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Etihad Airways adds more flights to Kerala

  Thiruvananthapuram / Emirates Business Etihad Airways is celebrating 10 years of flying to the southern Indian state of Kerala with the introduction of additional flights to the popular destination. The airline has launched a fourth daily non-stop service between Kozhikode and its Abu Dhabi hub offering convenient onward connections to cities worldwide. The extra capacity takes to 63 the ...

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wasl announces Dubai’s 2nd Mandarin hotel

  Dubai / Emirates Business wasl Asset Management Group, one of the largest real estate development and management companies in Dubai – has announced the launch of the city’s second luxury Mandarin Oriental hotel, which is due to open in November 2020. The new location in Dubai’s Commercial District of Sheikh Zayed Road will complement wasl’s Mandarin Oriental hotel on ...

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New radar system in Dubai to detect rain from 200 km

  Dubai / WAM Hussain Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality inaugurated the Meteorological Radar project, which was launched by the Municipality in the field of Geodetic Survey. The project is implemented as part of the development of the early warning system for weather forecasting and monitoring of climate change and its impact on all regions of the Emirate of Dubai. ...

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Saudi to control oil reserves, output after Aramco IPO

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s giant oil and gas reserves and any decisions about producing from them will remain solely in government hands after Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on state television. The world’s largest oil exporter known formally as Saudi Arabian Oil Co. holds a concession to pump the kingdom’s oil and gas, ...

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Oil rises from 6-week low as US glut eases

  Bloomberg Oil rebounded from a six-week low on signs the US crude surplus is easing and as Russia signaled support for longer production cuts with OPEC. Futures in New York rose as much as 1.1 percent after closing at the lowest since March 21. US crude inventories fell by 4.16 million barrels last week and gasoline dropped by 1.93 ...

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China tries to calm investors over tough market regulations

  Bloomberg China is breaking out its mouthpieces — and wallet — as it seeks to soothe investors in the face of tighter financial market regulations. The central bank-run Financial News urged stock investors not to overreact to tougher regulations in front-page commentary on Wednesday. The monetary authority will prevent swings in liquidity from exceeding tolerable levels, the official Xinhua ...

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Pimco warns of credit risks as Asia bond sales at record

  Bloomberg Raja Mukherji, head of Asia credit research at Pacific Investment Management Co., has turned less bullish on the region’s dollar bond market, as record offerings raise the risks presented by weaker borrowers. “We don’t have a table-pounding buy on Asian credit today like we did last year, especially not for high-yield bonds,’’ said Mukherji. Asia dollar bond valuations ...

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Sky-high asset valuations a worry for Hong Kong regulator

  Bloomberg Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission plans to look more closely at corporate asset valuations, according to Chief Executive Officer Ashley Alder. Assets such as coal mines or residential property are valued by independent appraisers and their conclusions are used to justify prices paid by companies. It’s time for a “fresh look” at the issue, Alder said at ...

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China economic momentum slows down in first quarter

  Bloomberg The first peek into China’s economy this quarter shows momentum cooling slightly as a real-estate frenzy and months of producer-price gains may have peaked. Confidence of small- and medium-sized enterprises, a gauge of manufacturing based on satellite imagery and a steel sentiment index edged down in April. International financial market experts remained confident in the future of the ...

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Big summer shutdowns loom for US auto plants

  Bloomberg Auto workers may be getting some extra time off around Independence Day, but they won’t be celebrating. They’ll know it means sales are weak and that profits — and profit-sharing checks — could be shrinking. Manufacturers used to shut plants for a week or two in July for maintenance and to keep inventories in check. As sales boomed ...

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