Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, will be participating in the 34th edition of the Tunis International Book Fair, with a cultural programme packed with activities, events, seminars and interviews with Emirati writers and authors. Managed by Tunisian novelist Shukri Mabkhout, this edition of the book fair, which will run ...

Bloomberg US stocks dropped in light trading as the weakness in technology shares persisted amid renewed presidential criticism of Amazon.com and retaliatory tariffs from China. The dollar held steady and Treasury yields climbed. The S&P 500 Index slumped after its first quarterly retreat since 2015, with volumes 17 percent below average. The Nasdaq 100 Index lost more than 1.5 percent ...

Bloomberg The reckoning is starting for crypto hedge funds. Demand and profits are drying up at many of the more than 150 funds that popped during 2017’s spectacular surge in Bitcoin—which brought cryptocurrencies to the attention of scores of institutional and individual investors. This year’s 50 percent plunge in the value of Bitcoin has many investors thinking twice. At about ...