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Bloomberg EMagin Corp. Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Lucas said that Apple Inc. didn’t invest in the augmented-reality display component maker, contradicting a listing in a regulatory filing mentioning the technology giant. An EMagin filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission listing Apple among “specified investors” was reported by TechCrunch, Bloomberg News and others. The document, from Jan. 23, proposed an ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, visited the Expo 2020 Dubai site on Monday to view the latest developments, construction and preparations made to date to host the world event. He was accompanied by HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday received the World Bank Group President, Dr Jim Yong Kim, on the sidelines of the World Government Summit (WGS 2018). During the meeting, Sheikh Mohammed and Dr Kim discussed a number of development issues in countries ...

DUBAI / WAM Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, met with Jose Qngel Gurria, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), to discuss and further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two sides. Obaid Al Tayer thanked the OECD Secretary-General for the constant support provided, specifically related to the Memorandum of Understanding signed ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday visited the Operations Control Room of the World Government Summit (WGS 2018), in Dubai. His Highness listened to a brief presentation by Major General Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police, and Major General Talal ...

Bloomberg The US is ready to engage in talks about North Korea’s nuclear program even as it maintains pressure on Kim Jong Un’s regime, Vice President Mike Pence said, signaling a shift in American policy. Pence and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in agreed to pursue dialogue with North Korea during conversations at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the Washington Post ...

Bloomberg Singapore may unveil an e-commerce tax in next week’s budget, setting the tone for a region that’s grappling with online retail’s assault on brick-and-mortar vendors. Eight of the 12 economists in a survey said the February 19 budget will contain a new tax on online vendors, with another betting that cross-border digital transactions will now be included in goods-and-services ...

Bloomberg Samsung SDI Co., a battery supplier to carmakers including BMW, plans to recycle cobalt from used mobile phones as companies around the world scramble to secure supplies of the metal amid surging prices. The plan fuels a trend among battery makers to reduce dependence on the Democratic Republic of Congo as a source of cobalt. The African country — ...

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. is spending $25 million more at its Kentucky factory to pump out more of the profitable big sport utility vehicles that are critical to funding its ambitious — and expensive — electric and self-driving vehicle plans. The investment will allow the second-largest US automaker to boost production of the new Lincoln Navigator and Ford Expedition by ...

Bloomberg Mercedes-Benz may pull out of the annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit next year, according to people familiar with the matter, as carmakers increasingly choose to unveil new products at tech shows or their own special events. Daimler AG, Mercedes’s parent, is moving towards standalone presentations of new models and technology summits like CES in Las Vegas, ...