Dubai / Emirates Business Gulf Craft will start 2018 in style in Thailand at the new luxury lifestyle event Phuket Rendezvous from January 4 to 7. “Thailand is an increasingly important market for several reasons,” said Tony Nixey, Managing Director of Gulf Craft’s dealer in the country, Go Boating Thailand. “Not only is it popular with the global yachting community, ...

Bloomberg Ant Financial may have to re-tool its global ambitions after stiff US opposition scuppered what would have been its largest overseas acquisition. The Chinese financial services giant controlled by Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma abandoned a plan to buy MoneyGram International Inc. after failing to win approval for the deal from a key government panel. China’s largest online wealth management ...

Bloomberg Samling Group, the Malaysian timber giant, is planning an initial public offering of its automotive operations that could raise more than $250 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. Samling is working with advisers to explore a possible dual listing of the business in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore later this year, according to the people. The share sale ...