Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV won its bid for an order to block US imports of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s Roxor off-road vehicle that it said copies the look of the iconic Jeep Wrangler, the International Trade Commission said in a notice posted on the agency’s website. The commission upheld, with modifications, a judge’s finding that Mahindra’s off-road vehicle is ...
Read More »Covid-19: England is getting ready to open doors
Bloomberg Stores on Oxford Street, London’s most famous shopping thoroughfare, will open Monday for the first time since March. The question is how many customers will show up. After locking down to slow the spread of the coronavirus, retailers in the capital and across England are desperate to get back to business. They’re rushing to install sneeze screens, “sanitation stations,†...
Read More »Stock pickers are failing to beat whiplashed pandemic market
Bloomberg Stock pickers are getting schooled on just how hard it is to outsmart the coronavirus pandemic-driven market. After the S&P 500’s biggest plunge since the March madness, expectations are rising that shares will move in lockstep again, a headwind for stock pickers looking to divine winners and losers. Add the fact that fewer companies are leading market gains this ...
Read More »There’s still room for gains in emerging stocks, says Goldman
Bloomberg The recent rebound in emerging-market stocks isn’t over yet as investors move to assets that benefit from an improved outlook for the global economic recovery, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. “We’re quite positive on EM stocks on a tactical basis,†said Caesar Maasry, a New York-based emerging-market strategist at the firm. “There has been an increasing preference for ...
Read More »Mohamed, French president discuss strategic partnership
ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has reviewed ways of further developing the strategic partnership between UAE and France over a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders discussed the latest developments in the region, with a ...
Read More »Oil’s weekly winning streak ends with demand recovery shaky
Bloomberg Oil’s weekly winning streak has stopped in its tracks. After six straight periods of gains, US benchmark crude futures dropped 8.3% this week. Market sentiment soured after the Federal Reserve warned of the coronavirus pandemic’s prolonged damage to the economy. Plus, fears over a second wave of virus infections threaten to disrupt any demand recovery. While crude has pushed ...
Read More »Investors may pull $100bn from hedge funds in 2020
Bloomberg Investors may pull as much as $100 billion from the hedge fund industry this year, as a result of the economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis. The outflows — which may range from $50 billion to $100 billion — would mark the largest drawdown since the global financial crisis, when the industry saw $154 billion in withdrawals in 2008, ...
Read More »DGCX meets transparency criteria of European security exchange
DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) announced that it has received a positive assessment from the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) the EU’s securities markets regulator, and is now listed as a third-country trading venue (TCTV) that meets the post-trade transparency requirements under MiFID II and MiFIR. The DGCX met all the criteria set out ...
Read More »Covid-19: UAE reports 26,761 total recoveries
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced on Saturday that it conducted over 40,000 additional Covid-19 tests. In a statement, the ministry affirmed its aim to expand the scope of testing nationwide to facilitate the early detection of coronavirus cases and carry out the necessary treatment. As part of its intensified testing campaign, MoHAP detected 491 ...
Read More »UAE ministry enhances its e-services, smart services
Abu Dhabi / WAM The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) proactively invested in state-of-the-art technologies and established an advanced digital infrastructure to provide its customers with a range of electronic and smart services. The move is in line with the UAE leadership’s directives and visionary stance. With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic around the world, MoFAIC ...
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