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COLORADO / WAM A high level delegation representing the UAE Space Agency participated in the 34th Space Symposium, held this week in Colorado, USA. The Symposium brought together space leaders from different parts of the space sector including government, industry, and military experts from around the world. Led by Dr. Ahmad bin Abdullah Humaid Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State ...

Bloomberg The US and China look to be preparing for a protracted confrontation over trade and investment as they each try to line up allies for their cause. The struggle for support is being waged worldwide, with its locus shifting this week to Washington and the semi-annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Behind the battle: an effort by ...

Bloomberg Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. sweetened its offer for drugmaker Shire Plc to more than $60 billion after three prior bids were rejected, wooing investors in the US company with a higher cash component. The Japanese company boosted its offer to 47 pounds ($65.84) a share from 46.50 pounds a share, confirming a Bloomberg News report that it was considering a ...

Bloomberg Asian technology stocks joined their peers in a global swoon after a disappointing sales outlook from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Apple Inc.’s main chip supplier, rekindled concerns that the smartphone industry’s best days may be behind it. TSMC fell 6 percent — its biggest loss since July 2013 — after predicting current-quarter sales about a billion dollars less than ...

Bloomberg It’s all adding up for Liu Yachao. The chief operating officer of TAL Education Group, a Beijing-based provider of tutoring services for Chinese students in core academic subjects, became the company’s second billionaire as its stock more than doubled in the past year. Chinese parents spend an average of $42,892 on their children’s education, with 93 percent of them ...

Bloomberg Indonesia’s Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti deals with some dangerous men in her role, but they don’t rattle her. She has an equally intimidating weapon on her side: Google. Partnering with the search engine firm, Pudjiastuti is catching illegal fishing activity in real time, after thousands of vessels’ locations were revealed online. In her mission to clean up an industry ...

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. set a lobbying record in the first three months, just as an uproar flared up the leak of data on millions of users’ without their permission. The company spent $3.3 million, according to disclosures filed with the government, up from the $3.21 million it spent in the same period a year earlier, which represented the company’s prior ...

Bloomberg AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. are under investigation by US antitrust officials over whether the companies colluded to make it tougher for consumers to switch wireless carriers, according to three people familiar with the matter. Apple Inc., a pioneer in the eSIM technology that makes switching easier, was joined by other equipment makers in complaining to the government ...

Bloomberg General Electric Co reported solid results, reaffirmed its profit forecast and avoided the kind of nasty surprises that marred earnings in recent quarters. Chief Executive Officer John Flannery expressed optimism that GE would exceed its $2 billion cost-cutting goal and said he’s exploring new ways to run the company. “I’m excited about the path we’re on,” Flannery said on ...

Bloomberg Ericsson AB shares soared the most in more than 9 years after the Swedish maker of wireless networks posted first-quarter earnings that were stronger than analysts had expected, proof that the company is making progress in a protracted effort to reverse its fortunes. Ericsson’s closely watched gross margin — the share of sales remaining after production costs — rose ...