Bloomberg Burberry Group Plc is betting on growth in handbags and playing up its trademark check as new Chief Executive Officer Marco Gobbetti seeks to join the luxury industry’s turnaround. At its first major runway show since Gobbetti took over in July, the trenchcoat maker showed off reversible tote bags decked out in its tartan plaid, including a £1,490 ($2,025) …

Bloomberg Qatar is set to buy 24 Eurofighter Typhoon jets after Defense Minister Khalid bin Mohamed Al-Attiyah signed a statement of intent with UK counterpart Michael Fallon, providing the Persian Gulf state with outside military support after it became a regional outcast. The deal, reached on Sunday in the Qatari capital of Doha, marks the first major defense contract between …

Dubai / WAM Recent forecasts for growth in UAE trade are set to benefit the country’s logistics sector according to DP World Group Chairman and CEO, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem. A BMI report published recently forecasts a steady rise in trade of 4.35 percent year on year in 2017, driven by a 5 percent growth in imports and exports of …