Bloomberg With its buyout plans on hold, Nordstrom Inc. is under intense pressure to find answers to the department-store slump. Key to that effort is reviving what was once a long-time bright spot for the chain: Nordstrom Rack. The discount stores had been helping the company cope with a slowdown at its full-price formats, but now they are in need ...

DUBAI / Agencies Nakheel on Wednesday announced a net profit of AED4 billion for the first nine months of 2017, a 2.5 percent increase on the same period last year. Nakheel has handed over almost 1,200 units to customers so far this year. The company’s core business of residential development combined with its growing hospitality, retail and leasing businesses all ...

Bloomberg Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Co. is weighing its first investment in Saudi Arabia together with the kingdom’s sovereign fund and started talks to invest in US technology companies. The sovereign fund is considering investing in technology, real estate and industrial sectors in Saudi Arabia, CEO Khaldoon Al Mubarak said. The kingdom is ‘a tremendous market’ and Mubadala is exploring ...