in global efforts to build a green economy when it opens in Dubai, from October 24-25. Organisers of WGES made the announcement as the UAE joins the worldwide celebration of the United Nations’ International Youth Day, marked on August 12, ...

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• 23 September

  Mega-LNG project unaffected by pipeline debacle, says its CEO

  

  Bloomberg The debacle over Canada’s oil pipeline nationalisation and trade tensions with the US won’t affect the final investment decision on Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s C$40 billion ($31 billion) liquefied natural gas project, according to the head of the venture. Shell-led LNG Canada proposes to export as much as 26 million tons per year to Asia, making it potentially the ...

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• 23 September

  Neoen plans to raise $525mn in Paris listing

  Bloomberg Neoen SA, the renewable energy project developer controlled by French billionaire Jacques Veyrat, plans to raise about $525 million in an initial public offerin. The company will use the proceeds to fund its plans to add capacity at its power plants, Paris-based Neoen said.

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• 23 September

  Theresa May’s inner circle begins plotting for snap poll

  

  Bloomberg Aides for UK Prime Minister Theresa May have begun contingency planning for a possible snap election in November, the Sunday Times reported. Two senior members of her political operation began “war gaming” an autumn vote in a bid to win public backing for a new Brexit plan. One person in her inner circle told cabinet members she’ll probably stand ...

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• 23 September

  Pompeo says Trump willing to meet with Iran’s Rouhani at UN

  

  Bloomberg President Donald Trump is willing to meet with Iran’s Hassan Rouhani when world leaders gather at the United Nations this week, said the top US diplomat, who also said that Russia hasn’t been helpful to US foreign policy objectives. “He’s happy to talk with folks at any time,” US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said in a pre-recorded interview ...

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• 23 September

  US may restrict green cards to aid recipients in new crackdown

  

  Bloomberg The US may deny green cards to immigrants who’ve legally used or seem likely to use a range of public benefits, including food assistance or housing vouchers, under new rules announced by the Trump administration on Saturday. The proposal, “Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds,” will be posted in the Federal Register in the coming weeks and subject to a ...

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• 23 September

  Swedish PM may face confidence vote

  

  Bloomberg All signs point to Prime Minister Stefan Lofven losing the first round in his battle to remain in power as Sweden seats its new parliament. The 349-person legislature reconvenes on Monday two weeks after an election that saw the nationalist Sweden Democrats grab 62 seats and Lofven’s coalition hang on to a one-seat lead over the center-right Alliance opposition. ...

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• 23 September

  Vietnam gets its first female head of state

  Bloomberg Vietnam has its first female president with the appointment of Vice President Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thinh after Tran Dai Quang died on Friday from a serious illness. Thinh will be the acting president until the National Assembly elects a new leader, according to a statement on the government website, which cited parliament chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. Thinh has ...

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• 23 September

  Investors stay wary as gold mining stocks get cheap

  

  Bloomberg Investors stung by the sell-off in gold are going to need more than cheap equities and stabilising bullion prices to wade back into mining-company stocks. Bullion has slipped 8.2 percent this year as a stronger dollar and expanding global economy diminished demand for the metal as a haven. Miners have fared even worse, with the Philadelphia Stock Exchange Gold ...

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