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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Sunday opened the ‘Dubai Airshow 2019’ at Dubai World Central. The two leaders watched ...

Bloomberg China’s central bank said it will “increase counter-cyclical adjustment” to ward off downward pressure on the economy, while staying vigilant on the possibility of expectations that inflation may spread. The economy faces greater difficulties as investment growth slows and industrial production remains sluggish, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said in its third-quarter monetary policy report. The central bank ...

Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Democratic Republic of Congo agreed in principle to a new credit injection as the government faces slowing growth and declining foreign reserves. The IMF’s executive board is expected to consider the credit facility in mid-December, along with an IMF staff oversight programme that would last through May, the Washington, DC-based lender said in ...

Bloomberg KBC Group NV’s chief executive apologised for his criticism of an Irish mortgage overcharging investigation, after his comments drew a public rebuke from the country’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar. Lawmakers from across the political spectrum rounded on Johan Thijs after he urged the Irish central bank to “turn the page” on the “annoying” inquiry into how thousands of customers ...

Bloomberg Investigations into money laundering at Danske Bank A/S should be expanded to include the lender’s possible use of gold as a way to help clients in Estonia hide their fortunes, according to Danish lawmakers. “Danske Bank has some explaining to do,” Torsten Schack Pedersen, a Liberal Party member on the parliament committee that oversees financial legislation, said by phone. ...

Bloomberg A former Societe Generale SA (SocGen) banker fired over allegations he took secret information on a $10 billion chemical deal and shared it with a friend lost a second bid to get about 430,000 euros ($473,000) in compensation related to his dismissal. The Paris court of appeals rejected the claims by Stephane Fima, who was dismissed in 2016 for ...

Bloomberg European Central Bank (ECB) policy maker Madis Muller said the central bank could broadened its asset-purchase programme, if the economic situation in the euro area deteriorates significantly. “Right now, we are doing unconventional things,” he told students at a Bundesbank event in Frankfurt. “You could — of course — imagine even more unconventional things if the situation gets really ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi is to introduce the GCC’s first Social Impact Bond, an innovative and internationally recognised financial tool that raises private investment to support high-impact social programs, under the Authority for Social Contribution – Ma’an. Launching next year, Social Impact Bonds operate on a pay-for-success basis, whereby payment relies on a successful social outcome – ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Zayed House for Islamic Culture (ZHIC), has registered one million participants in the “Covenant for Million Tolerant” e-initiative launched last April as part of the Year of Tolerance programmes, aimed at promoting the values of tolerance within the UAE community. According to statistics, visitors to the e-platform reached 1,300,000, of which 68 percent were males ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation donated AED5.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to implement its project to provide school supplies to Palestinian refugee students of the UNRWA Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Elementary Boys and Elementary Co-Educational Schools in northern Gaza. ...