Beijing / WAM China’s automobile manufacturing industry posted a 3.3 percent revenue growth in the first eight months of this year, Chinese news agency, Xinhua, reported. The sector raked in some 5.7 trillion yuan (about $802.84 billion) during the January-August period, up 3.3 percent, official data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. In the first eight months of …

  Jeddah / WAM Dr Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, Chairman of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) group, has said that his group has provided $165.630.5 billion to finance development projects in various economic sectors, since its launch and up to June 30. In an interview with the Emirates News Agency (WAM), Dr Al Jasser said that food security is a …

Bloomberg United Airlines Holdings Inc. plans to suspend service at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, following through on a threat earlier this month to halt flights if regulators don’t allow the carrier to expand there. The decision will only affect four daily flights. The carrier’s New York-area presence is largely concentrated at nearby Newark Liberty International Airport in …