ABU DHABI / WAM Etihad Airways has announced the expansion of its partnership with AccesRail, the world’s leading provider of air-rail intermodal solutions. The partnership allows Etihad to use AccesRail’s expertise to enable its customers to book train and coach tickets in Europe in conjunction with their air fare using airline’s online booking platform, or via their travel agency, the ...

HANNOVER / WAM Global foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America is projected to plunge by 25 percent to 50 percent in 2020 due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, according to the experts. “This will threaten the world’s ability to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” leading experts from United Nations Industrial Development ...

Bloomberg Tongwei Co halted output at a polysilicon factory in southwest China because of flooding, the latest blow to the solar supply chain that has seen rare cost increases this summer due to disruptions. Tongwei, the world’s No. 3 polysilicon producer last year, said it isn’t clear when the Sichuan province plant will restart, and didn’t say whether it sustained ...