DUBAI / WAM Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) is continuing to prioritise the ease of doing business with the introduction of new licencing categories and fees designed to make establishing businesses within the Centre easier and more affordable. Four new licencing categories were introduced as part of the new Operating Law and Regulations, including Short-term and Restricted Licences, Comme- rcial ...

Bloomberg Pharmaron Beijing Co is planning a Hong Kong share sale only six months after the contract drugmaker went public in China, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Shenzhen-listed company is working with financial advisers as it prepares to sell shares in Hong Kong as soon as this year, the people said, asking not to be identified ...

Bloomberg Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd, controlled by Volvo Cars owner Li Shufu, issued a profit warning that drove down its shares and those of other Chinese automakers as it sparked concern investors are underestimating the depths of the industry’s slump. Shares of Geely, which said first-half profit plunged an estimated 40 percent, dropped as much as 7.6 percent in Hong ...