Bloomberg In a twist to the tale of two rival billionaire brothers in India, a bankruptcy filing by Anil Ambani’s wireless carrier could have one clear winner — his elder sibling’s disruptive mobile phone unit. The process initiated in Mumbai, once admitted by the court, would leave Ambani’s Reliance Communications Ltd., or RCom, 270 days to repay debt or liquidate. ...
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Bloomberg US and California officials agreed on one thing about auto emissions standards: they’re still miles from an agreement, with a crucial deadline just two months away. In separate comments, Sacramento and Washington’s top environmental regulators said they’ve yet to overcome a long-running impasse over the Trump administration’s proposal to cap auto emissions and fuel economy standards after 2020 and ...
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Bloomberg Johnson & Johnson, the world’s largest maker of health-care products, has agreed to settle the bulk of consumers’ lawsuits alleging it sold defective artificial hips and misled patients about their dangers, according to a lawyer for the plaintiffs. “The parties have reached an agreement that hopefully will resolve most, if not all, of the litigation,’’ said attorney Mark Lanier, ...
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Bloomberg When Siemens AG and Alstom SA unveiled their rail merger in 2017, the former arch-rivals hailed the deal as a historic union, forming the basis of a European champion with the heft to take on an expansionist Chinese competitor. The plan may well go down in history books, but not for the reasons the companies hoped. Rather, the European ...
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Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, have discussed with His Holiness Pope Francis the friendly relations between the UAE and ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network, has revealed details of their new strategy and brand identity, following the recent financing approval for Stage Two of the UAE’s national rail network. Operating under the directions of HH Sheikh Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Etihad Rail, the new ...
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ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB), delivered a strong set of results for 2018 with net profit up 8.7 percent to AED 2,500.8 million and rise of 23.2 percent in Q4 2018 from Q4 2017 to AED748.3 million, driven by a growth in customer financing and an improvement in provisioning. The performance was also supported by higher ...
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Bloomberg Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said “we’re getting ready to defend our country†as the US presses him to cede power. While President Donald Trump signaled he’s confident a transition of power to opposition leader Juan Guaido is under way and said the use of US military force in Venezuela remains “an option,†Maduro went on Spanish television to denounce ...
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Bloomberg Billionaire Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications Ltd. had a record plunge in Mumbai after the company said it will file for insolvency following failed attempts to sell assets and repay about $6.3 billion of debt. Shares of RCom, as the company is called, were trading at 7.01 rupees in Mumbai, down 39 percent. The company’s dollar-denominated bonds due November 2020 ...
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Bloomberg China’s consumers have cut back on purchases of everything from Apple Inc.’s iPhones to Swiss watches as the trade war with the US hits the economy. Landing just days after hundreds of local companies issued profit warnings and multinationals sounded the alarm about softening demand, the week-long Lunar New Year holiday will provide the next litmus test of the ...
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