Abu Dhabi bids for Germany’s industrial jewel
FT News Briefing13 Sep 2024

Abu Dhabi bids for Germany’s industrial jewel

Investors snapped up consumer staples such as Coca-Cola and Colgate-Palmolive amid concerns over a potential slowdown in the US economy. Abu Dhabi’s oil company Adnoc could offer €14.4bn for German chemical group Covestro, and the European Central Bank cut interest rates to 3.5 per cent. Plus, people in Los Angeles are encouraged to park their car obsession ahead of the 2028 Olympics, and amateur astronauts completed the first private spacewalk.


Investors pile into Coca-Cola and Colgate as recession fears grow

Abu Dhabi closes in on German group that helped ‘invent chemistry’

ECB cuts interest rates to 3.5%

Can LA end its love affair with cars?

Astronauts complete first private spacewalk


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