Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Science Park (DSP), a science-focused business community, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with OPEN Health, a communications and market access firm, Synapse Medical Services, a healthcare service provider, and Connect Communications, a strategic healthcare communications company, to launch the healthcare networking platform Advance Health. The platform converges key stakeholders in the healthcare sector in ...
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India proposes safeguard duty on China, Malaysia solar cells
Bloomberg India has recommended imposing a 25 percent safeguard duty on solar cells from China and Malaysia, saying the overseas supplies have caused or threatened “serious injury†to domestic manufacturers. Under the proposed plan, the safeguard duty would be applicable for two years, India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies, a unit of the commerce ministry, said in the conclusion of ...
Read More »BMW strikes deal for stake in China battery giant
Bloomberg BMW AG is the first overseas carmaker to get a potential toehold in Chinese electric-car battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., obtaining the right to make an equity investment of as much as $427 million. BMW Brilliance, the German carmaker’s Chinese joint venture, is entitled to invest in CATL if the company plans to sell shares in China ...
Read More »China’s PDD eyes $1.6bn in mega tech IPO
Bloomberg Pinduoduo Inc., the Chinese e-commerce operator backed by Tencent Holdings Ltd., plans to raise as much as $1.6 billion in a US initial public offering to bankroll a fight against rivals like Alibaba. The Shanghai-based firm is offering 85.6 million American Depositary Shares at $16 to $19 apiece, it said in a stock exchange filing. Tencent, the leader in ...
Read More »Anbang mulls sale of health insurer Hexie
Bloomberg Anbang Insurance Group Co. is weighing a sale of its Hexie Health Insurance Co. unit as the troubled Chinese firm reviews its assets for possible divestment, according to people familiar with the matter. The insurer is in discussions with financial advisers about a possible disposal of the unit after receiving interest, the people said, asking not to be identified ...
Read More »Unshackled ZTE needs weeks to get business on track
Bloomberg ZTE Corp. will take several weeks to get its business back on track after gaining its freedom from a game-ending US technology ban, people familiar with the matter said. The Chinese telecommunications equipment maker is dealing with a worker shortage as it awaits shipments of key components from US suppliers like Qualcomm Inc., the people said, asking not to ...
Read More »Trump’s Putin defense elicits backlash from Republicans
Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s equivocation on US intelligence agencies during a news conference with Russian leader Vladimir Putin triggered the most intense backlash from Republicans of anything he’s done since winning election in 2016. Republicans who looked past the release of his recorded his refusal to denounce neo-Nazi protesters, or complained but took no substantive action when he imposed tariffs ...
Read More »Ramaphosa’s ANC to rule S African votes
Bloomberg Support for South Africa’s ruling African National Congress has rebounded after Cyril Ramaphosa replaced Jacob Zuma as party leader and president to the point that it’s likely to easily retain its outright majority in next year’s elections, an opinion poll shows. Sixty percent of 3,738 adults interviewed between April 20 and June 7 by research company Ipsos said they ...
Read More »Pakistan’s Bilawal names Zardari as PM candidate
Bloomberg Pakistan Peoples Party co-Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said his father and former President Asif Ali Zardari will be the party’s candidate for prime minister after the national elections scheduled to be held on July 25. “He is the best choice as most likely there will be a coalition government as a result of the elections,†Bilawal said at a ...
Read More »May in Brexit turmoil with parliament majority slashed
Bloomberg UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s ability to deliver Brexit was thrown into doubt as infighting in her Conservative Party left her with a perilously small majority, staggering from one vote to the next. May’s majority was cut to just three votes after she adopted Brexiteer amendments to a key piece of customs legislation, and the proposals narrowly passed through ...
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