Bloomberg Dean & DeLuca, the gourmet grocer whose trend-setting New York store introduced Americans to international delicacies more than four decades ago, is struggling to hold on amid stalling sales and a cutthroat competitive landscape. Some shelves at its flagship store are bare, and suppliers have gone to court over unpaid bills. Other US locations have been shut, leaving Dean …

Bloomberg China’s importers have started making arrangements to buy US agricultural products, Global Times’s Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin said in a tweet, without specifying where he got the information. The possible purchase of American farm products — which adds to recent gestures of goodwill between both sides — also indicates US-China trade talks will restart soon, according to the tweet. Senior …

RIYADH / WAM Emirates NBD announced plans for further expansion in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia following approval from the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, SAMA, to open 20 additional branches in the Kingdom. The announcement reflects KSA’s growing importance to Dubai’s biggest bank by assets as the United Arab Emirates continues to strengthen long-standing strategic and economic ties with the …