May, 2018

• 27 May

  Food Bank, Careem sign partnership agreement

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Dubai Municipality and the UAE Food Bank have signed a special partnership agreement with Careem, a transportation network company, for the adoption of a community initiative. Under the special sponsorship agreement, Careem will provide food collection and delivery services during the Holy Month of Ramadan, and on specific days. The logistics company will collect surplus food ...

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• 27 May

  UAE researchers study climate change impact in Abu Dhabi

  

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Climate change can have a devastating impact on the environment, land and daily life, and that is what Professor Taoufik Ksiksi, in the Department of Biology at the United Arab Emirates University’s (UAEU) College of Science, is setting out to prove. His project on the impact of climate change on land use in Abu Dhabi looks at ...

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• 27 May

  China’s CEFC set to meet bond interest payment

  

  Bloomberg Beleaguered CEFC China Energy Co. is set to meet an interest payment on a dollar bond, just days after defaulting on a separate debt obligation in the domestic market and as more of the once-promising energy conglomerate’s ambitious deals fail. Bank of Communications Trustee Ltd., the trustee for the $250 million of dollar bonds issued by CEFC Shanghai International ...

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• 27 May

  Total takes 10% stake in Russian LNG project

  Bloomberg Total SA will take 10 percent stake in a multibillion dollar liquefied natural gas project in Russia’s frozen north from Novatek PJSC. Total is aiming to become a key global LNG player, competing with Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Exxon Mobil Corp., after it snapped up assets from Engie SA last year. The world’s biggest oil companies are also ...

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• 27 May

  US-China spat casts shadow at Asia-Pacific free trade drive

  

  Bloomberg The US and China’s on-again, off-again trade dispute is casting a shadow over Asia-Pacific nations’ efforts to further open up global trade, a senior Australian government official said. Delegates at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Port Moresby this weekend pledged to keep pursuing a free and fair international trading regime, in the face of rising protectionist sentiment. The ...

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• 27 May

  China industrial profit growth accelerates on strong robust output

  

  Bloomberg Profit growth at Chinese industrial companies accelerated, snapping a streak of slowing expansion since October, as factory output remained robust. Industrial profits advanced 21.9 percent in April from a year earlier, versus a 3.1 percent increase in March and 16.1 percent in January and February combined. Total profits for the month were 576.03 billion yuan ($90.1 billion), the National ...

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• 27 May

  Fairfax looks for investment in India, US

  

  Bloomberg Prem Watsa, the billionaire head of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., sees plenty of opportunities for investment in the US and his native India. He’s less interested in the other Asian powerhouse. “In China, we are less invested,” Watsa said in an interview with BNN Bloomberg Television. “We like democracy. We like business-friendly policies.” Watsa, who emigrated from India 46 ...

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• 27 May

  Leverage in Asia buyout loans inches to 2007 levels

  Bloomberg Leverage on buyout loans in Asia is climbing close to levels last seen before the global financial crisis as the region’s lenders stomach higher risk in their pursuit of yield. While the typical senior leverage ratio for Asian LBO loans was 3.5 to 4 times earnings, multiples of 4.5 to 5.5 are becoming more common, said Adnan Meraj, Hong ...

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• 27 May

  Malaysia’s Najib takes to social media to defend record

  Bloomberg Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is taking to social media to defend his economic record, denying his administration manipulated national debt levels and warning the new government against spooking the markets. “The ‘spade’ had always been called a spade,” Najib said on Facebook, hitting back against Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng who said new leaders will tell the ...

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• 27 May

  Easy-money curbs bring Australia’s long housing boom to an end

  Bloomberg Tougher credit rules, increased supply and subdued wage growth are combining to put an end to Australia’s long housing boom. The downturn is most obvious in Sydney, where average home prices were down 3.4 percent in April from a year earlier. The city was previously the epicenter of the boom — as recently as a year ago, Sydney prices ...

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