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WASHINGTON / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, began a visit to Washington, DC, meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House National Security Advisor John Bolton. Sheikh Abdullah and the US officials reinforced the close bilateral cooperation and partnership on a range of strategic, security and ...

Beijing / WAM Bloomberg and the China Center for International Economic Exchanges (CCIEE) on Tuesday announced the New Economy Forum will convene in Beijing, China, on November 6-8, with Adnoc and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, being among the Forum’s founding members, to participate. The forum will stimulate a frank conversation about the shifts in the global economy ...

Bloomberg Dubai is set to see retail space surge by 50 percent over the next three years, even as consumer spending slows in the Persian Gulf city, according to real estate adviser CBRE Group Inc. More than 1.5 million square meters (16 million square feet) of space will be added at the city of 3 million people, CBRE estimates. That’s ...

Bloomberg Tata Steel Ltd.’s plan to double its production capacity in five years received a boost after an Indian court gave its final approval for the purchase of the assets of Bhushan Steel Ltd., Tata’s biggest buy since Corus Group Plc. The two-judge tribunal rejected objections to Tata’s bid from Bhushan creditor Larsen & Toubro Ltd. and the steel company’s ...

Bloomberg An influential proxy adviser joined Elliott Management Corp. in opposing an $8.8 billion deal between two Hyundai Motor Group units, complicating the automotive giant’s ability to get shareholders to vote for an overhaul that may help the chairman pass control of the South Korean conglomerate to his son. Glass Lewis & Co., which provides voting advice for more than ...

Bloomberg US companies and business groups are lining up to oppose the Trump administration’s plan to slap tariffs on Chinese imports, as the two nations step up efforts to resolve their trade dispute. About 120 firms and industry groups are scheduled to testify at a hearing on the administration’s plan to impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods. So ...

Bloomberg Allianz SE’s asset-management business saw earnings soar on the back of increased inflows at the German firm’s Pimco unit. Operating profit at the unit, adjusted for foreign-exchange effects, increased by a “remarkable” 16.3 percent in the first quarter, Europe’s largest insurer said in a statement on Tuesday. External managers allocated almost 21 billion euros ($25 billion) to the firm, ...

Bloomberg The chief executive of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV admonished a company spokesman in 2015 for saying the company didn’t rig its vehicles with illegal software to pass emissions tests, according to documents filed in a related lawsuit. An excerpt of the 2015 email from CEO Sergio Marchionne to Fiat Chrysler’s then-head of US communications, Gualberto Ranieri, was revealed in ...

Bloomberg Hamas vowed to keep protesters storming the Gaza border on Tuesday, a day after 59 Palestinians were killed in confrontations with Israeli troops, the bloodiest toll in the seaside territory since a 2014 war. Monday’s casualties, which included more than 1,200 people wounded by live fire, were a stark contrast to the festivity of President Donald Trump’s inauguration of ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said that mega projects being implemented in the UAE are reinforcing the country’s profile globally as a model for sustainable growth driven by diversification, innovation and productive partnerships with the private sector. His Highness also said the tourism sector is ...