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Bloomberg Congress isn’t expected to pass legislation ordering new US sanctions on Russia before the end of the year, as lawmakers focus instead on government spending measures, judicial nominations and a farm bill, key senators said. A bipartisan group of senators moved swiftly over the summer to assemble new proposals for Russia sanctions following President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian ...

Bloomberg Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.’s disappointing earnings will fan fears that Apple Inc.’s legion of global hardware suppliers are in for hard times. The main assembler of iPhones reported net income of NT$24.9 billion ($806 million) in the September quarter, about 12 percent below the average analysts’ estimate. Hon Hai joins a string of Apple suppliers that have warned ...

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. is continuing to push money into one of its biggest investments: WeWork Cos. The New York-based co-working company signed a $3 billion warrant with SoftBank, WeWork said in a discussion of its third-quarter earnings. SoftBank agreed to pay $3 billion to WeWork for the opportunity to buy shares before September 2019 at a price of $110 ...

Bloomberg The Trump administration will hold off for now on imposing new tariffs on automobile imports as top officials weigh revisions to a report on the national security implications, accordi-ng to two people familiar with the matter. President Donald Trump met with his top trade advisers at the White House to discuss a draft report on a Commerce Department investigation ...

Bloomberg General Electric Co jumped as Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp accelerated plans to pare the company’s stake in Baker Hughes with a deal that wo- uld raise about $4 billion at current prices. GE will sell as many as 166.2 million shares in the oilfield-services provider through a secondary offering and a stock repurchase by Baker Hughes, the companies ...

Bloomberg Johnson Controls International Plc’s $13.2 billion sale of its car-battery business completes the company’s dramatic makeover from an automotive supplier to a provider of systems for homes and buildings, setting the stage for growth through acquisitions. Chief Executive Officer George Oliver is betting on continued growth of “smart buildings” as companies seek to boost efficiency of working spaces with ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Tuesday hosted senior oil, gas and technology leaders at the inaugural Adnoc Artificial Intelligence (AI) Forum. The event was held at Adnoc HQ in its state-of-the Panorama Digital Command Centre, to discuss radical industry shifts, the rise of AI and how collectively, the industry can accelerate AI advancement ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The oil and gas industry must secure more than US$10 trillion worth of investment over the next 22 years if it is to meet the forecast growth in demand for energy and industrial petroleum-based products. According to figures from the OPEC World Oil Outlook 2040, the total oil and gas value chain will need around $10.5 ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The size of Japanese investments in Abu Dhabi reached approximately AED6.1 billion by end of 2017, while the number of trade licenses issued to Japanese investors in Abu Dhabi reached 32. Similarly, the value of non-oil trade between Japan and Abu Dhabi stood at AED9.803 billion between January and October 2018, compared to AED8.320 billion in ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Arab Health, the largest exhibition for healthcare and trade professionals in the Mena region, has announced that more than $778 million worth of business was generated by exhibitors during the 2018 edition of the show. This figure is in line with Alpen Capital’s projections that GCC healthcare spend will reach $104.6 billion in 2022 from an ...