Bloomberg Niki Lauda, the Austrian race-car driver who survived a near-fatal crash to win three Formula 1 world championships and went on to found his own airline, has died, German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported. He was 70. Lauda died in his sleep surrounded by family, a family spokeswoman told DPA in a statement. He received a lung transplant ...

Bloomberg Nordstrom Inc has set a date for the opening of its Manhattan flagship location as construction continues on the department-store chain’s biggest-ever bet. The retailer plans to throw open the doors of its seven-story, 320,000-square-foot store on West 57th Street on October 24, a spokeswoman for Nordstrom confirmed. With Nordstrom and rival Neiman Marcus both coming to town in ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, said that the UAE’s social cohesion has made it an international model of cultural dive- rsity, as over 200 nationalities live together in the country. In a statement marking World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development celebrated annually on May 21, She- ikh Nahyan said ...