Bloomberg Airbus SE alerted US authorities to potential regulatory breaches, opening a new flank in the group’s efforts to resolve a series of probes into the use of payments and middlemen to win new business. Toulouse, France-based Airbus took the step after an internal review revealed “inaccuracies†in applications for defense-export licenses, it said. The development adds to existing investigations ...
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Indian airline IndiGo profit beats analyst estimates
Bloomberg Airbus SE and enginemaker Pratt & Whitney’s compensation to IndiGo for glitches that grounded jets helped India’s biggest airline post quarterly profit that exceeded analyst’s estimates. The problems plaguing the carrier’s operation since July were fixed earlier this month after Pratt & Whitney managed to replace the engines that power the Airbus’s A320neo jets. The world’s biggest buyer of ...
Read More »Amazon’s ambitious October spooks stocks standing in its path
Bloomberg The looming threat of Amazon.com Inc. siphoned billions in market cap from Under Armour Inc. to FedEx Corp. to Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.— more than $30 billion combined—in October. Companies are gearing up to face Bezos’s behemoth heading into the holiday season, with some appearing ready to get creative as the state of their industries is shaken. CVS Health ...
Read More »VP issues new law to help non-muslims register wills
DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has issued Law No. 15 of 2017 regulating inheritance, wills and probate for non-Muslims. The law, which is applicable to the wills and assets of non-Muslims based in Dubai including the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) creates a ...
Read More »Majid Al Futtaim begins work on AED1.4bn mall in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi / WAM Al Jazira Sports and Cultural Club and Majid Al Futtaim officially broke ground, on Tuesday, on City Centre Al Jazira, the new AED1.4-billion lifestyle destination coming to Abu Dhabi. The new project will bring to the capital an integrated shopping, lifestyle and entertainment destination, contributing to Abu Dhabi’s vision that aims to develop a competitive, sustainable ...
Read More »UAE economy to rebound in 2018
Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund expects the UAE economic growth to nearly triple next year as Abu Dhabi benefits from an expected recovery in oil exports. The UAE’s GDP will expand 3.4 percent in 2018 from 1.3 percent this year, largely on expectations that growth in oil-rich Abu Dhabi will surge to 3.2 percent from 0.3 percent this year. Dubai’s ...
Read More »Dubai Investments profit reaches AED350 million
Dubai / WAM Dubai Investments, the leading, diversified investment company listed on the Dubai Financial Market, has reported net profit of AED350 million for the quarter ending September 30th, 2017, an increase of 4.8 percent over the AED334 million achieved during the same quarter last year. The company’s net profit for the first nine months of 2017 was AED830 million, ...
Read More »Dana Gas leaves maturing sukuk unpaid
Dubai / Reuters United Arab Emirates energy producer Dana Gas did not redeem some $700 million of its Islamic bonds when they matured on Tuesday as a dispute on the validity of the sukuk drags on in British and UAE courts, sources familiar with the matter said. Dana refuses to redeem its bonds because it claims changes in the interpretation ...
Read More »Emirates REIT plans to issue $300 million sukuk this year
Dubai / Reuters Dubai-based Emirates REIT, a sharia-compliant real estate investment trust, plans to issue a debut Islamic bond of at least $300 million by the end of this year, said a source close to the company. The sukuk, to be denominated in US dollars, could potentially replace all of the company’s outstanding debt, said the source, who spoke on ...
Read More »Mohammed calls for more efforts to achieve UAE’s vision
ABU DHABI / WAM With the approval and blessings of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the new ministers of the UAE government took the oath on Tuesday before His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi, in the presence ...
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