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ABU DHABI / WAM Emirates News Agency (WAM) has expanded its news services to include five new languages, bringing the total to 13 languages spanning 142 countries around the world. The five new languages – German, Italian, Turkish, Persian and Hindi – are spoken in 42 countries. WAM’s existing news service is broadcast in six languages (French, Chinese, Russian, Portuguese, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business MaK Middle East LLC, a Caterpillar company established in Dubai in 2017, continues to reinforce its commitment to excellence in the region by providing quality services and sustained innovation. The company, a direct distributer of Caterpillar Inc’s medium speed engine brands; MaK, CM and EMD, as well as Napier and KBB turbochargers; has a dedicated facility ...

Dubai/ WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal export credit company, announced its latest initiative, the National Accelerator Programme, an extensive 18-week training that has been especially designed for young Emirati nationals to give them a better understanding of government export credit insurance. Through this programme, ECI commits to an environment of comprehensive development and continuous learning for the ...

Bloomberg Opec and allied oil producers will cut or adjust production as needed to balance the market, the group’s president, United Arab Emirates Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei, said on Wednesday. If Opec+ needs to reduce output, it will do so, he said in a Bloomberg TV interview in Abu Dhabi. The producers will take whatever steps are necessary to ...

Bloomberg The International Energy Agency (IEA) welcomed the oil market’s return to surplus as Opec’s production surge sw-ells global stockpiles and drives prices into a bear market. Inventories in industrialised nations have increased for four straight months and are set to jump by 2 million barrels a day next half if current output is maintained, the IEA said in its ...

Bloomberg SSE Plc is to split off its green generation into a separate business known as SSE Renewables under the UK utility’s increased focus on low-carbon generation. The new company will have 4 gigawatts of capacity by March including onshore and offshore wind, flexible hydro, run-of-river hydro and pumped storage. That compares with 7.3 gigawatts of conventional assets. We’re starting ...

Bloomberg Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.’s disappointing earnings will fan fears that Apple Inc.’s legion of global hardware suppliers are in for hard times. The main assembler of iPhones reported net income of NT$24.9 billion ($806 million) in the September quarter, about 12 percent below the average analysts’ estimate. Hon Hai joins a string of Apple suppliers that have warned ...

Bloomberg Samsung Group’s biotechnology unit is facing a potential criminal investigation and delisting after South Korea’s financial regulator said that the company “intentionally” violated accounting rules surrounding an initial public offering. A securities panel of South Korea’s Financial Services Commission said Samsung Biologics Co. deliberately overstated the value of affiliate Samsung Bioepis ahead of its IPO in 2016, which raised ...

Bloomberg Tata Steel Ltd.’s quarterly profit rose to the highest in nine years as India’s oldest steelmaker reaped gains from higher prices and its focus on the domestic market, where a government push to improve infrastructure has raised demand. Group net income surged nearly four-fold to $495 million in the three months ended on September 30, from 9.76 billion rupees ...

Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd. posted earnings that surpassed all analyst estimates as one-time gains and advertising demand limited the impact of a government clampdown on its lucrative games business. Net income surged 30 percent to 23.3 billion yuan ($3.4 billion) for the September quarter, compared with the 18.4 billion yuan average of estimates. With revenue growing at the slowest pace ...