March, 2018

• 24 March

  Kenya top bank vows ‘no trade-offs’ in rate spat

  

  Bloomberg Kenya’s biggest bank by market value is not giving up an inch as lenders go head-to-head with the government over what they can charge customers. The introduction of interest-rate caps in late 2016 has caused lending to grind to a near halt, spurring the International Monetary Fund to warn that growth in East Africa’s largest economy could suffer if ...

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• 24 March

  BOE piloting anonymous job applications to improve diversity

  

  Bloomberg The Bank of England is piloting anonymous job applications to promote diversity. The more than three-century old central bank only appointed its first female senior official in 1988, according to a speech by Chief Operating Officer Joanna Place at an event in London. It’s one of a handful of new measures to boost the proportion of women at that ...

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• 24 March

  Kenya Airways plans to add 20 new routes in five years

  

  Bloomberg Kenya Airways Plc plans to add as many as 20 new destinations in Africa, Europe and Asia in the next five years, Chief Executive Officer Sebastian Mikosz said. The route-network expansion will help sub-Saharan Africa’s third-biggest carrier, in the midst of a turnaround programme after a record loss in 2016, return to profit. The airline reported a 6.1 billion-shilling ...

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• 24 March

  Airbus loses contest with Boeing to sell A330neo to American

  

  Bloomberg Airbus SE has lost a contest with Boeing Co. to sell wide-body jets to American Airlines Group Inc., dealing a blow to the European planemaker’s efforts to boost A330neo orders in the world’s biggest aviation market. Talks with American over the re-engined model have ended, Airbus said in response to questions from Bloomberg, saying it was unwilling to match ...

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• 24 March

  Ryanair to revive plans for Ukraine flights, says PM

  

  Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc has revived plans to extend its network further east than ever before with flights from Ukraine, according to the European country’s premier. A deal formalising the expansion should be signed later this week, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroisman said in a statement on the government’s official website. Europe’s biggest discount airline had previously aimed to serve ...

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• 24 March

  US airlines drop as Southwest forecast spurs fare anxiety

  Bloomberg US airlines tumbled after Southwest Airlines Co. cut its forecast for an industry revenue benchmark, citing stepped-up competition and a surprise drop in travel demand. The weaker outlook is spurring investor fears that United Continental Holdings Inc.’s expansion plan will rekindle fare wars that have plagued the industry off and on since 2015. When the supply of seats outstrips ...

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• 24 March

  Amazon squeezes suppliers to curb losses in price wars

  

  Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc., locked in a margin-crushing price war, is offloading costs onto suppliers and limiting the number of single, low-priced items shoppers can purchase in an effort to offset rising shipping costs. In a marked shift in strategy, the e-commerce giant is raising transportation fees for suppliers of beverages, diapers and other heavy, bulky products that are expensive to ...

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• 21 March

  Adnoc awards $1.2bn concession to CNPC

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the world’s third largest oil company, has been awarded stakes in two of Abu Dhabi’s offshore concession areas following the signing of agreements with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on Wednesday. Under the terms of the agreements, CNPC, through its majority-owned listed subsidiary PetroChina, has been granted a ...

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• 21 March

  Mubadala, ADIC join forces to create $250bn wealth fund

  

  ABU DHABI / AGENCIES President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued, in his capacity as the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, a law restructuring Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) whereby it will become part of the Mubadala Investment Company group. Abu Dhabi is combining two of its investment firms to create a wealth fund with assets of ...

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• 21 March

  UAE stocks gain AED5 billion

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Driven by the strategic partnership between Aldar and Emaar, the largest property companies on the local market, the UAE stocks posted AED5 billion gains. The DFM General Index closed on a high note of 3206 points, 00.75% up from the last traded session, with ADX General Index following suit at 4566 points, 0.91% higher than Tuesday. ...

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