DUBAI / WAM Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) signed a memorandum of understanding with Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG) to jointly build a framework of excellence for ECI that will help to upskill its employees and elevate their competency levels. This partnership will lay the foundation to develop and nurture ECI’s workforce that will ensure the sustained development and ...

Bloomberg Japan’s key consumer prices continued to rise at the same pace in July, amid increasing speculation that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) may ramp up its stimulus as early as next month. Prices excluding fresh food rose 0.6% in July from a year earlier, matching economists’ median estimate, according to data from the internal affairs ministry. The downward impact of ...

Bloomberg Asia’s cocoa industry is scouring for ways to boost local bean supplies as the region’s chocoholics munch through more candy than ever. The solution is to increase production in Indonesia, the top supplier and processor in the region, according to the Cocoa Association of Asia. But that’s going to be a tough assignment because it means reversing a relentless ...