BEIJING / Bloomberg Airbus Group SE drew a line on how far it’s prepared to extend jetliner production into China, saying it won’t help competitors develop aircraft, and that the country’s wide-body orders don’t justify building its most lucrative models there. No talks have taken place about construction of twin-aisle jets such as the A330 and A350 in China, Fabrice ...

Cape Town / Bloomberg Steinhoff International Holdings NV Group made an unsolicited, 662-million-pound ($924 million) bid for French electronics retailer Darty Plc, seeking to break up Groupe Fnac SA’s agreement to buy the company. The South African retailer proposed to pay 125 pence a share in cash, Darty said in a statement Wednesday. The bid is 8.5 percent above Darty’s ...

Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS Living in a multi-touch, digital age and making your brand your consumer’s first choice is becoming increasingly difficult. USA-based company, Bruce Clay Inc. (BCI), is the global internet marketing optimisation company with over 1,500 digital experts working across nine countries, has recently launched its operations in the Middle East to establish a stronger presence in ...

Our Correspondent / EMIRATES BUSINESS Serving up nearly 1.8 billion cups of fresh and iced coffee and 2.1 billion beverages every year, through outlets located across the globe, Dunkin’ Donuts is today one of the world’s favourite quick serve master franchises. Dunkin Donuts was founded in 1950 and is now the favourite destination for quick serve, beverage and daily donuts ...

Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has launched Dubai Wholesale City, the largest global wholesale hub, set to span over 550 million sq. feet, with an expected development cost of AED30 billion over ten years. The new development aims to increase the UAE’s share of the ...

SHARJAH / WAM ADNOC Distribution on Tuesday launched the pilot phase of its smart self-refueling service (ADNOC SMART) in Abu Dhabi, which will run until October 1 and cover four service stations on Abu Dhabi Island. ADNOC SMART also enables registered customers to benefit from a variety of innovative payment methods. The pilot phase of ADNOC SMART was inaugurated at ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Suhail bin Mohammed Faraj Faris Al Mazrouei, Minister of Energy of the UAE, on Tuesday urged OPEC members and non-OPEC producers to hold their production at January levels to stabilise global oil markets. “All producers must willy-nilly freeze their production,” he said, stressing that the current talk about a significant short-term increase in production is neither ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (DED) has seized 10,231 counterfeit beauty and skincare products in an inspection campaign launched by its Commercial Protection Directorate (CPD) in Mussaffah, Abu Dhabi. The CPD also issued 12 fines against vehicle owners who transported products without a license in Zayed City Centre in Abu Dhabi and the Industrial Zone ...

Dubai / WAM Ahead of the 10th edition of Art Dubai and the fifth edition of Design Days Dubai this March, the fairs’ parent company, Art Dubai Fair FZ LLC (The Art Dubai Group), has released the results of an independent survey for Art Week 2015 (March 18-25, 2015). The results of the independent study show the significant economic impact ...

Sharjah / WAM SAIF Zone-based Delta Food Industries opened an AED 40 million dairy plant in Sharjah Airport International Free Zone, SAIF Zone. Speaking during the opening ceremony, Saud Salim Al Mazrouei, Director of SAIF Zone and Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, said, “We welcome Delta Food Industries’ new initiative. It is pleasing to see more manufacturing units flocking to SAIF ...