Dubai / Emirates Business The International Property Show (IPS), the Middle East’s biggest property sales platform for local and international real estate markets, announced its strategic partnership with MAG Property Development (MAG PD) for the 14th edition of the event. IPS 2018 will run from April 9-11 next year at the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC), where a 20,000-strong international ...
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Dubai to host confab on empowering investment promotion agencies
Dubai / WAM Leaders and experts in foreign direct investment, FDI, are gathering at the 22nd annual World Investment Conference (WIC17), the flagship event of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies, WAIPA, hosted by Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI), an agency of Dubai Economy and WAIPA Steering Committee Member, at the InterContinental Dubai Festival City, from November, 27-28. ...
Read More »Home appliance retailer Better Life unveils new retail strategy
DUBAI / Emirates Business Better Life, one of the leading home appliance retailers in the UAE and a division of the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group LLC announced the launch of an ambitious new retail strategy focused on kitchen appliances to offer a wide variety of options to consumers that meet the requirements of contemporary UAE lifestyles. The strategy aims ...
Read More »India to discuss $6bn ventures of S Korea’s Lotte, France’s PSA
Bloomberg South Korean conglomerate Lotte Group and French carmaker PSA Group have separately discussed proposals to invest as much as $6 billion combined in India, a move that would boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempts to attract foreign capital in Asia’s third-largest economy, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. Lotte may invest between $3 billion and $5 ...
Read More »Airtel’s Mittal sees more telecom price pain as India mulls relief
Bloomberg The Indian government is working on a new policy to encourage capital spending and restore the financial health of mobile-phone operators battered by a bruising tariff war, telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan said. Public consultation will begin by year-end and cabinet approval is expected by March, she said in an interview in New Delhi, declining to share details. Voicing a ...
Read More »China fintech firm plans fate of $500mn IPO
Bloomberg LexinFintech Holdings Ltd., owner of Chinese online lending platform Fenqile, plans to meet advisers to discuss the fate of its proposed US initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company aims to decide whether to imminently start its IPO roadshow or wait for a later date when market sentiment may be better, according to the ...
Read More »Singapore aims to bolster its position as centre for debt restructuring hub
Bloomberg Singapore has made “a good start†in its bid to become a debt restructuring hub in the region, with six workout cases filed before its courts after it adopted US Chapter 11-like incentives in local company laws this year, a senior government official said. Indonesian developer PT Bakrieland Development is set to complete its group restructuring after a plan ...
Read More »Trump aims to limit Google, Facebook, liability in ‘NAFTA’
Bloomberg The Trump administration is pushing to add legal protections in NAFTA that would limit the liability of internet giants such as Google and Facebook, marking the latest in a tug-of-war as policy makers balance policing the web with protecting free speech. US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer included the proposal in an updated US wish-list for the North American Free ...
Read More »Bombardier eyes Morocco rail factory as part of African push
Bloomberg Bombardier Inc.’s train-equipment arm is looking to build a factory in Morocco if it wins a contract to supply rolling stock to the country’s state-owned railways. The facility would build railcars and perform engineering and maintenance work, Marc-Andre Lefebvre, a Bombardier spokesman, said. It would have about 600 employees and could open as soon as 2020, he said, declining ...
Read More »Uber to merge Russian business with Yandex
Bloomberg Yandex NV, Russia’s largest technology company, received local antitrust approval to merge its ride-hailing business with Uber’s in the country, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service said. Ordering rides from smartphone apps is driving growth in the Russian taxi market but the Yandex-Uber joint venture is required not to prevent its passengers, drivers and partners from working with other ride-hailing ...
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