July, 2016

• 24 July

  US home prices rose 5.6pc in May from year earlier

    Bloomberg US home prices rose 5.6 percent in May from a year earlier as buyers competed for a scarcity of listings. Prices climbed 0.2 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from April, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) said in a report from Washington. The average estimate of 18 economists was for a 0.4 percent gain, according to the ...

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• 24 July

  Tengda plans $1.5bn hydrogen fund

    Bloomberg Tengda Construction Group Co., which builds municipal infrastructure projects in China, plans to form a 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) hydrogen industry fund to finance fuel cells and vehicles powered by the gas. The Taizhou, Zhejiang-based company, agreed to partner with Chang’An International Trust Co., Oriental Patron Financial Group and Bestone Asset Management Co. for the fund, it ...

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• 24 July

  Companies lead UAE’s eco-march

  

    RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business As the UAE takes strides towards promoting environment initiatives, companies in the country are also leading the eco-march by example. In a recent and much-talked-about event, when UAE-based hotels chain ‘TIME Hotels’ grabbed the prestigious Green Key Award, the message went out loud and clear — that UAE is committed to the best when ...

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• 24 July

  Online wave sweeps banking sector

  

    RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business A testimony to the rising popularity and acceptance of digital banking in UAE, a recent report affirms that use of online apps is on a rise in the country. Banking and finance apps usage has more than doubled in recent years, putting a full stop to all speculations about approval of technology in bank ...

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• 24 July

  MBLM launches ‘I Drink Local’ mobile app

  

    Emirates Business MBLM, the Brand Intimacy Agency focused on strategy, design, creative and technology, announced today the launch of its ‘I Drink Local’ mobile app for the iPhone and Android. I Drink Local is an MBLM initiative created to promote the consumption of local water for a more sustainable environment and reduction of our carbon footprint. The new app ...

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• 24 July

  Experts stress on need to secure digital payments from cyber threat

  

    ALKESH SHARMA / Emirates Business As reports predict that whopping revenue of US$2 trillion will be generated through digital payments globally by 2020, experts also press for the need of having secure networks for the companies to ensure there is no cyber money heist. Industry veterans say that with astonishing rise in the users of digital payment platforms, these ...

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• 24 July

  Brexit is not Asia’s only worry

  

    The “spanner in the works” thrown by Brexit at the global economy has failed to massively dent Asia’s growth prospects. But amid warnings of another Asian financial crisis, not everyone is sanguine on the outlook. In its latest “World Economic Outlook” report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) decided on Tuesday to cut its forecasts for global economic growth for ...

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• 24 July

  The cost of interlinking India’s rivers

  

    Sudha Ramachandran SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS India’s ambitious plan to interlink rivers to achieve greater equity in the distribution of water in the country reached an important milestone on July 6, when water from the Godavari, its second-longest river, rushed to meet the fourth-longest, the Krishna. The two became the first of 30 rivers to be linked under the ...

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• 24 July

  Saudi stocks lead Gulf equity drop as trading volumes plummet

  

    Bloomberg Saudi Arabian stocks led a retreat across Gulf Arab equities as trading volumes plunged. Four benchmark gauges in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council declined, with Bloomberg’s GCC 200 Index posting its longest losing streak in two months. Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index dropped 1.2 percent as trading volumes sank 23 percent below the six-month average. Dubai’s DFM ...

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• 24 July

  Buying deepest stock dips in 2016 returned three times S&P 500

  

    Bloomberg It’s been a great year for catching falling knives. The buy-the-dip strategy that’s been a hallmark of the U.S. stock rally is outdoing itself in 2016, where buying stocks in the most extreme state of free fall is paying like rarely before. An index tracking shares in the Russell 3000 Index that register as “oversold” on a momentum ...

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