Bloomberg India’s market regulator is examining the cause for the worst drop in seven months in InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.’s shares before the operator of the nation’s largest airline announced the resignation of its president, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Securities and Exchange Board of India is investigating a 6.1 percent tumble in the stock on April ...
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Tapestry runs into hurdles in quest to win back shoppers
Bloomberg Tapestry Inc., the company formerly known as Coach, is running into big hurdles in its quest to win back shoppers. Same-store sales at Tapestry’s Kate Spade brand missed analysts’ estimates in the latest quarter, while production delays and other problems at the Stuart Weitzman brand were a drag as well. Same-store sales for the Coach brand, its biggest business, ...
Read More »Cash-strapped Norwegian bets on fuel-price drop
Bloomberg Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA is entering the critical summer travel season with a bet that jet fuel prices will recede from 3 1/2-year highs — a position that risks weakening Chief Executive Officer Bjorn Kjos’s hand as he negotiates a potential buyout by the owner of British Airways. The Oslo-based low-cost airline, known for offering $99 flights between Europe ...
Read More »Yum China sales miss the bus as Pizza Hut lags
Bloomberg A new mobile app and marketing push weren’t enough to energise sales at Yum China Holdings Inc.’s Pizza Hut in the latest quarter. Systemwide, same-store sales missed analysts’ estimates, rising 3 percent compared with a projection for 3.3 percent growth. The disappointing results sent the company’s shares down as much as 10 percent in late trading in New York. ...
Read More »Trump lauds Southwest Airlines crew for engine failure response
Bloomberg President Donald Trump praised crew members and passengers of a Southwest Airlines flight for their handling of an emergency landing two weeks ago after an engine exploded. Trump met in the Oval Office with five crew members and five passengers from Flight 1380, saying that they were “some incredible people.†The visit, arranged after the White House contacted the ...
Read More »Gold, diamond trading exempted from VAT
ABU DHABI / WAM In line with the UAE Government’s efforts to ensure an efficient implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT), while employing best international standards and maintaining the competitiveness of the local precious metals sector, the UAE Cabinet adopted a law to introduce the VAT Reversed Charge mechanism for investors in gold, diamond and precious metals. This step ...
Read More »Central bank assets reach AED2.7trn
ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Central Bank’s total assets amounted to AED2.718 trillion during Q1 2018, 0.9 percent up from AED2.693 trillion by the end of December 2017, according to CBUAE statistics. Total loans increased to AED1.608 trillion during the first three months of the year, a growth of 1.8 percent from AED1.580 trillion during the corresponding period last ...
Read More »Emaar profit hits AED1.7bn
DUBAI / WAM Emaar Properties recorded revenue for the first three months of 2018 of AED5.586 billion ($1.521 billion), 37 percent higher than Q1 2017 revenue of AED4.072 billion ($1.109 billion). This was led by significant progress achieved on projects under construction and the growth in malls and hospitality businesses. Emaar’s net profit grew by 20 percent to AED1.665 billion ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi Chamber, India discuss ties
ABU DHABI / WAM Mohammed Thani Murshid Al Rumaithi, Chairman of the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Navdeep Singh Suri, Ambassador of India to the UAE, have discussed promoting economic and investment cooperation among private sector institutions in the UAE ...
Read More »Share of jobs requiring AI skills rises 5-fold since ’13
DUBAI / WAM The percentage of jobs requiring artificial intelligence (AI) skills have witnessed a nearly five-fold increase globally since 2013, and as the role of Human Resources keeps evolving in the digital age and technologies like AI and machine learning gain more prominence, organisa-tions in the Middle East will find more of their jobs and services being transformed by ...
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