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Al Kishi: Don’t Be Alarmed By Currency Swap Discussions

The UAE & US have discussed a currency swap line as a financial backstop due to the impact of the war. But Deutsche Bank’s MEA CEO says despite the uncertainty, the banking environment across the Gulf remains resilient. Jamal Al Kishi spoke to Bloomberg’s Horizons Middle East and Africa anchor Joumanna Bercetche on activity in the region. (Source: Bloomberg)

Up or down? War scrambles financial market signals

The traditional global asset correlations that collapsed when the war in the Middle East erupted remain broken, leaving investors to piece together strategies to trade the road to resolution with a faulty instrument panel. Record highs for Wall Street stocks belie concerns about fraught geopolitics, how long energy supplies might be disrupted for and long-term economic damage. BMO chief FX strategist Mark McCormick reckons the next three to six months will not resemble the “pre-conflict normal”....

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Why HCLTech shares are under pressure again

Why HCLTech shares are under pressure again

Received money, mutual funds or shares as gifts? Don't miss these ITR rules

Received money mutual funds or shares as gifts Dont miss these ITR rules

Retail sales rise as British motorists stock up on fuel

ONS says sales up by 0.7% in March, spurred by big rise in fuel purchases and sunny weather helping retailersBusiness live – latest updatesRetail sales in Great Britain rose last month due to motorists stocking up on fuel as they watched prices at the pump escalate rapidly because of the Iran war.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that the volume of retail sales rose 0.7% last month, well above analysts’ forecasts of just 0.1%, as the quantity of fuel bought hit the highest level sinc...

New Nationwide and Halifax messages to customers 'starts today'

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Panicking motorists hand huge sums to fuel retailers as Middle East crisis sparks stockpiling of petrol and diesel

Panicking motorists hand huge sums to fuel retailers as Middle East crisis sparks stockpiling of petrol and dieselBy JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 08:07, 24 April 2026 | Updated: 08:09, 24 April 2026 e-mail View comments

KPMG cuts 100 audit partner roles, says need to align team skills and size

KPMG cuts audit partner roles says need to align team skills and size

Reform UK asks steel bosses to draft ‘alternative strategy’ for industry

Rival to government plans would scrap net zero policies, as party aims to woo sector after decades of job lossesReform UK has asked steel bosses to draw up an “alternative steel strategy” to rival recent government plans, stoking industry fears over a charm offensive by Nigel Farage’s party as it eyes gains in former Labour heartlands.Richard Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, met a group of bosses shortly before Labour announced new steel tariffs in March and commissioned them to draft a competing p...

Emirates is operating at around 65% of its full capacity: Tim Clark - Emirates 24|7

Emirates is operating at around 65% of its full capacity: Tim Clark  Emirates 24|7

Mondi cautions over Iran war cost hikes as it shuts plants across Europe

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Dubai gold prices drop amid war tensions, rising oil costs

Dubai: Gold prices in Dubai fell on Friday, tracking a broader global decline as the ongoing US-Israel war on Iran and a surge in oil prices continued to weigh on investor sentiment.Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.In morning trade, 24-carat gold dropped to Dh563.25 per gram, down from Dh565.75 the previous session — a decline of Dh2.50. The 22-carat variant also eased to Dh521.50 from Dh524.00, reflecting softer demand and cautious market positioning.Get updated fas...

MOEX Index up as morning trading session opens

As of 7:10 a.m. Moscow time the MOEX Index was up by 0.11% at 2,774.56 points

UK retail sales rebound as motorists stock up on fuel

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Goldman Says Persian Gulf Oil Supply Is 57% Below Pre-War Levels

Oil output from Persian Gulf nations has been running 14.5 million barrels a day below pre-war levels this month, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., which estimated any resumption would take months.

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