June, 2016

• 29 June

  Global stocks rally with crude oil on Fed rate odds; gold gains

  

    BLOOMBERG Global stocks rallied for a second day and the dollar weakened amid speculation that policy makers will mitigate the damage of the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, including a pause in the Federal Reserve’s tightening cycle. Crude oil rallied and the pound rose. The MSCI All-Country World Index headed for its highest level since before the ...

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• 29 June

  Dumping crop plan after soy rally leads to record US planting

  

    Bloomberg The price rally made switching a no-brainer for farmer Steve Stotz. A week before planting began across the U.S. Midwest last month, Stotz realized he’d earn $100 more per acre with soybeans than with corn. So, the 63-year-old ditched his crop plan and increased soybean acreage by more than a third on land he had previously intended to ...

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• 29 June

  Allianz starts $3.3bn Asia realty push with fund deal

  

    Bloomberg Allianz Real Estate is set to make its biggest Asian investment to date, in a first step toward adding as much 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) of real estate in the region within three years. The $150 million pan-Asian fund investment will allow Allianz SE’s property unit to test the water before buying buildings directly, Francois Trausch, chief ...

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• 29 June

  Barcelona to raise fine for illegal home-rental lodgings to €600,000

  

    AFP Barcelona city hall on Tuesday announced a 20-fold hike, to €600,000 euros ($660,000), in the maximum fine that can be levied against home rental sites such as Airbnb if they promote illegal accommodation. Under a 2012 regional law, any apartment rented to visitors in Catalonia must be logged in the province’s Tourism Registry and have a permit. In ...

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• 29 June

  US home price rises to record in April

  

    AP U.S. home prices scaled new heights in April, with seven cities — Boston, Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Oregon — setting highs. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 5.4 percent in April compared with a year earlier, just below the 5.5 percent year-over-year gain posted in March. Home values are now just ...

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• 29 June

  $15mn can buy you a small piece of Hamptons history

  

    Bloomberg In 1910, an attorney named Albert Barnes Boardman bought close to 10 acres in downtown Southampton, N.Y., and spent $250,000 (approximately $30 million today) to build a 24-room, four-story mansion modeled after the Villa Medici in Rome. There were formal gardens, fountains, sprawling lawns, a tennis court, and a gatehouse. Boardman owned it until 1927, after which the ...

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• 28 June

  Hamdan OKs new appointments at DED

    DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, approved Executive Council Resolutions numbers (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), (27), (28) and (29) of 2016, approving new appointments at the Department of Economic Development, DED. The new Resolutions include the appointment of Ali Ibrahim Mohamed Ismael ...

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• 28 June

  ADGM, Etihad strategic deal

    Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS Etihad Airways and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) signed a landmark agreement that sees the airline become the Official Airline Partner of ADGM. The agreement harnesses the roles of both entities as ambassadors of Abu Dhabi and key players in delivering on Abu Dhabi’s vision as a world-leading business, tourism, and cultural destination.

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• 28 June

  Gulf Craft calls for official ‘Made-in-UAE’ trademark

  

    Dubai / Emirates Business There is room in the global market for an official ‘Made-in-UAE’ trademark, one that would play an instrumental role in the growth of the country’s manufacturing sector, according to Erwin Bamps, CEO of Emirates-based yacht and boat builder, Gulf Craft. A government regulated national label would not only lend credibility to the country’s producers through ...

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• 28 June

  Dubai Parks and Resorts to support Six Flags in Saudi

  

    Dubai / WAM Under the directive of Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Parks and Resorts will extend its support to the proposed development of a Six Flags theme park in Saudi Arabia. This directive calls for an exception to the destination’s GCC exclusivity clause with American theme ...

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