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Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he backed a Saudi Arabia-led movement to isolate Qatar over its funding of extremist groups, once again sending conflicting signals about the US stance in a dispute between American allies in the Gulf region. Qatar has historically “been a funder of terrorism at a very high level” and that has to stop, Trump said at ...

Bloomberg Indian citizens cannot be forced to enroll for a 12-digit unique identity number to be able file tax returns, the country’s top court said in a ruling that may be a hurdle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to move transactions online. The Supreme Court partially stayed a law that made the Aadhaar card mandatory for filing returns or ...

Bloomberg China’s producer price gains moderated following further easing in commodity prices, signaling weaker overall inflation pressure in the pipeline. Producer price index rose 5.5 percent in May from a year earlier, compared with an estimated 5.6 percent in a Bloomberg survey and 6.4 percent increase in April. Consumer price index climbed 1.5 percent, versus a prior gain of 1.2 ...

Bloomberg The largest real estate buyout of all time is set for its final chapter as Blackstone Group LP moves towards selling San Francisco’s landmark Ferry Building and two other properties. The waterfront icon, with its soaring clock tower modeled on the 12th-century Giralda bell tower in Seville, will go on the sales block in coming weeks, a decade after ...

Bloomberg Of all the things the UK economy needs, more uncertainty isn’t one of them. Prime Minister Theresa May’s loss of her majority in Parliament after an election gamble has muddied the outlook for oncoming Brexit negotiations and the economy. After a campaign largely devoid of economic arguments, the new government faces a slew of policy challenges and threats to ...

Dubai / WAM Emaar Properties PJSC, the global real estate company, announced plans to list its UAE Real Estate development business in order to create significant value for its shareholders. The IPO will be the largest since the Emaar Malls IPO in 2014. Subject to market conditions, Emaar will offer up to 30 per cent of Emaar’s UAE Real Estate ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), in a bid to enhance civic responsibilities, and instil a spirit of social solidarity and volunteerism within the community, on Wednesday launched its ‘My Community’ programme, as part of the Fund’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) mandate. In addition to strengthening the principles and values of volunteerism across the Fund’s departments, ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Enova – the regional leader in integrated energy and multi-technical services – will supply solar power to four Majid Al Futtaim malls, delivering expected savings of AED 80 million. Enova’s first solar power deal with Majid Al Futtaim Properties was signed on World Environment Day, the United Nations’ annual initiative to promote sustainability. The deal is ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal National Council (FNC), held the 18th session of the second ordinary session of the 16th legislative chapter which was chaired by Dr Amal Abdullah Al Qubaisi, Speaker of the FNC. During the meeting, discussions revolved around a report from the Financial, Economic and Industrial Affairs Committee on the reservations of President His Highness Sheikh ...

Dubai / WAM Guo You, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of China Construction Bank (CCB), on Wednesday rang the market-opening bell to celebrate the listing of a US$1.2 billion bond on Nasdaq Dubai, the region’s international financial exchange. The listing by the Hong Kong Branch of CCB, one of China’s leading banks, underlines the country’s growing financial activities in the ...