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Bloomberg President Donald Trump urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to purchase US military equipment to create jobs in America after telling business leaders that Japan had an unfair advantage on trade. In a joint press briefing with Abe in Tokyo on Monday, Trump hailed the US-Japan alliance even as he called for a reduction in the trade gap between the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Sunday, received Alexander Lukashenko, President of the Republic of Belarus, who is currently on an official visit to the country. After welcoming President Lukashenko, the two sides discussed relations of cooperation and friendship ...

Dubai / WAM Under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and President of the Dubai Health Authority, Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qatami, Chairman of the Board and Director General of the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), inaugurated the second edition of the Annual Radiology Meeting in the UAE (ARM), at ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates announced on Sunday that it will reinstate its second daily service to Lagos and resume operations to Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, with four weekly flights from December 15. Similar to the current daily service between Dubai and Lagos, the added frequencies to Lagos will be operated with Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, offering eight private suites ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Meraas announced that it has partnered with global payments technology company, Visa, to create a new and exciting cardholder benefit for Visa premium cardholders in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The multi-year agreement will enable Visa Platinum, Visa Signature and Visa Infinite customers to take advantage of a 20 percent discount at ...

Bloomberg Lenovo Group Ltd. unveiled plans to take over Fujitsu Ltd.’s personal computer business for at least $157 million after posting its strongest revenue growth in two years amid signs the PC market is stabilising. China’s largest PC maker reported a 5 percent jump in revenue to $11.8 billion in the quarter ended in September, surpassing projections for $11.3 billion ...

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund is in talks with Auto1 Group GmbH to invest in the German used-car portal, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Vision Fund is set to invest more than $116 million in Berlin-based Auto1 at a valuation greater than 2.5 billion euros, said the person, who declined to be named as the ...

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp.’s talks to merge US unit Sprint Corp. with T-Mobile US Inc. ended after months of negotiations, dashing investors’ hopes for a wireless megamerger and signalling that unlimited data plans and heavy price discounting among US carriers will continue. SoftBank Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son and Tim Hoettges, CEO of T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom AG, couldn’t resolve ...

Bloomberg UK business called for an end to the “soap opera” of Brexit and a return to the spirit of national unity last seen in World War II as it pushed for certainty on Britain’s future relationship with the European Union. Confederation of British Industry President Paul Drechsler will appeal for a “single, clear strategy” in an address on Monday ...

Bloomberg Diabetes devices may be having their iPhone moment. For decades, the daily routine of diabetics involved painful needles, finger-pricking lancets and imprecise glucose metres. Now, manufacturers have begun incorporating the slick and consumer-friendly designs of Silicon Valley, linking to phones and other tech devices. “This is a crossroads for diabetes technology,’’ said Raj Denhoy, an analyst at Jefferies in ...