Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s messaging services were by far the most popular Chinese mobile apps in 2016, leading steady growth in the world’s largest internet and smartphone market, the government’s online industry overseers said on Sunday. WeChat remained the most heavily used app in the country in 2016, with almost 80 percent of the online population employing the social ...

  ABU DHABI / Reuters Abu Dhabi’s government merged two of its top investment funds on Saturday to strengthen their financial clout in an era of low oil prices, creating a company with assets totalling about $125 billion. The new fund, Mubadala Investment Co, was formed by merging Mubadala Development Co and International Petroleum Investment Co, which own corporate stakes ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) and the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation signed an agreement initiating exchange of expertise and knowledge to promote co-operation in economic and cultural development. The agreement allows the two entities to share data and statistics, co-organise relevant conferences and workshops and conduct training courses on financial markets and ...