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Cathay cuts earnings outlook as travellers avoid Hong Kong

Bloomberg Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd cut its earnings outlook after passenger traffic fell for a second month as protests that have put intense pressure on the carrier continued to disrupt travel and business in Hong Kong. Second-half financial results will be lower than those of the first half, Hong Kong’s flag airline said in a statement, reversing previous forecasts. Cathay ...

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Gulfstream unveils G700 in race for biggest private jet

Bloomberg Gulfstream is angling to reclaim bragging rights as builder of the world’s biggest private jet. The planemaker unveiled plans to make a roomier version of its flagship G650, which was unseated last year as the largest luxury jet by Bombardier Inc’s Global 7500. Gulfstream’s new G700, with an expected debut in 2022, will be capable of flying 7,500 nautical ...

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Swatch ends Calvin Klein Swiss watch license

Bloomberg Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group AG said it will let a licensing agreement with Calvin Klein expire after more than two decades. Recent “turbulence” at Calvin Klein’s management led to the decision to end the alliance, which covered watches and jewelry, the Swiss maker of Omega timepieces said in a statement. PVH Corp, the owner of Calvin Klein, named Cheryl ...

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Dubai launches first-of-its-kind intelligent gas turbine controller

Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), unveiled the world’s first thermodynamic Digital Twin Gas Turbine Intelligent Controller, which uses Artificial Intelligence (AI), and machine learning, co-developed by the Dewa and Siemens. HH Sheikh Hamdan unveiled the GT Controller ...

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Mubadala launches $250mn Mena tech investment funds

ABU DHABI / WAM Mubadala Capital on Monday announced the launch of its first Mena-focused tech investment funds. With a total of $250 million, the Mubadala Mena tech funds will capitalise on the growing startup scene in the region while empowering tech talent in the Emirates and across the wider region. According to a press release issued by Mubadala on ...

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Enoc sees AED71.4mn in energy efficiency savings

Dubai / WAM Enoc Group unveiled record cumulative savings of AED71.4 million from innovative energy efficiency measures implemented across the Group over the last five years. The results and findings were published in the Group’s third edition of the Energy and Efficiency Report, which was launched at Water, Energy, Technology, and Environment Exhibition (Wetex 2019), said an Enoc press release ...

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DP World inaugurates Kigali logistics platform

KIGALI / WAM Global trade enabler DP World inaugurated its Kigali Logistics Platform in the presence of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and DP World Chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. The facility, which has been operational since September 2018 in test mode, has an annual capacity of 50,000 TEUs. When operating at full capacity, it has the potential ...

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Oil deepens slide as concerns over global economy persist

Bloomberg Oil fell again after a weekly loss amid ongoing concern that a fragile economic outlook will continue to weigh on fuel demand. Futures declined 0.6% in New York after dropping 1.7% last week. Policy makers in China, the world’s second-biggest oil consumer, are preparing for two key meetings with fresh evidence that economic growth will slip further from its ...

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WTO: China seeks $2.4bn in sanctions against US

Bloomberg China is seeking $2.4 billion in trade countermeasures against the US in a seven-year-old case it lodged with the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a document published on the WTO’s website on Monday, China requested that the Geneva-based trade arbiter discuss the matter at its next meeting of its dispute settlement body on October 28. “In response to the ...

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UBS is cutting 40 banking jobs in Asia

Bloomberg UBS Group AG is cutting about 40 jobs in the Asia-Pacific region as part of a global push to trim costs and combine its trading units, according to a person familiar with the matter. The staff reductions are roughly split between UBS’s markets and investment-banking teams, with a majority at the level of vice president or below, the person ...

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