Bloomberg Apple Inc.’s primary iPhone assembler in India is scouting for about 100 acres of land in Bangalore to expand its facilities for the world’s most valuable company, according to people familiar with the matter said. Wistron Corp. executives toured the city last week and have shortlisted a few parcels including one plot close to the airport, said the people, ...
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Toyota lifts profit forecast as RAV4 sales surge in US
Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. raised its annual profit forecast for a second time this year, helped by a weaker yen and US sales that outpaced Ford Motor Co. In the three months to September, Toyota took a 15 percent share in the US—its biggest market—for the first time since 2009. Toyota outsold Ford every month in the quarter, with the ...
Read More »UK firms not happy with Brexit progress rate
Bloomberg With their anxiety spiraling over Brexit, Britain’s business leaders weren’t impressed by the pitch from the Conservative premier— or the Labour leader who wants her job. “The way that they’re managing the economy right now, the Conservative Party is a shambles,†Advanced Computer Software Group Chief Executive Officer Gordon Wilson said in an interview. As for opposition leader Jeremy ...
Read More »Apple borrows $7bn even as tax laws may fill cash coffers
Bloomberg Apple Inc., looking to fund stock buybacks and dividends, sold $7 billion of bonds even as proposed new tax laws may leave it awash in cash it previously couldn’t use. The iPhone maker sold notes in six parts. Apple has been the second-most active US non-financial issuer of debt this year behind AT&T Inc., data compiled by Bloomberg show. ...
Read More »American taxi companies join Uber, Lyft in ride sharing
Bloomberg Taxi companies across the US waged a bitter, high-profile battle to keep Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. from bringing the sharing economy to cabs. They lost. Now the cabbies are adopting an if-you-can’t-beat-them, join-them-strategy. Pittsburgh Yellow Cab, for example, rebranded itself last year as zTrip. A century-old fixture in Steel City, it launched an app and offered a ...
Read More »Trump calls on North Korea to make deal on nuclear program
Bloomberg US President Donald Trump said that North Korea should “come to the table†and make a deal on its missile and nuclear programs. Speaking next to South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Seoul on Tuesday, Trump said he saw some progress in regards to North Korea, but declined to comment on holding direct talks with Pyongyang. He added that ...
Read More »GCC to showcase ‘power of nations’ at Expo 2020 Dubai
Dubai / WAM The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), will showcase the power of nations working together when it hosts its own pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, the first World Expo to be held in the region. Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Secretary-General of the Council, on Monday signed an official participation contract with Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashimy, Minister ...
Read More »Industrial sector contribution to Dubai GDP surges to 14%
Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority and Chairman and Chief Executive of Emirates Airline and Group on Monday inaugurated the ‘Future Manufacturing and Trade Summit 2017’, at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers. The event is hosted by Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of Dubai Economy, and organised by Expotrade ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi targets 5 percent growth in cruise tourism
Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi is targeting a 5 percent growth in cruise tourism over the coming season, with 350,000 passengers set to visit the emirate in 2017-2018, Sultan Al Dhaheri, Acting Executive Director, Tourism Sector, at the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (ADTCA), told Emirates News Agency (WAM). The UAE capital is on a tourism drive at ...
Read More »Emirates’ new Boeing 777 first class cabin to debut in Europe from Dec 1
DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates on Monday confirmed that its first two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft fitted with its soon-to-launch First Class product will operate from Dubai to the airline’s Belgian and Swiss destinations starting from December 1. Emirates’ new First Class cabin will feature six private suites laid out in a 1-1-1 layout, compared to the eight private suites in ...
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