Bloomberg Etihad Airways PJSC is seeking a loan of about $600 million to help make initial payments for planes, according to people familiar with the matter. Abu Dhabi’s state-owned carrier is arranging the loan on its own and has reached out to banks that may be willing to provide the unsecured facility with maturity of one or two years, said …

Bloomberg Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC, the United Arab Emirates’ biggest Islamic lender, is considering buying Noor Bank PJSC, people with knowledge of the talks said. The bank has held preliminary discussions with Dubai-based Noor Bank’s shareho- lders, said the people, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Discussions are at an early stage and may not lead …

Bloomberg Technology stocks have reclaimed record highs, making them one of the first groups to put last year’s carnage behind them. But everywhere else you look in the industry, bad news is overwhelming the good. Profits are shrinking at an alarming pace, valuations are reflating and politicians want to break the companies up. Semiconductor orders have slumped, and spending on …