Bloomberg Baidu Inc. has appointed former Microsoft Corp. executive Qi Lu its group president and chief oper- ating officer, granting the software industry veteran oversight over all aspects of the Chinese search giant’s business from sales to technology development. Lu, an architect of Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella’s strategy for artificial intelligence and bots at Microsoft, will take up …

  ABU DHABI / Reuters Saudi Arabia will launch a renewable energy programme in coming weeks that is expected to involve investment of between $30 billion and $50 billion by 2023, Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Monday. Falih, speaking at an energy industry event in Abu Dhabi, said Riyadh would start the first round of bidding within weeks for …

  ABU DHABI / WAM The National Media Council will start work on the design and installation of the UAE pavilion in February at the EXPO 2017 Astana, in Kazakhstan, after it received the site from the organising committee. The expo, themed ‘Future Energy’ will be held from June 10 to September 11 in the capital city of Astana. The …