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Bloomberg Forces loyal to Libya’s eastern leader Khalifa Haftar have taken control of the country’s biggest oil field and say the deposit is secure and ready to resume production. Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army fanned out in the southwestern Sharara field, people with knowledge of the matter confirmed. Armed protesters had closed down the 300,000 barrel-per-day deposit in December, demanding ...

Bloomberg T-Mobile US Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Legere heads to Capitol Hill this week to defend his proposed takeover of Sprint Corp., as doubts about the deal grow on Wall Street and opponents say it will raise monthly bills. Legere is set to appear Wednesday and Thursday before two House panels about the $26.5 billion tie-up, which would unite ...

Bloomberg The UK should tackle the power of Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. over Britain’s news publishers and push the tech platforms to promote quality journalism, according to a report commissioned by the government to find remedies for the struggling local press. The Cairncross Review called for codes of conduct to govern commercial relationships between the Silicon Valley giants ...

Bloomberg Defending the incentive package to attract Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 to New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the prospect of the tech giant bringing tens of thousands of jobs to the area was “mission critical.” “We had a real live choice to make —25,000 to 40,000 jobs, many of them good paying, that New Yorkers really want and ...

Bloomberg TUI AG fell as much as 8 percent after Europe’s biggest holiday company detailed how a glut of flights and hotel rooms is hurting earnings, giving investors more reasons for concern following a profit warning last week. The loss for the quarter through December more than doubled, with no prospect of a turnaround because prices are depressed by unfilled ...

Dubai / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on Monday launched the Dubai International Best Practices Centre (DIBPC) on the sidelines of the World Government Summit, being held at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. The Crown Prince of Dubai HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al ...

Dubai / WAM The United Kingdom is seeking to grow the number of UK universities in the UAE as well as to learn from the UAE e-government programme model, according to Nadhim Zahawi, Member of Parliament and Minister Responsible for Special Education Needs in UK. “Education is a big export for us and big partnership with the UAE. There are ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Effective July 1, Etihad Airways will operate the Airbus A380 on its daily service linking Abu Dhabi and Seoul. The South Korean capital’s Incheon airport now joins London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, New York JFK and Sydney as a destination served by the airline’s award-winning aircraft. Robin Kamark, Chief Commercial Officer, Etihad Aviation Group, said, ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM At a time when oil is still a very important ingredient for the UAE economy, Dubai sets an example of “Service-driven” and “Tourism-driven” economy. Jose Angel Gurria Trevino, the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD, says “Dubai is now mostly service-driven; tourism-driven at the time oil is still a very important ingredient ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Christine Lagarde, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), visited Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar) to witness the progress of Abu Dhabi’s flagship sustainable urban community, Masdar City, and learn how investment in youth is helping the UAE to deliver on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She also toured Khalifa University of Science ...