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Bloomberg India’s Adani Group could walk away from its $16.5 billion Carmichael coal project in Australia unless a royalties deal can be reached with the state government, according to federal Resources Minister Matthew Canavan. The Queensland government’s failure to agree the terms of the royalty regime for the mine may jeopardize the development in the state’s Galilee Basin, Canavan said ...

Bloomberg Sales of diggers at a five year high. The price of rebar, a steel product used to reinforce concrete, back at 2012 levels. Crude steel output surging to a record. China’s economy may be slowing down but the nation’s old economy is still booming. The government’s effort to keep Asia’s biggest economy on track for its 6.5-percent growth target ...

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. has quietly amassed a $4 billion stake in Nvidia Corp. making it the fourth-largest shareholder in the graphics chipmaker, according to people familiar with the situation. The Japanese company, which just closed its Vision Fund, disclosed it owned an unspecified amount of Nvidia stock when it announced $93 billion of commitments to the technology investment fund ...

Bloomberg Chinese consumers may have a lot more cash at their disposal than previously thought — and they’re ready to flash it. That’s the upshot of two items throwing fresh light on the outlook for consumer spending, a key metric in China’s much-vaunted shift from an investment- and export-led economy to one more based on people buying things like holidays, ...

Bloomberg Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV keeps running into trouble with the same government that arranged its shotgun marriage. With a US Justice Department lawsuit filed alleging violations of clean-air rules, the Italian-American carmaker now will have to defend itself against accusations it’s run afoul of environmental, safety and securities laws in the span of just a few years. The suit ...

Bloomberg House Republicans are waiting anxiously for a new financial estimate on Wednesday on their Obamacare repeal proposal that could force them into an embarrassing do-over on the bill they barely passed early this month. Speaker Paul Ryan says he is uncertain about the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office analysis of the measure’s budget impact — critical for meeting Senate rules ...

Baku / WAM The UAE and Azerbaijan have confirmed the strength of their bilateral relations and stressed the importance of promoting co-operation in all economic, tourism, agricultural, health and transportation fields, as well as investments, petrochemical industries and financial and banking services. This was stated in a joint statement issued by H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business More than 9.8 million people were employed in the renewable energy sector in 2016, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2017, released at IRENA’s 13th Council meeting, provides the latest employment figures of the renewable energy sector and insight into the factors ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The fourth edition of Arab Luxury World, the Middle East’s leading luxury business conference, has drawn to a successful conclusion at The Westin Dubai, where regional and global professionals from the premium goods and services markets gathered to explore ‘Digital Disruption and Emotional Engagement’. The two-day conference was organised by Mediaquest – one of the leading ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business The Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), and INSEAD sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in support of building up financial services knowledge and competence in Abu Dhabi. The MoU was signed by HE Dr Ali Al Nuaimi, Director General of ADEC, HEAhmed Al Sayegh, Chairman of ADGM and Prof Miguel ...