Bloomberg An association of independent mailbox-store owners is forming a national network for receiving e-commerce packages, seeking to add a layer of security for consumers while capitalising on the surge of online shopping. Retail Shipping Associates (RSA) plans to announce an effort to organise the group’s stores under a national brand called the Package Hub Business Center, which consumers would …

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etisalat announced the launch of its double data offer providing existing and new postpaid customers twice as much data on their ‘Freedom’ plans. Etisalat Freedom plan customers who joined on April 1 onwards will automatically get their data doubled upto 200GB as part of the limited time promotion. New and existing Etisalat customers can take …

Bloomberg When a Chinese state-owned survey vessel sailed into waters off Vietnam’s coast in early July, it unleashed a high-seas standoff with trillions of dollars at stake that risks drawing in Russia and the US. For weeks now the Haiyang Dizhi 8 has zigzagged across a square block of water to study the seabed in an active drilling block operated …