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As the slump in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and mergers on Wall Street continues to deepen this year, leading advisory firms including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Citigroup have resorted to job cuts. Specifically, Morgan Stanley is planning to

Carl Icahn, the activist investor known for instigating corporate confrontations, has recently become a target himself. Hindenburg Research, a notorious short-selling research firm, disclosed a short call against Icahn’s investment outfit, stirring up considerable criticism for the veteran investor. The

Apple Inc., the Cupertino-based tech behemoth, has garnered unprecedented attention with the recent launch of its Apple Card Savings Account. The introduction of this financial innovation has seen an impressive inflow of nearly $1 billion in deposits within the initial

In a significant financial development, the Nikkei, Japan’s premier stock index, surged to an eight-month high, driven by the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) decision to sustain its ultra-easy monetary policy. The central bank’s move, along with a series of robust

South Korea has reinstated Japan on its “white list” of trusted trading partners, a significant step towards mending their bilateral economic and diplomatic ties. Three years ago, Japan was removed from the list, which grants expedited trade processes for approved

Canadian pension investment manager British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) and Abu Dhabi-based sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company have joined as anchor investors in Cube Highways Trust (CHT), an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) in India. Cube Highways Fund Advisors Private

Gold prices remained close to one-year highs on Friday, fueled by recent US economic data that suggested the Federal Reserve may be nearing the end of its rate-hiking cycle. This drove non-yielding bullion towards a second consecutive weekly increase. Spot

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) has announced its collaboration with the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC) to advance research in the decarbonization of alumina refining. HILT CRC is an Australian cooperative research center that brings together industry,

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has provided over $24 billion in interest-free loans to more than 50 low-income countries since the COVID-19 pandemic. The resource adequacy of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT), Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST), and

Abu Dhabi-based company, Masdar, has announced that it has achieved financial close on three solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Uzbekistan, with a combined capacity of around 900 megawatts. The program is considered the largest solar development in the region. The