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turkey

Crisis threatens Turkish banks' loan refinancing efforts

Around $7bln of Turkish loans are due to mature between now and the end of the year, according to LPC data.

Reuters News - 5 hours ago

financial services

UAE banks' weakening asset quality, but improved funding & liquidity: Fitch

Fitch Ratings says a challenging operating environment in 2017 in the UAE resulted in weaker asset-quality metrics.

Reuters News - 5 hours ago

financial services

China's stealth housing support is looking wobbly

Officials are tweaking a $470bln program through which the People’s Bank of China effectively provides lenders with cheap loans

Reuters News - 14 Aug 2018

currencies

UK gilt curve gives another glimpse of 'no deal' Brexit nerves

Sterling to its lowest in almost a year this week

Reuters News - 13 Aug 2018

financial services

Foreign banks in Turkey face degrees of pain

The good news for the European banking sector is the scope for contagion is relatively low

Reuters News - 13 Aug 2018

oil and gas

ADNOC seeks to expand relationships within Japan’s energy sector

UAE is the second largest exporter of crude oil to Japan after Saudi Arabia.

CPI Financial - 09 Aug 2018

technology

Summit drives forward high-tech, smart city solutions in Algiers

Algeria has moved forward with plans to develop the Algiers Smart City initiative

Oxford Business Group - 08 Aug 2018

technology

How $1trn Apple took a bite out of the Mideast tech market

In the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the iPhone is rapidly becoming the handset of choice

Arab News - 04 Aug 2018

india

New rules will spoil India's e-commerce party

Amazon and Walmart face an online shopping nightmare in India

Reuters News - 03 Aug 2018

jobs

Is meaningful, part-time work in retirement a myth?

Only 11% of people aged 61 to 66 found part-time jobs as they transitioned into retirement

Reuters News - 02 Aug 2018