DUBAI / Reuters Etihad Airways will scrap flights to Tehran on Jan 24, the latest route to be dropped as the Abu Dhabi airline pursues a strategy review. The airline launched the review in 2016 that has also seen it sell or step away from investments in foreign carriers. Etihad’s five weekly flights to Iran’s capital will be reduced to …

DUBAI / Reuters United Arab Emirates-based hospital operator NMC Healthcare has $800 million available to start investing in 2018 in the Gulf and other markets, its chief executive told Reuters in an interview. The London-listed firm, which is among the beneficiaries from recent growth in the Gulf’s healthcare sector, plans to acquire hospitals and other facilities, as well as smaller …

Bloomberg US equity markets fell in lighter-than-usual trading as investors waited for lawmakers to vote on tax cuts in the world’s largest economy. Treasuries declined while the dollar rose. The S&P 500 Index dropped after prospects for passing the tax plan had sparked a two-day rally of almost 1.5 percent that took the benchmark within a whisker of 2,700 for …