RITIKA SHARMA / Emirates Business Cross-border partnerships, workforce localisation, inclusion of women in aerospace and future of unmanned aircraft systems — are a few topics to be discussed at the Global Aerospace Summit, which are bound to make it a unique experience. The much-awaited biennial aviation event to be held at ADNEC in Abu Dhabi is expected to put an ...

PARIS / Bloomberg With some of their European rivals including Deutsche Bank AG still reeling from full-year losses, French banks entered a tumultuous 2016 with the strongest earnings in almost a decade and pledged to reward shareholders with higher dividends. Their resolve is about to be put to the test. In France, a focus on consumer lending has helped shield lenders ...

New Delhi / BLOOMBERG State Bank of India (SBI) shares surged the most in more than five years, leading a rally in the nation’s lenders after the central bank eased rules allowing them to bolster capital ratios. SBI, the nation’s largest lender by assets, jumped as much as 11 percent, the biggest intraday gain since June 2010, and traded 8.9 ...