Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc is bringing its Prime membership programme to Brazil in an effort to leapfrog competitors and gain traction in a country where it has been expanding slowly but surely. To start, Amazon Prime Brazil will be a scaled-down version of the US subscription service, offering free unlimited shipping for about 500,000 products out of the 20 million Amazon ...

SAINT PETERSBURG / WAM International tourist arrivals grew 4 percent from January to June this year, compared to same period last year, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer published ahead of 23rd World Tourism Organisation General Assembly. Growth was led by the Middle East (+8 percent) and Asia and the Pacific (+6 percent). International arrivals in Europe grew ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The National Petroleum Construction Company (NPCC), a part of the UAE’s Senaat, on Monday, signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs), with two leading entities in China’s energy sector at the 24th World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi, in order to explore joint collaborative opportunities in both onshore and offshore oil and gas sectors, as well as other ...