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 …

Abu Dhabi / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) and the consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power and Silk Road Fund, which is owned by the Chinese Government, annou-nced financial closing of the 950-megawatt fourth phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site solar park in the world. The solar park will produce 5,000 …