• Adani inches back up after loan pledge

    MUMBAI: Shares in the flagship firm of troubled Indian conglomerate Adani rose almost 15 percent Tuesday, clawing back some of its recent huge losses after saying it would repay more than $1 billion in loans.

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  • Kuwait-Italy trade sees quantum leap: Envoy

    By Majd Othman

    KUWAIT: Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Carlo Baldocci told Kuwait Times in an exclusive interview that the export volume to Kuwait in the fashion sector increased by almost 50 percent in 2022 compared to 2021.

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  • Full recovery of Chinese economy will boost global economy

    By Zhang Jianwei.

    Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Kuwait.

    In 2022, the world underwent both major changes unseen in a century and the once-in-a-century pandemic. The geopolitical situation was turbulent, and the downside risks of the world economy were increasing.

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  • China’s rising oil demand is no dead-cat bounce: Kuwait

    BENGALURU: Oil consumption in China, the world’s biggest importer, is rising strongly following the ending of coronavirus lockdowns, according to OPEC member Kuwait, reports Bloomberg.

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  • KD 357.7 million net profit for KFH shareholders for 2022 Al-Marzouq

    KUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Hamad Abdulmohsen Al-Marzouq said that, by the grace of Allah, KFH has reported net profit of KD 357.7 million attributable to the shareholders of the bank for the year ended 2022; an increase of 47.0 percent compared to 2021. Ahli United Bank – Bahrain contributed to the profit with an amount of KD 62.5 million or 17.5 percent which represents the results of AUB for the period from the date of the acquisition on October 2, 2022, until end of FY22, following the successful completion of the acquisition of 100 percent of Bahrain’s Ahli United Bank by KFH, and the listing and trading of its shares on Bahrain Bourse on October 6, 2022.

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  • UK mega laboratory generates weather to test homes of future

    SALFORD, United Kingdom: The thermometer sinks below zero as a blizzard of fine snow descends on two houses freshly built inside a massive laboratory in northern England.

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  • NOMO launches Sharia-compliant real estate finance product for ME customers

    KUWAIT: NOMO Bank, the digital bank of the Bank of London and the Middle East “BLME”, a subsidiary of Boubyan Bank Group, announced the launch of its real estate finance product, which allows all customers in the Middle East to own properties in the United Kingdom in a major step towards employing the digital bank’s services in providing easier, more convenient, and secure real estate finance solutions.

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  • Indian regulator reassures investors after Adani rout

    NEW DELHI: India’s securities regulator said Saturday that markets were stable and protected from further volatility, following a phenomenal share rout that hit the business empire of tycoon Gautam Adani.

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  • Pakistan to agree to tough IMF bailout conditions amid crisis

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are “beyond imagination”, as it battles a spiraling economic crisis.

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