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Bloomberg ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Just over a month after Amazon.com Inc. ate Whole Foods, the shakeout in the American grocery aisle keeps getting uglier. The latest sign of trouble: Private-equity giant Apollo Global Management recently tossed a $50 million lifeline to Fresh Market, the struggling high-end chain it took private only 17 months ago. It will only get worse from here, analysts ...

Bloomberg Social-media giants such as Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. will have to reveal the scale of cyber bullying in the UK and face being made to pay the cost of dealing with it. Under the latest guidance by the UK government, technology companies will be required to publish an annual report on how complaints are handled, the reported abuse ...

Bloomberg If the UK can’t guarantee European citizens now working there that their lives will be unaffected by Brexit, then those people should look for jobs in Denmark. The Confederation of Danish Industry, which represents about 10,000 corporations, says now is the time to try to attract that demographic to the Scandinavian country and help deal with a severe labour ...

Bloomberg Procter & Gamble Co. may have prevailed in its proxy fight against activist investor Nelson Peltz, but the contentious showdown has left its investors as divided as ever. The world’s largest consumer-products company said that Peltz fell short of the votes needed to be elected to the board, based on preliminary results. But the investor isn’t going quietly: His ...

Bloomberg Shortly after taking over Uber Technologies Inc. in September, Dara Khosrowshahi told employees to brace for a painful six months. US officials are looking into possible bribes, illicit software, questionable pricing schemes and theft of a competitor’s intellectual property. The very attributes that, for years, set the company on a rocket-ship trajectory—a tendency to ignore rules, to compete with ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Al Ghurair Properties, the pioneering real estate developer managing commercial, residential, hospitality and mixed use developments, announces a new wave of projects across Dubai, as part of the company’s vision to uplift the property offering in the city. According to reports from real estate agency, JLL MENA, as a result of Dubai’s improving economy, it is ...

RAS AL KHAIMAH / WAM Expo 2020 Dubai will provide an unprecedented platform that will showcase to the world the achievements of the UAE’s creative development process and its constructive role in contributing to the creation of a better future for all mankind, HH Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah said. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE Space Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, defining a framework for collaboration and the exchange of information and expertise in the fields of space science, research, and technology. The MoU was signed by Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher ...

Ras Al Khaimah / Emirates Business Bank ABC (Arab Banking Corporation (B.S.C.)), First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (FAB), and Standard Chartered Bank, acting as the Initial Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, successfully closed a debut $350 million 3-year Syndicated Term Loan Facility for The National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah, (RAKBANK). The Facility was signed on October 9 and will ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Maritime Cluster Office (DMCO) of the Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with Germany’s Maritimes Cluster Norddeutschland and Canada’s Vancouver International Maritime Cluster as part of its efforts to develop more strategic partnerships with the world’s leading maritime clusters. The signing ceremony was attended by Hamad Buamim, Director General of ...