Bloomberg The owner of Sears and Kmart is closing almost a third of its remaining stores just months after buying the struggling retailer out of bankruptcy. Transform Holdco LLC’s shutdown of 96 locations will leave just 182 outlets for the company, which was once America’s biggest department store chain. The merchant “has faced a difficult retail environment and other challenges” …

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emaar Properties recorded a revenue of AED17.644 billion and net profit of AED4.442 billion in the first nine months of 2019, led by resilient performance of the property, malls and hospitality business. Emaar recorded robust increase in net profit by 20 percent during the third quarter (July to September) of 2019 to AED1.331 billion ($362 million), …

SHARJAH / WAM Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s largest low-cost carrier, on Sunday announced strong financial results for the third quarter of this year ending September 30. Air Arabia registered a record profit of AED471 million for the three months ending September 30, an increase of 57 per cent compared to the AED300 million reported for the …