Bloomberg Since taking the reins at Spirit Airlines Inc this year, Ted Christie has overseen a 38 percent share decline and a deteriorating financial outlook. But just wait for next year as the discounter steps up efforts to squeeze more revenue out of travellers. “Nobody’s satisfied with the performance to date and I am certainly among that group,” Spirit’s chief ...

DUBAI / WAM The UAE has ranked first globally in mobile-broadband subscriptions and network coverage, and second in mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions, according to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2019, issued by the World Economic Forum. Commenting on this achievement, Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Director-General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, TRA, stated, “The UAE’s global achievements are the result of ...

Bloomberg Oil advanced to highest level since July after the head of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) said that the group had been “very conservative” with its oil demand estimates and that there was no global recession on the horizon. Futures rose as much as 1.6% in New York on Tuesday, gaining for the fifth consecutive day. At a ...

Bloomberg Arabtec Holding shares soared in Dubai after the company started talks to merge with Abu Dhabi-based Trojan Holding LLC. The stock advanced as much as 13%, the steepest intraday gain since July 2017, as Arabtec said the entities began a study to potentially combine their construction businesses and may merge after technical, financial and legal reviews. It didn’t provide ...

Bloomberg A spat between the world’s most populous countries is holding up a pan-Asian trade agreement encompassing nearly a third of all global trade. Trade ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries this week hailed a “critical milestone” after seven years of talks and vowed to wind them up before a regional summit in November. But officials involved in the process say ...

Bloomberg State oil giant Saudi Aramco said it’s lining up banks for its long-awaited initial public offering (IOPO) as the sale is now imminent. Banks will be chosen “soon,” Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said at an industry conference in Abu Dhabi. Confirmation of the underwriters will signal that the share sale — set to be the world’s largest — is ...

ABU DHABI / WAM President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid, received a delegation from Abu Dhabi Digital Authority, headed by Dr Rauda Saeed Al Saadi, Director-General, during an official visit at the presidential office. The visit is in line with the authority’s commitment to keeping pace with the global technological advances in digital solutions that will enhance Abu Dhabi’s leading position ...

Dubai / WAM Dr Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention, issued a Ministerial Decree No. 130 of 2019 on reduction of price of 410 similar drugs, in line with government’s directives to reduce prices of services, and based on ministry’s keenness to provide medicines at competitive prices. Accordingly, the Ministry of Health and ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah Youth, an affiliate of Rubu’ Qarn Foundation for Creating Leaders and Innovators, organized the “Be a businessman 2” miniature diploma program, which targeted 16 of youth members at Sharjah youth and was presented by the consultant Hazza Ibrahiam Al Mansoori. The aim of this program is to raise the youth’s awareness on the importance of ...

Ajman / Emirates Business Ajman Free Zone was the silver sponsor at an exhibition, AI Made Real, which examined the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the corporate world. The event attracted a wealth of businesses from the IT field, which Ajman Free Zone has marked as a key sector for attracting investment, and it provided an excellent opportunity for ...