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Bloomberg Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said he is confident economic growth this year will meet a government goal of 6.7 percent without adding to inflation, despite weak expansion last quarter. Vietnam is taking steps to bolster the economy as the nation seeks to retain its status as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, the premier said in an ...

Bloomberg If the Swiss economic growth is still left in the shade by Germany this week, its central bank knows exactly why. Two-and-a-half years after suffering an exchange-rate shock that made its exports even more expensive, Switzerland has yet to rediscover its knack of outperforming neighboring Germany. While the two economies boast significant similarities, prompting the Swiss to dub their ...

Bloomberg A rise in US tariffs on Canadian softwood will help drive an increase in lumber exports to China and other Asian markets, Canada’s top trade official said. “There’s an enormous opportunity,” said Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne in an interview in Singapore. “Diversification is the key, that’s why Canada has an ambitious trade agenda.” With other Canadian industries also bracing ...

Bloomberg On the less fashionable fringes of London, home sellers are quickly finding out just what the market can bear. Buyers fleeing the capital’s costly center turned peripheral boroughs into London’s hottest property markets. Now, more sellers in those areas are being forced to cut their prices after values quickly outstripped the spending power of the average buyer. The number ...

Bloomberg Russia is pressing ahead with its biggest-ever auction for renewable energy, seeking to award contracts to purchase 1.9 gigawatts of clean electricity as well as attracting foreign investment to support jobs at home. The government tender starting on Monday has attracted the interest of For-tum Oyj, Finland’s largest energy com- pany, which is prequalified to participate in the auction. ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Bloom Properties, a Bloom Holding business specializing in the development of integrated and sustainable communities, has commenced the main construction works at its ‘Soho Square’ urban development on Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi. Bloom Properties has appointed Emirates Link Maltauro, a leading construction group in the UAE to carry out the main works of the development. ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Al Habtoor Motors, Mitsubishi’s official dealer in the UAE, is ready to treat customers with absolute value along with greater savings on the entire fleet of Mitsubishi passenger cars during the holy month of giving. What makes it even more exciting is they also get a chance to win 5 Lancer EX cars in Dubai ...

Dubai / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development and Chairman of the General Authority of Youth and Sports Welfare, has stressed that the UAE’s wise leadership considers youth among its priorities, based on the belief that they are the main cornerstone of community development and one of the fundamental components of the nation’s ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The idyllic town woke up to a sparkling new day with the opening of Joyalukkas showroom in Damascus St, Al Qusais, Dubai. The all-new Joyalukkas Damascus St, Al Qusais showroom was inaugurated by Jassim Mohamed Ibrahim Alhasawi Altamimi – Director, Joyalukkas Jewellery, UAE and Mustafa Mohd Alshareef, Vice President Government & VVIP Dubai Region, Etisalat in ...

Bloomberg SolarWorld AG’s US unit joined a trade case asking the federal government to impose duties on low-cost imports that have fueled a nationwide boom in solar installations. The company, which filed a separate trade complaint that led to US tariffs on Chinese panels in 2012, became a co-petitioner in Suniva Inc.’s case before the US International Trade Commission. Suniva, ...