Bloomberg France and Italy, already tussling over everything from immigration to economics, have added sunglasses to their list of grievances. When Ray-Ban owner Luxottica and French prescription lens-maker Essilor completed a $53 billion merger last October, the deal seemed to clear the way for the Italian company’s 83-year-old founder Leonardo Del Vecchio to hand over management duties and start transferring ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Senaat on Sunday announced that it has achieved steady revenue growth in 2018 to reach AED16.3 billion, a 3.5% increase over the previous year (2017 revenue: AED15.7 billion). More notably, EBITDA increased to more than AED2.5 billion in 2018, a 20% increase compared to 2017, reflecting margin enhancement realised by capitalising on market opportunities and through ...

Bloomberg Dubai’s Shuaa Capital PSC started talks for a potential combination with an Abu Dhabi entity, joining a stream of mergers in the Gulf’s financial industry. The shares surged. The investment banking firm formed a working group “to review the commercial potential along with any legal and structural aspects of the transaction” with Abu Dhabi Financial Group, according to a ...