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DUBAI / WAM As retail CEOs are adjusting their strategy to reinvent and transform their business, the 5th Edition of the Retail Leaders Circle Mena Summit returns to Dubai on March 25-26 in Dubai. Spotlighting a stellar line-up of speakers and renowned thinkers, the annually summit provides a unique platform for the region’s leaders to navigate a complex business environment ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) participated in the 26th edition of South Asia’s largest travel and tourism exhibition (SATTE 2019), in January, in Greater Noida, India, further reinforcing the emirate’s continued commitment to one of its top performing source markets. Marking the first international roadshow of 2019, Dubai Tourism will be represented ...

Bloomberg Petroleos Mexicanos bonds cratered after Fitch Ratings downgraded the state-owned company to just a notch above junk, spurring a slide in sovereign debt and the peso. The yield on Pemex bonds due in 2027 rose 28 basis points to 7.251 percent at 1:02 pm in New York, after jumping as much as 40 basis points earlier in the day. ...

Bloomberg Morocco will start intervening to limit fuel prices from March as the margins of fuel distributors such as Vivo Energy and Total Maroc come under scrutiny following nationwide protests last year. “The capping mechanism is coming,” General Affairs and Public Governance Minister Lahcen Daoudi said in a video published on his party’s website, indicating it would be put in ...

Bloomberg US oil refiners won’t be allowed to complete shipments of Venezuelan crude they booked before the Trump administration slapped new sanctions on the Latin American nation. US Treasury Department officials have informed some companies that previously contracted cargoes won’t be exempt from a new rule blocking payments to Venezuela’s PDVSA, according to two people familiar with the matter. The ...

Bloomberg New Fortress Energy LLC fell 6.6 percent in its trading debut, as the markets gave a cold shoulder to the first operating company to go public after the US government reopened. The energy infrastructure company raised $280 million on Wednesday, selling 20 million shares for $14 each — below the $15 price it had set for them. The shares ...

Bloomberg Billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications Ltd. had a record plunge in Mumbai after the company said it will file for insolvency following failed attempts to sell assets and repay about $6.3 billion of debt. Shares of RCom, as the company is called, were trading at 7.01 rupees in Mumbai, down 39 percent. The company’s dollar-denominated bonds due November 2020 ...

Bloomberg Sony Corp. reported weaker profits in the PlayStation business and cut its annual revenue forecast, triggering the steepest share decline in almost three and a half years. The stock fell 8.1 percent in Tokyo on Monday, the most since September 2015, after operating income in games fell 14 percent to 73 billion yen ($666 million) for the holiday quarter. ...

Bloomberg Acquisitive Chinese luxury apparel firm Shandong Ruyi Group is planning an initial public offering (IPO) for The Lycra Co., maker of the elastic material used in yoga pants and skinny jeans. Ruyi aims to list the business within three years, the group’s chief strategy officer, Kelvin Ho, said in an interview in Hong Kong. Lycra Co. owns some well-known ...

Bloomberg China’s consumers have cut back on purchases of everything from Apple Inc.’s iPhones to Swiss watches as the trade war with the US hits the economy. Landing just days after hundreds of local companies issued profit warnings and multinationals sounded the alarm about softening demand, the week-long Lunar New Year holiday will provide the next litmus test of the ...