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Photo Supporters of President Hassan Rouhani, who is running for re-election, at a campaign rally in Isfahan, Iran, on Sunday. Credit Vahid Salemi/Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Trump administration signaled on Wednesday that it would not, for now, jettison the Iran nuclear deal, despite the president’s harsh criticisms of the agreement during the campaign. But while acknowledging that the deal would remain in place, the administration imposed […]

Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address of the Google I/O conference, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Mountain View, Calif. Google provided the latest peek at the digital services and gadgets that it has assembled in the high-tech tussle to become an even more influential force in people’s lives. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Google announced a lot of new bells and whistles Wednesday—several of which, it turns […]

This week’s 20th anniversary of Amazon’s initial public offering has thrown into sharp relief the stagnation of the US public equity listings market. Finger-pointing by some at the regulatory requirements of going public — which can be burdensome and costly for small companies — is now yielding to a discussion about longer-term headwinds such as the ready availability of private funding for young companies and the culture […]

Earlier today, RBC’s Charlie McElligott explained why today’s action is indicative of one or more energy/risk-neutral/value funds blowing up. Now he looks at the underlying cause, and attributes it to the inability of investors to discriminate between real and imaginary threats in what has now become a “deafening cacophony of noise.” THE DOLLAR MELTDOWN We are currently in the midst of a sixth-consecutive day of declines for […]

DUBAI // The lowest ranked schools will “wither on the vine” until they raise more money for the good of their pupils, educators say. Ten schools, catering for about 15,500 pupils, have been rated “weak” and altogether 94,000 attend schools that are acceptable or below, Dubai’s education regulator said this week. The bottom 10 can only raise fees by 2.4 per cent, about the level of inflation, […]

US stocks were on track for their worst session for eight months on fears that US President Donald Trump’s ability to push through his pro-growth policies will be sidelined by deepening political controversy. The Wall Street benchmark fell 1.3 per cent to 2,369 on Wednesday, shedding all its gains for May, with financial stocks the worst hit as the S&P banks index retreated 3.8 per cent. Shares […]

Oil prices gained further Tuesday, boosting energy companies’ shares, after Russia and Saudi Arabia indicated they could extend an output cut into next year, while the euro struck a six-month dollar high. The world’s top two crude-producing nations raised the idea at the weekend, with a deal agreed between OPEC — of which Saudi Arabia is the key player — and Russia coming to an end in […]

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One minute I’m in an office in Dubai’s Jumeirah Lakes Towers; the next, I have been transported to the grounds of a villa in the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme. I scan the garden – there’s a ball by my feet, so I pick it up and toss it out of the way. Next, I teleport myself just inside the front door. I take a wander around the […]

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The system is disintegrating, and slapping a “reformist” coat of paint over the dryrot cannot renew the structural timbers that have rotted to their very core. I confess to being amused by the mainstream media’s implicit view that everything would be peachy if only Trump wasn’t president. Memo to MSM: the nation is fragmenting for reasons that have nothing to […]

Kuwait Airways has appointed Ebrahim Abdullah Al-Khuzam as its new CEO, taking over from Rasha Al-Roumi, who resigned last month. Formerly MD of AREF Investment Group KSCC, advisor to the chairman of Kuwait Finance House and GM of telco Zain, Al-Khuzam was announced one of the newly appointed board members of Kuwait Airways in the wake of Al-Roumi’s resignation, and will now take on the additional role […]

● Trump controversies rattle nerves● Dollar index hits fresh six-month low● S&P 500 futures slide, dragging down other equity benchmarks● Yen, gold and Treasury prices rise as traders seek havens● Oil relapses after strong rally The dollar is sliding to six-month low and US equity futures are in retreat as investors fret that president Donald Trump’s ability to push through his mooted pro-growth policies is under threat. […]

