Casey Michel SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS For the past year, there’s been a distinct distance between the rhetoric surrounding the Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade (CASA-1000) project and the unfurling realities on the ground. Regional officials, most especially within Tajikistan and Pakistan, have heaped continued praise on the project, and have found themselves supported by voices …

  A few weeks ago, Apple’s Tim Cook was all smiles as he stepped into a sedan operated by Didi Chuxing. Apple had just invested $1 billion in the ridesharing company, and Cook was no doubt feeling satisfied. But he was probably feeling another emotion too: relief at getting a piece of China’s “internet of vehicles” before it’s too late. …

  New Delhi / Bloomberg India will allow foreign entities such as funds and portfolio investors to fully own local airlines, raising from an earlier cap of 49 percent, in a bid to lure investment into Asia’s third-biggest economy. Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., Jet Airways India Ltd. and SpiceJet Ltd. rallied. Foreign investment limits in commercial airlines will be …