Bloomberg India’s inflation surged past the central bank’s target, bolstering a view that interest rates may rise earlier than expected and offering little relief to battered bond markets. Consumer prices rose 4.9 percent in November from a year earlier as food and fuel costs surged, the Statistics Ministry said in a statement. That’s the fastest pace in 15 months and …

Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG is ready to transfer landing rights from Air Berlin Plc to leisure giants Thomas Cook Group Plc and TUI AG in an effort to fend off antitrust concerns about its bid for most of the insolvent carrier, people familiar with the plan said. Lufthansa is proposing that takeoff and landing slots from Air Berlin’s Niki division …

Bloomberg The Trudeau government is escalating a trade fight with Boeing Co., ditching plans to buy 18 Super Hornets while launching a search for new fighter jets under parametres that could hamper future bids from the US plane maker. Canada said it would instead pursue plans to buy 18 used Australian F-18 fighter jets to supplement its aging fleet, and …

Bloomberg The airline that passengers love to hate is figuring out how to arrive on time. Spirit Airlines Inc. rose to third place in the Department of Transportation’s monthly tally of US airlines’ on-time performance in October, with 87.2 percent of its flights arriving within 14 minutes of their scheduled time. That placed it ahead of larger Alaska Air Group …

Bloomberg As mall owners around the world seek a defense against Amazon.com Inc, Europe’s largest commercial landlord is betting the solution lies across the Atlantic. Unibail-Rodamco SE’s agreement to buy Australia’s Westfield Corp. for about $15.8 billion gives it control of mega malls in North America and London as landlords try to compete with internet retailers by focussing on the …

Emirates Business At a recently held Enterprise Agility Award function at St. Regis Dubai, Plan B Group got awarded as fastest growing company for the year 2016-17. Held annually, the event currently has three editions held in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Harmeek Singh, Chairman of the Plan B Group, received the award from Essa Ali Alzaabi, …

DUBAI / WAM The pharmaceutical market in the United Arab Emirates is expected to grow from AED9.61 billion in 2016 to AED14.11 billion by 2020, driven by increased healthcare expenditure, mandatory health insurance, and growing medical tourism. This was stated by the participants in the Pharmaceutical Research & Man-ufacturers Association Gulf Forum (PhRMAG 2017), being held under the patronage of …

Abu Dhabi / WAM ADNOC IPO was a tremendous success and drew a very strong response from investors, according to Rashed Al Baloushi, CEO of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. In statements to WAM, Al Baloushi said a total of 12,000 investors from 73 nationalities participated in the subscription, with final allocations hitting approximately 90 percent for qualified investors and 10 …

DUBAI / Reuters Major Saudi Arabian real estate developer Dar Al Arkan plans a project in Dubai and is considering whether to invest in Morocco and Europe as it begins to expand internationally, its chairman Yousef al-Shelash told Reuters on Tuesday. “We have a good opportunity now to grow outside Saudi because we have the cash, we have the capability,” …

DUBAI / WAM The UAE Ministry of Finance (MoF) has joined forces with a global fintech conference series to drive innovation, growth and investment in financial, banking and payments technology in the Middle East. The strategic partnership with Finovate Middle East was announced by Younis Al Khouri, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, at an announcement event held in Dubai …