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Bloomberg After two failed attempts in as many years, Schneider Electric SE is betting a deal to combine its industrial software business with the UK’s Aveva Group Plc will create a market leader in programs to design and operate power plants and factories. Schneider and Aveva unveiled on Tuesday an agreement by which the French company will receive a 60 ...

Bloomberg Japan Post Holdings Co. will announce plans for a share sale by the government as early as Sept. 11, almost two years after the postal and financial-services giant was listed, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Ministry of Finance plans to offer about 1 trillion yen to 1.4 trillion yen ($9.1 billion to $12.8 billion) of Japan ...

Bloomberg Google’s search service may be banned in China but parent Alphabet Inc. is hunting for workers in a further sign it has ambitions in the world’s biggest internet market. At least 20 positions based in Beijing are advertised on the company’s careers site, spanning engineering and marketing to product managers. Multiple listings are shown in the field of machine ...

Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held their first talks since defusing a border stand-off, with both leaders calling for stable ties between the two Asian giants. A healthy, stable relationship is in the fundamental interest of both nations, Xi said, according to the official Xinhua News Agency on Tuesday after the conclusion of a ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai-based master developer Nakheel is gearing up to unveil a diverse range of projects, with a collective value of collectively more than AED3.2 billion, at Cityscape Global 2017 next week, with the launch of six new residential, retail and hospitality developments at four of its communities in Dubai, including its world-famous flagship master development, Palm Jumeirah. The ...

Dubai / WAM The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has revealed that the total number of passengers lifted by public transport and taxicabs in Dubai during Eid al-Adha holiday has topped 5,454,714. “The RTA has lifted 5,454,714 passengers during Eid al-Adha holiday, where the number of Metro riders reached 1,829,356 passengers; with 1,177,502 passengers carried on the Red Line compared ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates Islamic’s net profit for the first half of 2017 stood at AED387 million compared to AED137 million for the same period last year, reflecting the success of its investment deposits. One-year deposits offered 1.95 percent per annum in the second quarter of 2017, up by 50 bps since the end of 2016, while two-year deposits offered ...

Dubai / WAM The Ajman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Economic Development in Dubai (DED-Dubai), to foster the cooperation and exchange of experiences between both sides. The MoU was signed by Salem Al Suwaidi, Director-General of Ajman Chamber, and Ali Ibrahim, Acting Director-General of DED-Dubai, at the Chamber’s headquarters. Through ...

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. raised its estimate for how many bogus accounts employees may have created, a sign the bank is still struggling to move past a scandal that sparked record fines and congressional investigations. An outside review into more than 165 million deposit and credit-card accounts found an additional 1.4 million that were potentially unauthorised, bringing the total ...

Bloomberg In an economy growing at a moderate pace at best, the US job market keeps on shining. Payroll gains topped forecasts in five of the past seven months, putting the 2017 average increase of 184,000 almost on par with last year’s 187,000 and above levels typical for the eight-year expansion. Analysts expect barely any falloff from that pace in ...