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The Gulf’s healthcare industry is expected to receive the highest volume of investments in 2017 among non-oil sectors as GCC countries seek to further diversify their economies, according to a new survey. CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, said its annual Middle East Societies Market Sentiment survey also forecse an increase in hospitality and tourism investment. It said in a statement that in Saudi Arabia, […]

By David Lawder | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Fourteen million Americans would lose medical insurance by next year under a Republican plan to dismantle Obamacare that would also reduce the budget deficit, a nonpartisan congressional research office said on Monday, throwing President Donald Trump and Republicans on the defensive as they press forward with replacement legislation. The U.S. Congressional Budget Office forecast that 24 million more people would be […]

By Se Young Lee and Jane Chung | SEOUL SEOUL The head of South Korea’s Samsung Group [SAGR.UL], Jay Y. Lee, may be languishing in a jail cell but he is allowed plenty of visitors, which may allow him to play a key role in corporate decisions even if he isn’t running the conglomerate like he did before. Lee, who didn’t attend last Thursday’s preparatory hearing for […]

Nervousness in the US stock market has climbed to the highest level since the aftermath of the presidential election, even as equities have charted a mostly smooth path to further all-time highs in recent weeks. Credit Suisse’s fear barometer rose at the end of last week to 35.6, an increase of almost 10 points from the previous week and the highest reading since November 9, the day […]

SEATTLE Aspiring property moguls take note – the town of Tiller, Oregon, is for sale, asking price just $3.5 million. For an extra $350,000, you can have the old school too. The mostly uninhabited, unincorporated town about 225 miles (362 km) south of Portland originally went up for sale in 2015, but that did not include the building that used to house the school, said Garrett Zoller, […]

Monday, March 13, 2017 Alwaleed Philanthropies (AP), chaired by HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz AlSaud, announced an innovative new partnership with Thomson Reuters Foundation focused on empowering Saudi female journalists, during the first of its kind conference titled “The evolving role of women in Saudi Arabia” held in Riyadh on Saturday March 11, 2017. In partnership with Luxury KSA, and Smaat Company, the conference took […]

ABU DHABI // The man filmed encouraging two dogs to attack and kill a cat in a gruesome online video will face the full weight of UAE law once caught, the Minister for Climate Change and Environment has said. In the video a white cat is shown being pulled out of a cage before it is attacked by two large black dogs. The clip, which has been […]

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Journalists will probably have to fight harder than ever for access to government information under the Trump administration, according to a new survey of 336 freedom of information experts published Monday. Nine out of 10 experts surveyed predicted that access to government information will get worse over the next four to eight years, according to the report, which was produced by David Cuillier of the University of […]

By Yashaswini Swamynathan The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were slightly lower on Monday as gains in financials shares – ahead of a widely expected interest rate hike – were weighed down by losses in drug stocks. The Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy-setting board, is expected to lift interest rates by a quarter point to 0.75 percent-1.00 percent after a two-day […]

FEC Vice Chairwoman Caroline Hunter, a Republican, concurred: “If Congress wants to hear from us, we’ll do whatever it takes to prepare, and we’ll be happy to answer their questions.” Walther might, however, have a few questions of his own for Congress, which has all but ignored an annual legislative wish list the FEC’s commissioners send members. Walther says he’s particularly interested in senators justifying their failure […]

ABU DHABI // Illegal activities online will be targeted by the newly established Federal Public Prosecution for Information Technology Crimes. The FPPITC has been set up in the capital to investigate and resolve criminal cases including the misuse of the internet with the intention of damaging public morals, human trafficking, illegal drugs, illegal activity related to firearms, ammunition and explosives. Encouraging the breach of state laws as […]

In textbook fashion, the Federal Reserve has prepared traders and investors for a 25 basis points increase in policy interest rates this week. When it comes to lasting effects on markets, however, the Fed is likely to deliver more than the third rise in 10 years. It will also signal an important evolution in its policy approach aiming for a beautiful rate normalisation. Facing an implied probability […]

