Greek coastguard fires at trade vessel: Turkey

  Bloomberg Turkey said the Greek Coast Guard fired on a ship in international waters in the northern Aegean Sea, marking another potential escalation of tension between the Nato countries Saturday, as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused its neighbor of “bullying.” Two Greek boats opened fire on a Comoros-flagged vessel named Anatolian, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing the Turkish ...

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ECB intensifying its scrutiny of banks’ response to energy crisis

Bloomberg The European Central Bank (ECB) is intensifying discussions with bank executives over their readiness for a potential surge in company defaults and a drying-up of energy-market liquidity, amid the worsening stand-off over Russian gas supplies. The Frankfurt-based bank watchdog wrote to lenders last month, telling them to analyse the impact of a gas stoppage on their businesses, according to ...

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Argentina’s Uala eyes Mexico remittances

  Bloomberg Argentine fintech Uala will allow clients in Mexico to receive money from abroad starting as it taps the fast-growing remittances market, which is expected to reach $60 billion in this year. The new service will be operated by Mexican bank ABC Capital, whose acquisition by Uala was announced in November, with the aim of expanding its financial services ...

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Bitcoin gains most since July, breaks trading range

  Bloomberg Bitcoin rallied the most since July, breaking out of the narrowest trading range in about two years, as a drop in the dollar renewed demand for battered risk assets worldwide. The largest cryptocurrency by market value advanced as much as 10.1% to $21 in New York. The increase was the most since July 19. Bitcoin is outperforming most ...

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India’s Tata in talks to join club of iPhone makers

Bloomberg Tata Group is in talks with a Taiwanese supplier to Apple Inc to establish an electronics manufacturing joint venture in India, seeking to assemble iPhones in the South Asian country. The discussions with Wistron Corp are aimed at making Tata a force in technology manufacturing, and the Indian salt-to-software conglomerate wants to tap the Taiwanese company’s expertise in product ...

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Tesla’s EV battery supplier in China operating under Covid restrictions

Bloomberg The world’s biggest maker of batteries for electric cars said its largest plant in China is now operating a factory bubble as the city where it’s located is locked down to comply with Beijing’s zero-tolerance pandemic curbs. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co’s factory in Yibin has imposed a so-called closed loop system that will enable it to operate “in an ...

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BMW touts ‘tech leap’ of longer-range, faster-charging batteries

Bloomberg BMW AG plans to buy electric-vehicle batteries from six new factories to be set up and run by companies including Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd and Eve Energy Co as the world’s biggest luxury-car maker attempts to overhaul its supply chain. Two plants each in Europe, China and North America will produce round lithium-ion cells that enable longer ranges ...

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Porsche mulls entry into F1 racing series

  Bloomberg Porsche said it’s still mulling an entry into the Formula 1 racing series after ending months of talks with Red Bull GmbH as a potential partner. Discussions faltered after the pair couldn’t agree on an “equal footing” on engine collaboration and team partnership, Porsche said. The stalling of the sports-car maker’s F1 aspirations come within weeks of Volkswagen ...

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UAE leaders send condolences over death of Queen Elizabeth II

  ABU DHABI / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a message of condolences to King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of ...

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Ajman, Russia to bolster investment opportunities

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abdullah Al Muwaiji, Chairman of the Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), received an economic delegation from the Russian Federation, to discuss prospects for developing relations between business owners from the two countries and highlighting investment opportunities available in real estate and building & construction sectors. The meeting was attended by Mohamed Ali Al ...

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