Business | Economy
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Tuesday Jan 27
Sharjah sets largest budget in its history
Record expenditure has been allocated for various economic sectors
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Tuesday Jan 27
Etisalat completes sale of operations to Maroc Telecom
The French-speaking West African operations provide both mobile voice and data services and operate under the Moov brand
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Tuesday Jan 27
Gulf Arab states may need to rethink policy — Qatar central banker
Federal Reserve interest rate change “coming at the wrong time for the GCC countries”
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Tuesday Jan 27
EU capital markets union to be in place by 2019
Document sets out a timetable for the first time to help revive the bloc’s flagging economy
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Tuesday Jan 27
Russia announces anti-crisis plan after rating downgrade
Russia’s economy has been hit hard by the double impact of weaker energy prices and western sanctions
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Monday Jan 26
New DIFC judge sworn in
Sir Richard Alan Field to serve on DIFC’s Court of Appeal
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Monday Jan 26
German business morale rises for third straight month
Report a sign that 2015 got off to a strong start for Europe’s largest economy
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Monday Jan 26
New Saudi leaders to press economic diversification
Country aims to expand the health, transport and mining sectors, along with ICT
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Monday Jan 26
German press warns of false hopes from Greek poll
Syriza “must choose between compromising with the troika or complete state bankruptcy”
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Monday Jan 26
Aer Lingus confirms IAG takeover bid at 2.55 euros per share
The offer, the third by IAG in the past month, values Aer Lingus at more than 1.3 billion euros ($1.45 billion)
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Sunday Jan 25
GCC should continue to diversify from hydrocarbons-Lord Mayor of City of London
The Lord Mayor of city of London asks GCC economies to keep machinery for external financing ready
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Sunday Jan 25
All eyes on Fed, Greece after ECB fires bazooka
Expectations are for the US central bank to stick to its guns
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Saturday Jan 24
Ukraine headache grows for IMF
Pro-Russia rebels have sapped productive output and revenues for the government
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Saturday Jan 24
India’s chance to jettison historical baggage
Its economy has never been short of planning, but dismal on follow through
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Saturday Jan 24
Davos bosses fret over threats to internet free trade
Fears over fragmentation of global economy’s new backbone
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Saturday Jan 24
Dubai SME opens registration for Mohammad Bin Rashid Award for Young Business Leaders
Registration opens on website Smeawards.ae from January 25 until end of February
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Saturday Jan 24
Davos diary: Death of King Abdullah dominates sessions
Every political leader who spoke on Friday started with a message of respect to the king’s memory
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Saturday Jan 24
GCC surpluses capable of withstanding oil slump
Recent budget outlays point to high government spending
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Saturday Jan 24
Investments dollars could pile up in US assets
That is the other concern Fed officials have to factor into their short-term plans
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Saturday Jan 24
US Fed plans could just have been upset by ECB move
With more central banks joining in rate cuts, Fed may have to revise rate hike plans
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Friday Jan 23
Evaporating inflation and growth put pressure on central banks
Eurozone business growth picks up marginally as China factory activity contracts for 2nd month
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Friday Jan 23
Indian economic growth forecasts pegged back, despite rate cuts
RBI seen cutting policy interest rate 50 bps in April-June
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Friday Jan 23
Malaysia’s economy wobbles over oil situation
Persistent oil price situation could impact heavily on debt laden state
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Friday Jan 23
UK look to shame “supply chain” bullies
Higher instances of small firms facing delays in payments of even up to four months
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Dubai Airports tops in passenger traffic
The total passengers in 2014 totalled 70.47 million, up 6.1 per cent on year, Dubai Airports expect 79 million passengers this year
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Oil price ‘too low’: Saudi Aramco chief
Falih also said American shale oil production is important for the world’s long-term energy future
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Gulf airlines seen cutting fares soon
Cost of travel in 2015 set to get cheaper, thanks to sharp drop in fuel prices
