September, 2016

• 4 September

  EU chief opposes UK trade talks pre-Brexit

  

  AFP European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Sunday he opposes trade negotiations between Britain and other economies while it remains part of the European Union, as Australia prepares for talks on the issue with London. In the wake of its vote to leave the European Union, Britain must renegotiate its access to the markets of the rest of the ...

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• 4 September

  Apple tax ruling not against USA: Juncker

    AFP European authorities’ decision to slap Apple with a huge bill for back taxes was not a decision “against the United States”, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said on Sunday as world leaders gathered in China for a major economic summit. The 13-billion-euro demand for payment from the American electronics giant has raised hackles in the US, with the ...

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• 4 September

  HPE to sell $10bn software business

    AFP Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is looking to sell its software division, perhaps for as much as $10 billion, according to media reports that cited sources close to the matter. The move would include HPE shedding the operations of Autonomy Corp, a British software firm bought five years ago in an $11 billion deal that has since been branded a business ...

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• 4 September

  World nears 2020 goal of restoring degraded forests

    AFP The world edged closer to a 2020 goal to repair vast areas of damaged natural lands and forests, officials announced at the world’s largest conservation meeting. Malawi and Guatemala committed to restoring a total of 4.54 million hectares (11 million acres) of degraded land, officials said at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress. ...

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• 4 September

  Formula One: F1 to be sold next week

  

    AFP The long-awaited sale of Formula One to an American media group is to be completed next week, according to media reports on Sunday. The well-sourced German magazine Auto Motor und Sport said that the sport’s veteran commercial ring-master Bernie Ecclestone had confirmed the deal at the Italian Grand Prix. The magazine reported that Ecclestone said Liberty Media will ...

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• 4 September

  Saudi state fund plans stake in big industrial zone

  

    DUBAI / Reuters Saudi Arabia’s top sovereign wealth fund is negotiating to buy a stake in one of the kingdom’s most ambitious real estate projects as Riyadh restructures the economy to cope with low oil prices, a source familiar with the plan said. The Public Investment Fund (PIF) aims to invest in King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) on the Red ...

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• 4 September

  Japan’s benchmark yield back above zero on BOJ, auctions

  

    Bloomberg Japanese government bonds’ worst week in a month sent 10-year yields almost back up to zero amid speculation the Bank of Japan will tweak its debt-buying program this month and concerns that demand will decline at auctions this month. Benchmark yields climbed to minus 0.02 percent, the highest since March 16 in Tokyo. Forty-year yields advanced to 0.57 ...

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• 4 September

  Qatar National Bank to open Cuba office

  

    DUBAI / Reuters The Gulf’s largest listed lender, Qatar National Bank (QNB), said on Sunday it would open a representative office in Cuba, becoming the first bank from the rich energy-exporting countries of the Gulf to do so. Government-controlled QNB has obtained regulatory approvals needed to open the office, in line with its strategy of expanding in selected countries, ...

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• 4 September

  ECB throws 12th zero at inflation in trn-euro cash binge

    Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) added a digit to its odometer to read 1,000,000,000,000. Euros, not kilometers. That’s the amount of excess liquidity now sloshing through the financial system — equivalent to almost 3,000 euros ($3,360) for each of the 340 million people in the 19-nation region. The money is created by the ECB through a program of ...

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• 4 September

  Poland favours PZU buying UniCredit’s Pekao unit

  

    Bloomberg Poland favours government-controlled insurer PZU SA as the buyer for Bank Pekao SA, the country’s second-largest bank held by Italy’s UniCredit SpA, with the price representing the main hurdle, Finance Minister Pawel Szalamacha said. Speaking to Bloomberg at the Ambrosetti Forum in Cernobbio, Italy, Szalamacha said his government backs a possible deal but insisted this was up to ...

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