Bloomberg London commercial real estate deals look set to pick up in 2020, with the political uncertainty that has plagued the market for more than three years finally starting to lift. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a commanding majority in Parliament after his Conservative Party’s election triumph, allowing him to push through his Brexit deal and make good on …
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Bloomberg The US and China agreed to the first phase of a broader trade agreement that will see the US reduce tariffs, and at least temporarily calm fears of an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The deal announced hinges on China increasing purchases of American farm goods such as soybeans, and making new commitments on intellectual …
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Bloomberg A new law on Indian citizenship is threatening to pull Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s focus away from a flagging economy as protests and criticism builds against the divisive plan. The government was forced to call in the army to quell protests in some parts of the country after the parliament passed legislation that will prevent undocumented Muslim migrants from …
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Bloomberg Oil settled above $60 a barrel for the first time since missile strikes on Saudi Arabia sparked a record price surge three months ago. Futures closed 1.5% higher in New York, buoyed by a partial truce in the US-China trade war that has imperiled demand all year. “The market has just priced in this outcome to a certain extent …
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Riyadh / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, arrived in Riyadh Tuesday afternoon to participate in the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, which kicked off under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Leaders and representatives …
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RIYADH / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, on Tuesday attended the signing of the Riyadh Agreement between the Yemeni Government and the Southern Transitional …
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SHARJAH / WAM Real estate transactions have recorded AED4.2 billion in the Emirate of Sharjah during the third quarter of 2019, while the total areas covered in the “sales transactions” in the emirate reached 9.5 million feet, as per the latest report of the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department (SRERD). Abdulaziz Ahmed Al Shamsi, Director-General of SRERD, said that the …
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Bloomberg Once-popular loan Americans use to finance home renovations and college tuition is slowly dying, slashing a lucrative source of revenue for the nation’s largest banks. Home equity lines of credit, open-ended loans that homeowners tap for cash using their properties as collateral, exploded in the run-up to the housing crash a decade ago, doubling in volume from 2003 to …
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Dubai / WAM In his capacity as Ruler of Dubai, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued Law No. (6) of 2019 pertaining to the joint ownership of real estate in Dubai. The new law applies to all major real estate development projects and jointly owned properties in Dubai, including …
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Bloomberg US President Donald Trump decried what he called China’s “massive†intervention to suppress the yuan, portraying the US as the beneficiary of his tariffs on Chinese imports and suggesting — despite recent evidence to the contrary — that prices aren’t rising. “Through massive devaluation of their currency and pumping vast sums of money into their system, the tens of …
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