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  Bloomberg China and the European Union (EU) should prepare for a meeting of their leaders, Beijing’s top foreign policy official said, a sign of the Asian nation’s efforts to court Europe amid worsening ties with the US. In a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Wang Yi urged EU counterpart Josep Borrell to help “bring bilateral ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Edge group PJSC has taken a 70 percent stake in Abu Dhabi-based Gradeone that specialises in manufacturing non-lethal pyrotechnics, ammunition, defence-related components and packing solutions, as well as defence trading. Gradeone will join Edge under its Trading & Mission Support cluster. The announcement has come ahead of the International Defence Exhibition (Idex) to be held ...

Gaziantep / WAM The UAE field hospital in Ä°slahiye, Gaziantep, Turkey, has provided urgent medical treatment and psychological support to 174 victims of the recent earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria. The hospital, located on a 40,000 square meter area, has 50 beds and four ICU beds, and has already performed three major surgeries while continuing its humanitarian efforts to ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The Tawazun Council has announced its participation in the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (Idex 2023) and the Naval Defence Exhibition and Conference (Navdex 2023), which will be held from February 20-24 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec). Under the patronage of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the event ...

  Bloomberg Germany utility Uniper SE said it will overcome the problems generated by Russian gas cuts by 2024 at the latest. The company — which was rescued by the German government last year after the energy crisis put it on the brink of collapse — said it may continue to face high gas replacement costs in the next years, ...

  Bloomberg The resignation of YouTube chief Susan Wojcicki after 25 years at Google is another example of an unsettling trend in Silicon Valley: High profile women are heading for the exits. Just this week, Meta Platforms Inc Chief Business Officer Marne Levine stepped down after 12 years at the social media juggernaut. Last year, Sheryl Sandberg left her role ...

Bloomberg Twitter Inc has shut two of its three India offices and told its staff to work from home, underscoring Elon Musk’s mission to slash costs and get the struggling social media service in the black. Twitter, which fired more than 90% of its roughly 200-plus staff in India late last year, closed its offices in the political centre New ...

  Bloomberg AutoNation Inc, one of the biggest car dealership chains in the US, expects prices for new and used cars to decline this year as manufacturers crank up volumes and offer more incentives to price-sensitive buyers. The company said that fourth-quarter earnings rose to $6.37 a share, a record for the period and easily beating the $5.82 average forecast ...

  Bloomberg DoorDash Inc shares jumped after an optimistic earnings report that showed resilient demand for pricey takeout even amid a cost-of-living squeeze. The company also said its president would be stepping down as part of a slate of executive changes. DoorDash is anticipating adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $120 million to $170 million in the ...

Bloomberg President Joe Biden expects to speak with Xi Jinping about the Chinese balloon shot down by the US earlier this month, signalling a desire to end a dispute that has highlighted the fragility of relations between the world’s biggest economies. Biden disclosed plans for the call as part of his most extensive remarks yet about the balloon saga, which ...