Like all of us, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are going to die. Will it be in the next four years? Probably — ideally — not. But for voters, that’s a reasonable question, especially given that Clinton is 68 and Trump, 70. Unfortunately, the candidates have refused to divulge the kind of information that would enable anyone to arrive ...

  A day after signing a defence agreement that would make joint operations between their militaries easier and efficient, the US and India kicked off a two-day strategic and commercial dialogue in New Delhi on Tuesday. The world’s two largest democracies are keen to boost their bilateral trade —which currently stands at $109 billion — to $500 billion. They look ...

  The last few weeks have featured a great deal of news for Obamacare, most of it bad. Insurers are pulling out of the exchanges and premiums are rising. Coverage has been expanded, but it increasingly looks as if that coverage will mostly consist of companies taking their Medicaid managed care plans and repackaging them for private customers. Call it ...

  Uber is still losing lots and lots of money, the world learned last week from Bloomberg’s Eric Newcomer. It may even be losing a lot more money than Newcomer was able to tell us about. As he put it in his weekly e-mail newsletter: We know that Uber has lost at least $1.2 billion in the first half of ...

  Bloomberg U.S. index futures were little changed, after equities saw the biggest gain in three weeks, while investors awaited jobs data due this week for further clues on the path of Federal Reserve policy. Apple Inc. slipped 0.9 percent in early New York trading after being ordered to repay 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) plus interest as the European ...

  Dubai / Reuters Stock markets in the Gulf edged up in early trade on Tuesday after oil prices and Asian bourses made modest recoveries but trading volumes were thin. Dubai’s index climbed 0.1 percent with gainers outnumbering losers 13 to five. Trade mainly focused on speculative shares favoured by short-term local traders; builder Arabtec rose 0.7 percent and GFH ...

  Bloomberg For the first time in seven years, gold has fared poorly in August. Metal for immediate delivery dropped 2.2 percent this month as the Federal Reserve moved closer to raising interest rates and bullion purchases for exchange-traded funds slowed. The loss is unusual because, even as prices plunged during the past five years, gold always rose during August ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business The ICT Fund, the financing tool of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has announced it is organizing the UAE Drones for Good Award and the UAE AI Robotics for Good Award, two different sets of competitions each having local and international categories. The awards aim to encourage innovative ideas and designs intended to help ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah’s dynamic literary landscape took centre stage at an important international forum when two representatives from the Sharjah’s based cultural project took part in the recently concluded IFLA World Library and Information Congress. Rashid Al Kous, General Manager of Knowledge without Borders (KwB) and Majd Al Shehhi, Manager of its 1001 Titles initiative, both participated ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Falconcity of Wonders LLC, the developer of Falconcity of Wonders (FCW) the multipurpose mega project currently being built in Dubai, has announced that it has received three ISO certifications for Quality Management (ISO 9001) and Customer Satisfaction (ISO 10002 for Complaints Handling and ISO 10004 for Monitoring and Measurement). The distinguished international certifications reflect FCW’s ...