Investors are primed for a more aggressive policy stance from the Federal Reserve, setting the stage for an escalation in the selling of Treasury bonds. With the US central bank expected to raise its overnight interest rate by a quarter-point on Wednesday, scrutiny will focus on Fed chair Janet Yellen’s press conference and policymakers’ projections for official interest rates over the coming years, known as the dot […]

Volkswagen Volkswagen has already taken a battering to its reputation due to the emissions scandal and is now tarnished further as the automaker has pleaded guilty to criminal charges as part of a settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ). On Friday, the automaker pleaded guilty in a Detroit federal court to felonies in connection with the 2015 emissions scandal. For years, the company sold a’clean […]

March 13, 2017 by: Hudson Lockett in Hong Kong and Michael Hunter in London Monday 07:15 GMT What you need to know US West Texas Intermediate crude is at $48.33 a barrel, having fallen under $48 for the first time in more than three months. The pound is holding above $1.22 as speculation mounts that the UK government is poised to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon […]

SEOUL Oil prices dropped to their lowest in three months on Monday despite OPEC efforts to curb crude output, dragged down as U.S. drillers kept adding rigs. Brent crude LCOc1 had fallen 35 cents, or 0.68 percent, to its lowest since Nov. 30 at $51.02 per barrel by 0231 GMT. It closed the previous session down 1.6 percent at $51.37. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) CLc1 […]

By Mark Hosenball and Ayesha Rascoe | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Two days before U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara was fired, President Donald Trump tried to call the high-profile New York prosecutor in what a White House official said was an effort to “thank him for his service and to wish him good luck.” But a U.S. law enforcement official said Bharara declined to take the call, placed on Thursday, […]

The Trump administration’s sweeping dismissal of dozens of US attorneys held over from the Obama administration leaves the president with sudden gaps in top law enforcement positions across the country. The swift dismissals which began with Friday phone calls from Dana Boente, the acting deputy attorney-general, to 46 US attorneys, now puts pressure on the Trump administration to select candidates who will pass congressional scrutiny to fill […]

WASHINGTON White House economic adviser Gary Cohn said on Sunday that the Federal Reserve “has been doing a good job” and the Trump administration respects its independence, even if the U.S. central bank raises interest rates this week. Cohn, director of the National Economic Council, told Fox News Sunday that the Trump administration will keep working to reduce barriers to job creation no matter what the Fed […]

By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Thomas Escritt | ANKARA/ROTTERDAM ANKARA/ROTTERDAM Turkey told the Netherlands on Sunday that it would retaliate in the “harshest ways” after Turkish ministers were barred from speaking in Rotterdam, as a row over Ankara’s political campaigning among Turkish immigrants escalated. President Tayyip Erdogan labeled the Netherlands a “Nazi remnant” after it became the latest European country worried about political tensions inside Turkey spilling beyond […]

Here are the main questions facing investors and markets as a new trading week beckons. What will the Federal Reserve say?Sometimes words matter more than action. A quarter percentage point tightening is all but baked in after the February jobs report, when 235,000 jobs were created — eclipsing market expectations. Of greater importance is whether Fed officials indicate a willingness for a faster rate of tightening in […]

Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) said on Friday it was compliant with tax laws, a week after federal law enforcement officials raided three of the company’s buildings in connection with a probe into the heavy machinery manufacturer’s offshore tax practices. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has challenged the company’s taxes for the years 2007-2012, the company said in a statement on Friday. “We disagree with the IRS’ position, have […]

NEW YORK For most Americans, daylight saving time means only one thing: losing an hour’s sleep. So what is the point? This is actually a reasonable question, according to a growing body of scientific research. Daylight saving time is the practice of moving clocks forward by one hour during summer months so that daylight lasts longer into evening. Most of North America and Europe follows the custom, […]

The Trump administration on Friday asked all remaining US attorneys appointed by Barack Obama to tender their resignations, including Preet Bharara, the top prosecutor in Manhattan. Dana Boente, acting deputy attorney-general, phoned the 46 US attorneys appointed by the previous administration and asked them to step down. The order from attorney-general Jeff Sessions came as a surprise to many in the Department of Justice. In November Mr […]

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