Bloomberg Two United Arab Emirates airlines have held talks with South African Airways about a partnership that it says is needed to revive its business, City Press reported, citing the UAE ambassador to South Africa. Talks between Emirates Airline and SAA, which have been going on for some months, are being facilitated by the UAE’s embassy in Pretoria, the Johannesburg-based …

Bloomberg It may not be obvious amid the screaming headlines — about currency manipulation, Fed jawboning, Russia summit, yuan weakening, etc. — but US stocks continue their low-volatility, bull-market grind higher. The 2,800 level on the S&P 500 has been bested three sessions in a row on a closing basis — and is on pace for a fourth. That level …

Bloomberg Egypt is considering adding companies to the list of state-run firms in which investors can secure majority stakes as it readies to launch a programme aimed at reviving the battered public sector. The government is planning to start with the sale of Heliopolis Housing and Eastern Tobacco in October, Public Enterprise Minister Hisham Tawfik said. So far, however, a …