Tokyo / AFP Tokyo shares fell on Thursday as a Bank of Japan (BoJ) policy meeting kicked off, with markets waiting to see if policymakers unleash a fresh round of stimulus to kickstart sluggish growth. The gathering is the BoJ’s first since Britain’s shock vote to quit the European Union hammered financial markets and sparked a rally in the …

  ABU DHABI / WAM Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, the Crown Prince’s Court has launched an education initiative to be included in school curricula and courses in the form of a subject entitled, “Moral Education”, in cooperation and …

  DUABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS Emaar Malls, the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by global property developer Emaar Properties (DFM: EMAAR), has reported first-half (January to June) 2016 net profit of AED 987 million (US$ 269 million), 17 percent higher than the net profit of AED 845 million (US$ 230 million) during the same period last year. Revenue for …