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Citing burgeoning threats from Russia and China, the Pentagon’s new National Defense Strategy rejects limits on using nuclear weapons long championed by arms control advocates and, in the past, by President Joe Biden. “By the 2030s the United States will, for the first time in its history face two major nuclear powers as strategic competitors and potential adversaries,” the Defense ...

Credit Suisse Group AG reported its fourth straight loss as its investment bank continued to struggle, wealthy clients fled and the lender booked a charge related to a critical overhaul that’s been in the making for months. The net loss of 4.03 billion Swiss francs ($4.08 billion) in the three months through September included a 3.7 billion-franc impairment of deferred ...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is building out teams that handle card transactions and other payments for businesses by recruiting staff across key Asian markets amid the boom in digital commerce. The New York-based lender has begun providing services within its merchant-acquiring unit in Australia, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and New Zealand this year, with Hong Kong planned by the ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is searching for ways to stop lenders from profiting unduly as it raises interest rates to combat record inflation. The issue concerns about €2.1 trillion ($2 trillion) of ultra-cheap loans, known as TLTROs, that were granted at the height of the pandemic to keep credit flowing and stave off deflation. While the initiative was successful, ...

Meta Platforms Inc shareholders are paying dearly for its spending on the metaverse: The Facebook parent’s market value has collapsed by a whopping $520 billion in the past year, and now it’s on the brink of getting booted from the ranks of the 20 largest US companies. The punishment shows no signs of easing anytime soon. Meta’s stock is down ...

Chinese stocks in Hong Kong extended their recovery from a rout earlier this week, as investors focused on a slew of earnings and awaited further policy guidance following the Party congress. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index, a gauge of Chinese equities trading in Hong Kong, climbed 0.5%. The third day of advance helped pare losses from a historic 7.3% ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The European Union (EU) organised a webinar titled “EU-GCC Webinar on Energy Efficiency in the Building Sector: A Key Driver for Net-Decarbonisation”. Held in the context of the EU Climate Diplomacy Weeks 2022 and ahead of COP27, the webinar brought together around 100 European and Gulf policymakers, representatives of the private sector, including industrial and building ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM   Madyar Menelikov, ambassador of Kazakhstan to the UAE, said that the UAE is one of Kazakhstan’s main trading partners in the Middle East, and the volume of trade exchange between the two countries during the past year amounted to $907 million. The announcement came during a ceremony on the occasion of Kazakhstan National Day. During the ...

Dubai  / WAM    Tecom group PJSC  the creator of specialised business districts and vibrant communities, on Wednesday announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2022 and first nine months ending September 30. The group’s revenue stood at AED490 million, increasing 12.48% year-on-year (y-o-y) driven by rising occupancy levels across the portfolio, especially office, warehouse, and worker accommodation. Ebitda ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM  First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) on Wednesday announced that the group’s net profit amounted to AED10.9 billion in the first nine months of 2022, an increase of 19% compared to the same period last year with annualised earnings per share at AED1.29. In a statement on Wednesday, the bank said that the total income reached AED18 ...