Business | Economy
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Thursday Apr 24
Weaker inflation could prompt broad ECB asset-buying-Draghi
ECB President Mario Draghi gave his clearest indication yet on Thursday that the ECB could print money to buy assets if inflation slows
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Thursday Apr 24
Dubai’s sukuk points to stabilisation of sovereign finances
Fiscal prudence key in managing Dubai’s future borrowings
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Thursday Apr 24
Jafza to entice Brazilian businesses to the Middle East
Jafza will host two seminars next week in South America’s largest economy
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Wednesday Apr 23
US factory output rises in April as China decline slows
Eurozone businesses enjoy best month in nearly three years
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Wednesday Apr 23
Dubai Holding to prepay $319.3m loan
Prepayment of this secured facility will be made from DHCOG’s available funds
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Monday Apr 21
Abu Dhabi business confidence up in 2013
Index expected to increase for 2014
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Monday Apr 21
Japan exports growth slows sharply
Keeps pressure on Bank of Japan to act
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Sunday Apr 20
Russia stares at recession as Ukraine crisis scars economy
Data released over the last week showed that Russian is beginning to suffer the effects of the worst East-West political crisis since the Cold War
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Saturday Apr 19
Shurooq participates in China Enterprises Outbound Investment conference
Chinese firms highly interested to invest in environment and renewable energy sectors in Sharjah
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Saturday Apr 19
DED sees 13% increase in licenses during March 2014
Number of professional activities licensed during the period reached 1,171
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Friday Apr 18
The imbalance in Bahrain’s generous subsidies
IMF continues to impress on Bahrain to reconsider the structure of the programme
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Friday Apr 18
Shell head tells Putin wants to expand Russia operations
Meeting the latest signal from the Kremlin that it is keen to keep ties with European big business
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Friday Apr 18
Cyprus seeks closer business ties with UAE
Head of state says country is currently implementing a series of measures aimed at reducing bureaucracy
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Friday Apr 18
Brazil jobless rate drops in March
Fewer people seek work
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Friday Apr 18
Portugal gets another IMF bailout payment
Country posted a public deficit of 4.9% of output last year
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Friday Apr 18
Italy request to push back budget targets dismays Brussels
Renzi’s government has raised the projection for this year’s fiscal deficit to 2.6% of GDP from 2.5%
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Friday Apr 18
Greece faces long road to recovery, despite financial rebound
Greece sees signs of better times; Country is being courted in financial markets
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Thursday Apr 17
US jobless claims hover near pre-recession levels
Jobless claims rise 2,000 last week; Four-week average of claims at six-and-a-half-year low
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Thursday Apr 17
Jan-March foreign direct investment in China up 5.5%: govt
FDI, which excludes investment in financial sectors, totalled $31.55b in the March quarter
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Thursday Apr 17
Croatia cuts GDP growth forecast, budget spending
Croatia cuts subsidies, investments, seeks more revenue
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Thursday Apr 17
EU agrees to Putin’s call for gas security talks
Commission reiterates call for Moscow to respect contracts
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Thursday Apr 17
Yellen makes careful forecast on economy
Says the recovery will be nearly complete within two years, but cautioned that the economy still needs the central bank’s support
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Wednesday Apr 16
Dubai fragrance and fashion trade worth Dh206b
DED reveals 8% increase in 2013, compared with trade value of Dh191b in 2012
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Wednesday Apr 16
UAE inflation hits highest level since 2010
Dubai’s first quarter inflation surges to 2.4 per cent with March rate at 3 per cent
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Wednesday Apr 16
Russian economy shrinks 0.5% in first quarter amid crisis
Minister highlights risk of a recession due to the standoff in Ukraine
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Africa could yet again be caught in debt spiral
There is a worrying trend towards issuing Eurobonds to finance projects
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No interest in creating new office stock
Offices remains one asset class Abu Dhabi developers do not want too much of
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Gadgets galore as Gitex Shopper Spring opens
Gadgetlovers throng Dubai World Trade Centre as the second Gitex Shopper Spring 2014 open its doors
