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  Bloomberg China will continue to relax policies designed to shrink its coal production capacity by allowing some mines to boost output to cool rising prices, according to Australia’s Whitehaven Coal Ltd. The world’s biggest producer and user of the fuel may increase the number of days of production allowed at “better mines” while limiting activity at less efficient ones, ...

  DUBAI / WAM On the first day of the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (Gitex 2016), Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum launched the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programme. The AEO programme is a federal programme that connects the UAE with the rest of the world in ...

  Ras Al Khaimah / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said his message to the people of the UAE on the National Agenda 2021 aims to foster transparency between the government and people. “The National Agenda 2021 sums up government work and shortens the goals ...

  Dubai / WAM Dubai consumer electronics market size is forecast to grow at 4.7 percent over the next 4 years to exceed US$3 billion by 2020, according to a recent analysis of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, released on the occasion of chamber’s participation in the GITEX Technology Week, 2016. According to analysis based on the latest UAE retail ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Properties (DP), a leading Dubai-based real estate master developer and asset manager known for renowned destinations across the Emirate, has announced that the iconic Marasi Business Bay Promenade is scheduled to be opened in November, coinciding with the opening of the Dubai Water Canal being built by the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA). More ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business UAE-based telecommunications service provider -‘du’, has been selected by Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) to deliver opex-driven co-location services in the UAE. ADIB benefits from world-class data centre infrastructure that is ready to support its business with maximum reliability and availability. ADIB will be able to grow and develop its operations with a foundation in ...

  Benaulim / AFP Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday a rising tide of protectionism and anti-globalisation was endangering the world economy’s still fragile recovery as BRICS leaders vowed to forge closer business and trade ties. At a summit in the Indian tourist hub of Goa, host Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leaders of China, Russia, Brazil and South ...

  Bloomberg The world’s largest emerging markets must double trade between their countries in the next four years and unite to fight terrorist threats that hurt economic prosperity, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. Noting intra-BRICS trade was $250 billion, Modi said: “We should set ourselves a target to double this number to $500 billion by 2020”. The eighth annual ...

  Bloomberg A split between the world’s two largest gold producers over the value of their jointly owned Australian mine is more about future economic expectations than what’s in the ground. That’s the view of Newmont Mining Corp.’s Gary Goldberg, who has been saying for over a year he’d be interested in buying Barrick Gold Corp.’s half of the Kalgoorlie ...

  Bloomberg The US budget deficit as a share of the economy widened for the first time in seven years, marking a turning point in the nation’s fiscal outlook as an aging population boosts government spending and debt. Spending exceeded revenue by $587.4 billion in the 12 months to Sept. 30, compared with a $439.1 billion deficit in fiscal 2015, ...