Bloomberg Richard Liu built an e-commerce giant in China by tapping into the nation’s appetite for technology. As his JD.com Inc. sets its sights on global expansion, he’s turning to others for help: Google and Walmart Inc. Just a few months after Google bought a $550 million stake in JD, Liu said he’s in the early stages of strategic planning ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Transformational industries’ contribution to non-oil GDP increased to 11.8 percent by fixed prices until the end of 2017 from 11.7 percent in 2016 and 11.5 percent in 2015, according to the UAE Ministry of Economy’s statistics. The growth reflects the significant achievements made by the transformational industries over the past five years, during which they have ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM), won the corporate excellence award among Arab departments, during a ceremony held by the Excellence Awards Academy in Sharm Al-Sheikh, Egypt. Humaid Rashid Al Diri’ee, Acting Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Performance Management, received the award on behalf of the municipality. “The municipality was a worthy winner of this ...