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Bloomberg President Donald Trump predicted the US economy is “going to start to rock” when the Republican rewrite of the US tax code is complete after a six-week sprint. GOP lawmakers posted their sweeping, 503-page bill—with permanent tax cut for US corporations and temporary benefits for individuals—after gaining key votes from two Republican senators who’d threatened to oppose it. Now, ...

Bloomberg Google moved to strip from its news search results publications that mask their country of origin or intentionally mislead readers, a further step to curb the spread of fake news that has plagued internet companies this year. To appear in Google News results, websites must meet broad criteria set out by the company, including accurately representing their owners or ...

Bloomberg Professional drivers looking to buy a Tesla to shuttle paying customers around should consider this: After Friday, vehicles used for commercial purposes won’t be allowed to use the company’s Superchargers anymore, according to an updated policy. The change in rules applies to vehicles being deployed as taxis — including by drivers for Uber Technologies Inc. or Lyft Inc. — ...

Bloomberg UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson made a fresh intervention in the debate over Britain’s future relationship with the European Union, even as Prime Minister Theresa May said she won’t be derailed in her strategy. Johnson called for a “liberal Brexit” in an interview with the Sunday Times newspaper, as he said the advantages of leaving haven’t been properly outlined ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business As Sharjah continues its extensive drive to build a wider global base of economic allies and investors, government entities, expanding enterprises and private businesses from Japan and Sharjah met to discuss latest investment opportunities in the rapidly diversifying economic milieu of Sharjah and the UAE. For the first time an international business meeting was brought to ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business EcoWASTE Exhibition will be held for the fifth successive year in 2018 in Abu Dhabi, with a focus on advancing sustainable waste management and recycling across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As a platform to establish a future-centric agenda and lead dialogue in the industry, EcoWASTE Exhibition will bring together businesses, policymakers, municipalities, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Saab, a defence technology solutions supplier, has officially established its development and production centre in Abu Dhabi at Tawazun Industrial Park (TIP), the hub for strategic defence and aerospace manufacturing. The facility was inaugurated in the presence of Saif Mohammed Al Hajri, Board Member of Tawazun Economic Council; Major General Staff Pilot Ibrahim Nasir Al-Alawi, Commander ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced that it signed a strategic partnership agreement with Q4 Consultants. The agreement was signed by His Excellency Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, and Deepak Batra on behalf of Q4 Consultants. Under the terms of the agreement, the Indian company will act as a ‘Real Estate Promotion Trustee’, supporting ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s stock exchange proposed to let “innovative” companies list in the Chinese enclave with dual-class share structures to avoid losing out on more initial public offerings by technology giants like Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Allowing shares with extra voting power is part of a package of measures that may be the biggest change to the exchange’s listing rules ...

Bloomberg Go-Jek, Indonesia’s biggest ride-hailing service, agreed to acquire three local financial-technology companies, underscoring its ambition to become the dominant player in the country’s nascent digital-payments industry. The deals bring together Kartuku, Indonesia’s largest offline payments-processing company; Midtrans, the nation’s top online-payment gateway; and Mapan, a local community-based saving and lending network, Go-Jek said. Go-Jek and the three companies now ...