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Bloomberg JD.com Inc. is slashing salaries for about 2,000 managers by 10% to 20% and diverting some of those savings toward a $1.4 billion employee benefits fund, aligning China’s No. 2 online retailer with Xi Jinping’s “common prosperity” campaign to share the wealth. Billionaire JD.com founder Richard Liu will donate 100 million yuan ($14 million) of his own money toward ...

  Bloomberg Shares of One 97 Communications Ltd., the parent of India’s leading digital payments brand Paytm, plunged to a record low on Tuesday after Macquarie Group Ltd. analysts flagged risks from billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s foray into the financial services business. Reliance Industries Ltd.’s Jio Financial Services Ltd. “can pose a significant growth and market-share risk” for players such as ...

  Bloomberg The Singapore police is investigating Binance.com over a possible breach of local payment services rules. “Police investigations are ongoing and we are unable to comment further,” according to a statement from the police in response to queries from Bloomberg News. The probe started when the nation’s financial regulator referred the case to the white-collar crime unit of the ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a congratulatory message to Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kazakhstan, on his re-election as President. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has dispatched similar message to Tokayev

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Adnoc Drilling Company on Monday announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire an additional three brand new high-specification offshore jack-up drilling units (the “rigs”). The cost of the acquisition is part of the company’s three-year guidance on capital expenditure and its strategic growth plans. The acquisition underpins the company’s accelerated fleet expansion and ...

  DUBAI / WAM Arada has unveiled its first project in Dubai with the launch of “Jouri Hills” at Jumeirah Golf Estates, a villa collection in the heart of one of the emirate’s most-sought-after residential and leisure communities. The latest phase in 40 million square foot Jumeirah Golf Estates master plan, Jouri Hills contains 294 high-end homes located close to ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd announced that it had completed the previously announced acquisition of SKY Fund I Irish, Ltd and its subsidiaries (SKY Fund I) on November 18. Sky Fund I leases aircraft to 14 airline customers in 11 countries. Next-generation technology aircraft represent more than 90% of the acquired portfolio. Following the acquisition of ...

  Abu Dhabi / Gulf Time Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi – Kezad group, the integrated trade, logistics, and industrial hub of Abu Dhabi and a subsidiary of AD Ports group, announces an agreement with TotalEnergies Renewables Distributed Generation Middle East & Africa, an affiliate of TotalEnergies, to explore opportunities to solarise assets across Kezad’s industrial ecosystem. TotalEnergies’ Renewables Distributed ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Ltd announced that it had completed the previously announced acquisition of SKY Fund I Irish, Ltd and its subsidiaries (SKY Fund I) on November 18. Sky Fund I leases aircraft to 14 airline customers in 11 countries. Next-generation technology aircraft represent more than 90% of the acquired portfolio. Following the acquisition of SKY ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM More than 100 elementary school students marked the World Children’s Day by learning to regulate their emotions and gaining social and interpersonal skills, under the guidance of community experts and specialists from Abu Dhabi Centre for Sheltering and Humanitarian Care – Ewaa. The activities, organised as part of the Ministry of Interior’s activations, aimed at ...