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Abu Dhabi / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister for Tolerance, said that the UAE’s leadership, government and people are inspired by the ideas of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the nation, and his approach to making the UAE an oasis of tolerance, pluralism and diversity. Sheikh Nahyan’s remarks came during a ...

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, has mandated Citi and Standard Chartered Bank as Global Coordinators and Joint Lead Managers, along with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, BNP Paribas, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD Capital, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC, J.P. Morgan and Noor Bank as Joint Lead Managers to arrange a global investor roadshow to meet ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE Park in China will officially open in December this year in Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. Dubai Municipality, which is representing the UAE in Expo 2018 China, has participated in the design of the project covering an area of 1,700 square metres. Marwan Al Mohammed, Director of General ...

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s oil company isn’t afraid of electric vehicles. As it prepares to sell a stake in the company to investors, the CEO reassured a Houston audience that the need for petroleum isn’t going away any time soon. “I am not losing any sleep over ‘peak oil demand’ or ‘stranded resources,”‘ Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser said ...

BEIJING / Reuters Top officials from China’s two largest oil and gas producers have urged the government to offer tax breaks for the building of gas storage facilities and importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help avoid another gas crunch in the winter ahead. Sinopec Vice President Ma Yongsheng said the central government should subsidise the construction of underground gas ...

Bloomberg China’s efforts to revive Silk Road trading routes are proving to be a boon for a slightly less ancient mode of transportation: freight trains. The value of cargo sent between between China and Europe by rail surged more than 140 percent in the first six months of 2017, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and ...

Bloomberg Essar Steel India Ltd.’s sale is facing a fresh delay, after creditors of the insolvent firm pushed back a decision on bids from ArcelorMittal and a consortium backed by VTB Group, people with knowledge of the matter said. A committee of Essar Steel creditors, originally slated to convene earlier this week, has postponed a meeting to discuss the offers, ...

Bloomberg Kia Motors Corp. will take a plunge into India’s crowded small car market. The affiliate of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Corp. plans to make three or more models in the compact hatchback and sport-utility vehicle segments within three years of starting production in 2019, Manohar Bhat, head, marketing and sales at Kia’s local unit said in an interview. Hatchbacks ...

Bloomberg China said a bill for a property tax is being drafted, moving a step closer to a levy that could help tame runaway home prices. Officials are working on the measure, Vice Finance Minister Shi Yaobin said in a briefing in Beijing during the annual meeting of the National People’s Congress. Former Finance Minister Lou Jiwei told reporters that ...

Bloomberg The international jewellery business that’s part of the empire controlled by Nirav Modi, the billionaire accused of masterminding India’s biggest bank fraud, was driven towards US bankruptcy protection after Indian authorities began seizing and freezing assets. The company’s attorney outlined that background at a Manhattan federal bankruptcy court hearing. Modi, the chief executive officer of the parent company of ...