Lebanon central bank to reduce interest rates to ease crisis

Lebanon’s central bank plans to slash interest rates in an attempt to ease the country’s economic crisis and is considering formalizing temporary capital controls set individually by local lenders. Governor Riad Salameh told the Association of Banks in Lebanon that he will issue a circular within days to lower rates “to revive the economy” and […]

Apple buys first batch of carbon-free aluminium for iPhone

Apple Inc. is taking delivery this month of the first batch of carbon-free aluminium produced by a Montreal-based venture, helping move the iPhone maker closer to its greenhouse-gas reduction goal. Elysis, a joint venture between Rio Tinto Group and Alcoa Corp. backed by Apple, uses new technology that emits pure oxygen when producing aluminium. Apple […]

KBW Ventures puts money in pet food

Dubai: In a slight departure from its more traditional allocations, Saudi Arabia’s KBW Ventures has participated in a $1.2 million seed funding of a US based pet food business. KBW, incidentally, has a major presence in the UAE real estate landscape through a sister company, which is an equal shareholder in the Sharjah-based developer Arada. […]

Inflation pushes India central bank to keep rates on hold

MUMBAI: High inflation prevented India’s central bank from cutting rates for a sixth time on Thursday, while it slashed its annual growth forecast as the government struggles to jump-start the economy. The news will deal a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is coming under pressure seven months into his second term to tackle […]

Golden deals up for grabs this Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) which begins on December 26

Dubai: The ever so popular Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) is back and will be open to public from December 26. The 25th edition of the annual affair will go on until February 1, 2020. The latest edition of DSF commemorates the launch of Expo 2020. Needless to say, the year 2020 marks a landmark year […]

UAE Central Bank says it ‘does not approve any private cryptocurrencies’

ABU DHABI: The Central Bank of the UAE denied today the claims of an article published on a “potentially fraudulent website,” which said that the Governor of the Central Bank endorses a private “cryptocurrency trading platform.” The article, which was published on 4th December, 2019, contains false information, the CBUAE said in a statement, adding […]