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Emirates Business LG Electronics revolutionized the vacuum cleaner industry 16 years ago with the commercialization of one of the world’s first robotic vacuum cleaners. LG engineers took advantage of the head start and years of home appliance robotics experience to develop this year’s HOM-BOT Turbo+, which was just recognized by Seoul National University (SNU) Robotics & Intelligent Systems Lab, the ...

Ajman / Emirates Business City Centre Ajman is set to become bigger and better with new restaurants boasting al fresco dining, cafes, stylish retail outlets and value stores. The mall, which is owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim – the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East and North Africa – is undergoing a comprehensive ...

DUBAI / Reuters Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has priced $2.3 billion in senior bonds split across three tranches, the company said on Sunday. DAE priced $500 million of 4 percent notes due in 2020, $800 million 4.5 percent bonds due in 2022 and $1 billion 5 percent bonds due in 2024, according to a company statement. DAE, the aircraft leasing ...

Bloomberg Louis Vuitton launched an e-commerce service in China, seeking to capitalize on a rebound in the world’s largest luxury-goods market, where online sales have been dominated by local Internet giants. The site will let customers buy Louis Vuitton leather goods, shoes, accessories, watches, jewelry, luggage and perfume, the LVMH-owned brand said in a statement Friday. The site will cover ...

Bloomberg Electrolux AB raised its outlook for growth in North America as second-quarter profit beat estimates and Europe’s biggest maker of household appliances sold more air conditioners to US customers. Demand for appliances in the Stockholm-based company’s biggest market is expected to grow by 3 percent to 4 percent this year, Electrolux said in a statement on Wednesday. That compared ...

Bloomberg Flipkart Online Services Pvt has made a revised bid to acquire rival Snapdeal for about $950 million, an offer that could lead to a final agreement between India’s two largest local e-commerce providers within three weeks, according to people familiar with the matter. Snapdeal’s board members discussed the proposal on a conference call late last night after rejecting an ...

Bloomberg Puma SE increased its full-year forecasts for the second time in three months as the German sporting-goods maker brought forward figures showing a jump in quarterly sales and profit. Currency-adjusted revenue for 2017 will rise by 12 percent to 14 percent, the company said in an unscheduled statement, up from a prior forecast of low double-digit growth. Puma boosted ...

Bloomberg FedEx Corp.’s TNT unit is still slogging through some transactions by hand and information systems may never fully recover from a June cyberattack that is expected to deal a blow to earnings. The shares fell the most in two months after the courier said customers continue to experience widespread service and invoicing delays. While TNT facilities are functioning, they ...

Bloomberg Tim Hortons coffee and doughnuts are about as closely linked with the Canadian identity as hockey and universal health care, but the institution is under attack. That’s the view of many of the chain’s franchisees, who are chafing under the corporate ownership of Restaurant Brands International Inc., the fast-food conglomerate that also runs Burger King and Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. ...

Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc.’s deal to buy Whole Foods Markets Inc. was a catastrophe for countless stocks, as concern about market disruption wreaked havoc on retailers and REITs. But for holders of a newly listed technology stock, it’s adding fuel to an already-stellar run. Impinj Inc., whose so-called radio-frequency identification technology allows users to tag and track data on products, is ...