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Bloomberg The Federal Reserve won’t wrap up a year-long review of its policy framework for months, but some officials are already shifting their approach to hitting the central bank’s inflation goal. The number of policy makers forecasting above-target inflation in three years’ time jumped to seven in December projections. That looks like a signal they’re deliberately aiming to generate price ...

Bloomberg Bank of China Ltd agreed to pay 3.9 million euros ($4.2 million) to settle a French probe into allegations it turned a blind eye as customers moved millions to their Asian accounts without paying European taxes. Paris prosecutor Remi Heitz said Bank of China will pay a 3 million-euro fine and 900,000 euros in damages to French tax authorities ...

Bloomberg Mark Carney’s final decision at the Bank of England (BOE) is on a knife edge, and the governor hasn’t done anything to ease the tension. While the Canadian, who hands over the reins to Andrew Bailey in March, has mostly held investors’ hands before crucial policy meetings, this time he’s allowing them to figure it out for themselves by ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE reached an agreement to settle long-running bribery investigations in the UK, France and the US in a deal that could cost the European airplane manufacturer in the range of $3 billion. A final agreement could be announced as early as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. The preliminary deal remains subject to approval by ...

Bloomberg J Sainsbury Plc said it will spend 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) on a plan to reach net zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2040. The UK grocer intends to halve plastic packaging by 2025, reduce food waste and lower its water usage, according to a statement on Tuesday. It will also install LED lights in stores, use more electric vehicles ...

Bloomberg Lucky’s Market, a Colorado-based grocer that bills itself as offering “organic for the 99%,” filed for bankruptcy after it began closing most of its stores. About 3,000 jobs are at stake. The company listed assets of as much as $500 million and liabilities of at least that amount in a bankruptcy petition filed in Delaware. Lucky’s operated 39 stores ...

Bloomberg The helicopter carrying retired basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight others had been cleared to operate in deteriorating weather but not the dense clouds into which it apparently flew shortly before crashing, according to investigators and flight data. The Sikorsky S-76B was flying under air-traffic rules mandating that the pilot maintain visibility with surroundings, but in the final minute ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co has received more than $12 billion of orders for a loan that will help bolster the planemaker’s finances as it grapples with a crisis that’s left its 737 Max grounded since March, according to people familiar with the matter. The deal was expected to be finalised, said one of the people who asked not to be named ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE ranked first in the Arab world and 21st globally on the Global Labour Resilience Index 2020, which was issued in Davos, Switzerland during a special session held on the sidelines of the 50th summit meeting of the World Economic Forum in the presence of Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and officials ...

SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) and its Italian partner ENI, have announced a successful new discovery of natural gas and condensate onshore at the Mahani field in Sharjah. The discovery at Mahani-1 exploration well, with flow rates of up to 50 million standard cubic feet per day, comes within the first year of the partnership and ...