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China builders eyeing smaller cities win race

Bloomberg Property developers that focus on smaller cities in China are set to be the beneficiaries of a reform that could encourage 100 million rural citizens to move to urban areas. Policy makers said cities with an urban population of 1 million to 3 million should scrap the residency registration system this year, a move that is seen boosting housing ...

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Google, Apple block TikTok download in India

Bloomberg Google and Apple Inc complied with an Indian court order to block downloads of the popular app TikTok over government concerns with illicit content, according to people familiar with the decision. The move could handicap the app’s owner, China’s Bytedance Ltd, the world’s most highly valued startup, in one of its most promising markets. An Indian state court had ...

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India jobless rate doubles since 2011

Bloomberg India’s unemployment rate has doubled in the eight years to 2018 with the higher educated and younger population accounting for the most without jobs, a new research by a privately run university shows. After remaining at about 2 to 3 percent during the decade to 2011, the unemployment rate in India has increased to more than 6 percent in ...

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Apple, Qualcomm settle billions of dollars of licensing dispute

Bloomberg Apple Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. agreed to end a two-year legal battle over billions of dollars of technology licensing fees that threatened the chipmaker’s most profitable line of business. Apple will make a one-time payment to Qualcomm, and the two reached a multiyear agreement whereby Qualcomm will supply chips and license its technology to the iPhone maker in exchange ...

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IBM sees slowing pace in cloud unit pinned for growth

Bloomberg International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) reported a decline in revenue from the cloud-computing, artificial intelligence and cognitive software unit that the company is hanging its future on. IBM reported a 2 percent drop, to $5.0 billion, in sales from cloud and cognitive software, in the three months ended March 31. Cloud revenue alone grew 10 percent over the last ...

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Trump receives trade setback as WTO ruling may foil US strategy

Bloomberg The debate over whether the World Trade Organization (WTO) has the authority to rule on disputes involving countries’ national security was put to rest, setting up a battle with the US, which has asserted the Geneva-based body doesn’t have the standing to make such decisions. Russia and Ukraine said they won’t appeal a landmark trade decision in which the ...

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Germany cuts economic growth outlook to 0.5%

Bloomberg The German economy is turning into Europe’s underperformer, with the government now predicting 2019 will see the weakest expansion in six years. Amid slowing global momentum and concerns over Brexit and trade disputes, the economy ministry on Wednesday cut its estimate to 0.5 percent, half the pace previously forecast. It’s the latest in a series of downward revisions from ...

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T-Mobile CEO defends Sprint merger as opposition mounts

Bloomberg As fears grow that T-Mobile US Inc.’s Sprint Corp. merger will be quashed by regulators, Chief Executive Officer John Legere is leading a personal crusade to rescue the deal. The CEO, known for his straggly hair, magenta T-shirts and Twitter antics, has made frequent trips to Washington since the proposed combination was announced in April of 2018. And he’s ...

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Saudi firm to launch biggest IPO in 5 years

Bloomberg Fawaz Alhokair Group, the Saudi retailer that owns the franchise for brands like Banana Republic and Zara, may raise as much as $1 billion from the share sale of its malls unit in what would be the kingdom’s biggest initial public offering in five years. Arabian Centres Co. said Tuesday that it will sell 65 million existing shares and ...

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Citi announces opening of new offices at ADGM

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Citi announces the opening of its new offices at the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), Abu Dhabi’s international financial centre. HE Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, ADGM Chairman, attended the inauguration ceremony, joining Citi executives David Livingstone, CEO for Europe, Middle East and Africa; Atiq Rehman, CEO for Middle East and Africa; and Elissar Farah Antonios, ...

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