December, 2017

• 5 December

  Artificial intelligence isn’t a game changer

  

  Not much time passes these days between so-called major advancements in artificial intelligence. Yet researchers are not much closer than they were decades ago to the big goal: actually replicating human intelligence. That’s the most surprising revelation by a team of eminent scholars who just released the first in what is meant to be a series of annual reports on ...

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• 5 December

  Deutsche asset management to pay bulk of profit in dividends

  

  Bloomberg Deutsche Bank AG’s investment unit said it plans to pay out most of its earnings to shareholders as it seeks to attract investors to a planned initial public offering next year. The asset manager will use its DWS German retail brand to sell its products globally and will be renamed to reflect that brand, the bank said on Tuesday. ...

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• 5 December

  Weak global inflation assumption increases upside risk, says RBNZ

  

  Bloomberg The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s new assumption that global inflation will stay lower for longer means it is more exposed to the risk of prices picking up, Acting Governor Grant Spencer said. “More recently we have been assuming greater persistence in low global inflation and this is contributing to our current flat track for future OCR levels,” Spencer ...

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• 5 December

  Wall Street banks eye $600mn payday on CVS takeover of Aetna

  

  Bloomberg Wall Street banks including Barclays, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America could share in a fee bonanza of as much as $600 million, after pledging one of the biggest financing checks ever to help fund CVS’s $67.5 billion takeover of Aetna. The companies are set to shell out fees for M&A advisory, financing and also arranging a bond sale ...

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• 5 December

  BofA taps Deutsche banker for India markets

  

  Bloomberg Bank of America Corp. hired Deutsche Bank AG’s Sunil Khaitan to head its global capital markets business in India, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Khaitan was a Hong Kong-based director on Deutsche Bank’s Asia equity syndicate team, the person said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. He is slated to start ...

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• 5 December

  Mortgage banks in firing line as Basel readies capital rules

  

  Bloomberg Big European mortgage lenders in low-risk markets may be the hardest hit by new capital rules that global regulators are expected to complete this week after a year-long deadlock. Banks such as ABN Amro Group NV and Svenska Handelsbanken AB will be watching closely on Thursday when the leaders of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision reveal the results ...

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• 5 December

  American’s pilots expose CEO’s $1bn labour bet

  

  Bloomberg American Airlines CEO Doug Parker is investing more than $1 billion to mend tattered labour relations at the world’s largest carrier. A recent spat with pilots is prompting some analysts to question whether he’s getting his money’s worth. The aviators’ union warned that more than 15,000 flights were at risk of being scrubbed during the busy holiday season after ...

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• 5 December

  Boom jet plan gets $10mn funding from Japan Air

  

  Bloomberg Boom Technology Inc., seeking to build a supersonic jet for passenger travel, got a $10 million investment from Japan Airlines Co. as the Denver-based startup aims to revive ultra-fast travel that ended a decade back with the Concorde. Japan Air also agreed to take an option to purchase up to 20 aircraft, the two companies said in a statement. ...

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• 5 December

  FamilyMart Uny mulls sale of Hong Kong retail business

  Bloomberg FamilyMart Uny Holdings Co., Japan’s second-largest convenience store operator, is considering a sale of its Hong Kong retail business, people with knowledge of the matter said. FamilyMart Uny is working with a financial adviser to gauge potential buyer interest in its three stores in the Chinese territory, according to the people. It is seeking to fetch close to $100 ...

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• 5 December

  Amazon seeks to conquer new continent with Australia debut

  

  Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. is now up and running in Australia, offering millions of products and one-day delivery in some areas, seeking to seize a share of the nation’s growing online retail market. The e-commerce giant will offer products across more than 20 categories, including consumer electronics, clothing and sports equipment, and offer free delivery on some orders, the Seattle-based company ...

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