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  DHAKA / AP By government accounts, four foreign-backed cellphone operators owe $500 million to Bangladesh in unpaid taxes. By the companies’ accounts, the figure is closer to $50 million — if it isn’t zero. As the legal row drags into its fourth year without resolution, telecommunications analysts warn it is putting pressure on the industry that is Bangladesh’s single ...

  Wellington / AFP Peter Jackson’s “Lord Of The Rings” and “Hobbit” series have proved to be as precious to New Zealand’s economy as any magical ring as millions flock to the country for a glimpse of Middle Earth, making tourism the main driver of growth. For years, coffers have been supplemented mainly by booming sales of dairy products from ...

  Brussels / AFP Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Union leaders on Sunday finally signed a landmark trade deal seven years in the making, after it was nearly being torpedoed by a small region of Belgium. The ceremony in Brussels had been pushed back from Thursday after French-speaking Wallonia, with just 3.6 million people, initially vetoed an agreement ...

  Bloomberg UK Business Secretary Greg Clark wrote to Nissan Motor Co. setting out four key assurances, including a pledge to seek tariff-free access to the European Union market in a post-Brexit deal, to persuade the company to make a new investment at a plant in northeast England. “What I said is that our objective would be to ensure that ...

  Qayyarah / AFP Iraqi paramilitary forces battled the IS group southwest of Mosul on Sunday, the second day of an operation to cut extremist supply lines between the city and neighbouring Syria. Tens of thousands of Iraqi troops and Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been advancing on Mosul from the north, east and south after the launch on October 17 of ...

  Miami / AFP Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against Hillary Clinton, seeking to exploit the FBI’s decision to reopen an investigation into her emails, as America’s bruising election campaign heads into its final stretch. Just 10 days before the country goes to the polls to elect either the former US secretary of state or the bombastic Republican billionaire, ...

  Dubai / WAM Ohood bint Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Happiness, launched the ‘Chief Happiness and Positivity Programme’ for the private sector at the first CEO Happiness Ball, recently held in Dubai. The programme is being introduced in response to the growing demand to bring the programme to the private sector, following its success in the government sector. ...

  Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, inspected the finishing touches at LEGOLAND and Riverland Dubai at the Dubai Parks and Resorts, the largest joint theme park destination in the Middle East. The two parks will be opened to the public in the next two days. The ...

  Dubai / WAM The Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Tolerance launched the “Tolerance Sign”, announcing Dubai as the capital of the world for tolerance, during a press conference on Thursday at the Armani Hotel, Burj Khalifa, under the theme “Tolerance Unites Us”. “We are here today to announce the launch of the “Sign of Tolerance” and to celebrate Dubai, a ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Tilal Properties, a leading Sharjah-based real estate developer and the first to develop freehold and leasehold properties in the emirate, is set to showcase its flagship projects at Cityscape Jeddah 2016, taking place from November 2-4 at Jeddah Centre for Forums and Events. At the forefront of its participation, the latest updates, designs and progress ...