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Sharjah / WAM The key roles of women and youth in realising the sustainable economic development in the UAE, the Arab region, and beyond, and the importance of boosting their participation in all market sectors will be brought under the spotlight next week by a group of business leaders and economic experts, at the Sharjah FDI Forum 2018. These discussions ...

Bloomberg Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, the cash-strapped South African power utility, wants the government to take on about 100 billion rand ($7.2 billion) of its debt as part of a rescue plan that will enable it to continue operating. The company’s executives outlined the proposal to move the debt onto the government’s balance sheet to bond investors in London this ...

Bloomberg Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is bowing to industry pressure to boost Germany’s offshore wind capacity, already among the biggest in Europe. The government will assess how to boost offshore capacity to 20 gigawatts by 2030 from a planned 15 gigawatts, according to details in an energy law passed by the parliament. The administration in Berlin has steadfastly blocked pressure ...

Bloomberg Christophe Weber, the chief executive officer of Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., has faced a string of challenges in his $62 billion pursuit of UK drugmaker Shire Plc. The Japanese company’s shares have tumbled, dissident shareholders complained and Shire repeatedly rebuffed his bids before agreeing to a deal. Now the Frenchman has scored a big victory with Takeda saying the deal ...

Bloomberg Chinese officials have begun preparing to restart imports of US soybeans and liquefied natural gas, the first sign confirming the claims of President Donald Trump and the White House that China had agreed to start buying some US products “immediately”. Chinese officials have been told to take necessary steps for the purchases, according to two officials with knowledge of ...

Bloomberg The next year and a half will be key for Tata Motors Ltd. as scrutiny of its debt metrics builds amid expectations the performance of its subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc will underwhelm. S&P Global Ratings cut Tata Motors’s long-term rating deeper into junk, the second downgrade for the Indian automaker in five months, citing headwinds for Jaguar ...

Bloomberg Malaysian financier Low Taek Jho has maintained his innocence over new charges of money laundering as the government steps up legal action against those who had allegedly embezzled from state investment fund 1MDB. “Low will not submit to any jurisdiction where guilt has been predetermined by politics and there is no independent legal process,” according to a statement issued ...

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG, trying to win over German car-bashing President Donald Trump at the White House, dangled ideas to expand US auto production and said it may tap Ford Motor Co to help build its cars in America. Chief Executive Officer Herbert Diess said VW has considered adding a second plant in the US, even though the company isn’t fully ...

Bloomberg The global hunt for high-quality, low-risk copper assets that are ready for construction is about to get tougher after Teck Resources Ltd sells a stake in one of the few deals available. Sumitomo Corp and Sumitomo Metal Mining Co agreed to pay $1.2 billion for 30 percent of the Compañia Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca SA project in nor-thern Chile. ...

Bloomberg Caterpillar Inc fell the most in six weeks as skepticism over claims of a US-China trade truce reignited demand concerns that have put the stock on course for its worst year since 2015. Shares fell as much as 6.6 percent, the biggest intraday decline since October 23, when the mining- and construction-equipment maker repeated its warning about rising costs ...