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Bloomberg An influential proxy adviser joined Elliott Management Corp. in opposing an $8.8 billion deal between two Hyundai Motor Group units, complicating the automotive giant’s ability to get shareholders to vote for an overhaul that may help the chairman pass control of the South Korean conglomerate to his son. Glass Lewis & Co., which provides voting advice for more than ...

Bloomberg US companies and business groups are lining up to oppose the Trump administration’s plan to slap tariffs on Chinese imports, as the two nations step up efforts to resolve their trade dispute. About 120 firms and industry groups are scheduled to testify at a hearing on the administration’s plan to impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods. So ...

Bloomberg Allianz SE’s asset-management business saw earnings soar on the back of increased inflows at the German firm’s Pimco unit. Operating profit at the unit, adjusted for foreign-exchange effects, increased by a “remarkable” 16.3 percent in the first quarter, Europe’s largest insurer said in a statement on Tuesday. External managers allocated almost 21 billion euros ($25 billion) to the firm, ...

Bloomberg The chief executive of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV admonished a company spokesman in 2015 for saying the company didn’t rig its vehicles with illegal software to pass emissions tests, according to documents filed in a related lawsuit. An excerpt of the 2015 email from CEO Sergio Marchionne to Fiat Chrysler’s then-head of US communications, Gualberto Ranieri, was revealed in ...

Bloomberg Hamas vowed to keep protesters storming the Gaza border on Tuesday, a day after 59 Palestinians were killed in confrontations with Israeli troops, the bloodiest toll in the seaside territory since a 2014 war. Monday’s casualties, which included more than 1,200 people wounded by live fire, were a stark contrast to the festivity of President Donald Trump’s inauguration of ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said that mega projects being implemented in the UAE are reinforcing the country’s profile globally as a model for sustainable growth driven by diversification, innovation and productive partnerships with the private sector. His Highness also said the tourism sector is ...

DUBAI / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), on Monday announced that Islamic economy generates 8.3 percent of Dubai’s gross domestic product (GDP), according to Dubai Statistics Centre, a strategic partner of DIEDC. Al Mansouri shared the statistics, mapping the contribution of key sectors – Islamic finance, manufacturing ...

RIGA / WAM The UAE is a strategic partner for Latvia which can serve as a gateway enabling Latvian companies to expand their presence in the GCC, Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis said during his meeting with a UAE trade delegation in Riga, led by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. During the meeting, Vejonis said Latvian companies can benefit ...

Dubai / WAM Dozens of innovations, ranging from agricultural initiatives that empower women and farmers to novel products that could combat desertification or plastic waste, are among the latest to receive a major boost from global social impact programme, Expo Live, run by organisers of the next World Expo, Expo 2020 Dubai. Twenty-six projects from 22 countries have been selected ...

Bloomberg Fifty-two Palestinians were killed in confrontations with Israeli troops after tens of thousands converged on the Gaza Strip border in a violent protest, throwing a pall over President Donald Trump’s contentious inauguration of a US embassy in Jerusalem. It was the deadliest day in Hamas-run Gaza since Israel warred with protesters there in 2014. Hundreds were also wounded by ...