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Bloomberg India said its fighter jets destroyed a major terrorist camp in Pakistan in the worst escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals since 2001, in an incident that Islamabad has described as a “grave aggression.” More than 300 people were killed in the air strikes at the camp belonging to terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed that has trained suicide bombers, according to an ...

Bloomberg As key engines of loan growth in the world’s fastest-expanding major economy, they once were investor favourites. But now traders won’t go near India’s shadow banks. About $22 billion has evaporated from a group of almost two dozen non-bank financial companies (NBFC) since August 31, before confidence was rocked. And investors aren’t rushing to get back in, according to ...

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. and Huawei Technologies Co. watched as Apple Inc. first priced a mass market smartphone at more than $1,000 — and now have upped the ante with new models at almost double that cost. Apple kicked off the trend in 2017 with the iPhone X. Its latest premium iPhones, the XS and XS Max, cost as much ...

Bloomberg When Larry Culp took command of flailing General Electric Co. late last year, his mandate was simple: be more aggressive. Fewer than five months later, investors are applauding. The shares soared as Culp took his boldest step yet to rescue the troubled behemoth, agreeing to sell GE’s bio-pharmaceutical business to his former employer, Danaher Corp, for $21.4 billion. Culp ...

Bloomberg European Union policy makers agreed to give an extra two years to the financial industry to complete an overhaul of key regional and foreign financial benchmarks to protect them from potential manipulation. The deal reached by EU diplomats and members of the European Parliament will allow Eonia and Euribor to be used by firms based in the bloc until ...

Bloomberg Elon Musk is facing a new round of regulatory trouble for tweets about Tesla Inc., raising fresh concerns about the billionaire CEO’s ability to keep his impulses in check and responsibly run a public company. The US Securities and Exchange Commission asked a judge to hold Musk in contempt for violating a settlement that required him to get Tesla ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Following the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has approved the construction of 34,000 housing units for Emiratis across different parts of the UAE at a total cost of AED32 billion ($8.7 ...

VATICAN / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, sent a message to His Holiness Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church, thanking him for the historic visit to the UAE from February 3-5, and his participation along with Dr Ahmad el-Tayeb, Grand Imam ...

DUBAI / WAM Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Deputy Chairman of Police and General Security in Dubai and Chairman of HBMSU’s Board of Governors, on Monday officially opened the 12th edition of Innovation Arabia Conference and Exhibition. The event is being held under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy (DoE), the government entity in charge of ensuring excellence and sustainability in energy sector in Abu Dhabi, has received a delegation from the Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), to enhance cooperation and outline joint efforts towards a more sustainable future for the wider region. During the visit, DoE ...