Despite the elites’ desperate hope that recent ‘losses’ in Holland France ‘prove’ the anti-establishment movement is fading (although they all saw soaring popularity), with Europeans ready to protest, there are still numerous regions urging secession… There have been 486 military conlicts in Europe in the last 2000 years and while the last decade or two has been ‘peaceful’, we suspect that will not last. As BofAML’s Transforming […]

By Ayesha Rascoe | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday his country would not accept Syrian Kurdish fighters in the region but stopped short of directly criticizing a U.S. decision to arm them. At a White House meeting, Trump lauded Erdogan as an important ally in the “fight against terrorism” and did not mention Erdogan’s domestic crackdown after last year’s […]

A Samsung Galaxy S8 running Windows 10 Mobile has started making rounds online. If these images are accurate, then it means that Windows Phones are not dying just yet, despite the circumstances — Upgrade Advisor app now defunct and Creators Update limited availability to 13 handsets, with Microsoft giving 40 percent of the devices in the wild the cold shoulder. That’s a big “if,” though. Galaxy S8 Seen […]

Thailand has backed down on threats it made last week to block Facebook in the country, having previously threatened to issue court orders if the social media giant did not remove content the government deems illegal. Takorn Tantasith, secretary general of Thailand’s broadcast regulator, said Facebook would not be blocked due to its compliance with demands to remove content it deemed a threat to national security or […]

For years we’ve written about the fact that Americans, young to old, are lousy savers (see “Retirement Crisis Looms As Average U.S. Household Has Saved $2,500 For Retirement“). Of course, they have to be because how else can a mature economy continue to grow unless every single person levers every asset they own to the maximum extent possible and then spends all of that money?  Anything less […]

Doha May 16, 2017 Doha Bank hosted a knowledge sharing event on “Regulatory Changes and Opportunities” on 15th May 2017 at Four Seasons Hotel, Doha, Qatar.  The Guest of the Honour in the evening was H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdul-Aziz Al-Nasser, UN High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations. Mr. Ali Ibrahim Abdullah Al- Malki, Member of BOD of Doha Bank had also graced the occasion. The speakers […]

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Instagram just copied the last iconic Snapchat feature, introducing “face filters” that allow users to spice up their selfies with augmented reality elements. Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat have been playing a copycat game for a while now as Facebook gradually “borrowed” more Snapchat features and added them to its own services. The new Instagram selfie filters are like the cherry on top, crowning all other copied elements […]

In the meeting with the Russian ambassador and foreign minister, Mr. Trump disclosed intelligence about an Islamic State terrorist plot. At least some of the details that the United States has about the plot came from the Israelis, the officials said. Continue reading the main story The officials, who were not authorized to discuss the matter and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that Israel previously […]

By Elias Biryabarema | KAMPALA KAMPALA Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ordered his security chiefs on Tuesday to stop torture by their personnel after media images of a detained politician with septic wounds on his body stirred public outrage. Human rights activists said those images and other recent incidents where suspects have appeared in court with torture marks on their bodies point to escalating brutality and impunity on […]

Dubai, 16 May 2017 At ICM Capital LTD, we’re committed to helping our clients transform the way they trade.  We know that simply being good for ICM Capital is not enough. We must also be good for our partners and the communities in which we live and work. We’re in a great position to make sure that we set an example in our world of trading. As […]

By Yashaswini Swamynathan The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq drifted higher to hit record intraday levels on Tuesday, supported by gains in technology and consumer staple stocks. As the first-quarter earnings season wraps up, investors’ attention will turn to developments in Washington that could overshadow Republican legislative priorities such as tax reform, healthcare and simpler regulations. Investors were wary after reports that President Donald Trump disclosed highly […]

“I have been there and, believe me, I have been afraid.” This was how the first African-American Arctic explorer, Matthew Henson, described his expeditions to the North Pole in 1912. It is a feeling novelist Laline Paull can empathise with, for totally different reasons. During her trip to the Arctic, which became the inspiration for her fascinating new novel, Paull’s paralysing fear came from the obvious effects […]

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