Bloomberg Many Britons seem to have tightened their belts this festive season in an early sign that retailers won’t have received much of a boost from the holidays. Forty-seven percent of consumers said they spent less on Christmas in 2017 than last, according to a survey by Retail Economics. A quarter said they wouldn’t shop in after-Christmas sales because they ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the US Postal Service should charge Amazon.com Inc. more to deliver packages, the latest in a series of public criticisms of the online retailer and its billionaire founder. The post office “should be charging MUCH MORE” for package delivery, the president tweeted from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where he’s spending the holidays. “Why is ...

DUBAI / WAM The Board of Directors of the Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme on Wednesday approved housing support for 449 eligible Emiratis with a total value AED322 million. The housing support is part of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His ...