Eisenstadt / AFP Campaigners for Austria’s Greens-backed presidential candidate Alexander Van der Bellen are having a hard time in Burgenland state, where the far-right has carved out a cosy alliance with the Social Democrats, one of the country’s two main parties. The SPOe, which grew out of a Marxist worker’s movement and remains close to the unions, broke a major ...

  AFP / Bloomberg German heavyweight airline Lufthansa cancelled a further 890 flights on Wednesday as pilots remained on strike in a long-running wage dispute. Lufthansa said some 98,000 passengers were grounded by the walkout, which flight crew extended to long-haul flights after Tuesday’s action affected only short-haul services. The airline has sought to limit the impact of the strike ...

  Bloomberg Walt Disney Co. ceased doing business with one Chinese toymaker and put another on notice following reports of labor violations. Disney, the world’s largest entertainment company, said in a memo posted on its website that it would no longer allow the Dongguan Qing Xi Juantiway Plastic Factory to make products featuring the company’s characters. The violations had been ...

  Bloomberg Breitling, the Swiss watchmaker known for aviation-themed timepieces worn by actor John Travolta, is weighing a sale, according to people familiar with the matter. The process is still in the early stages, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the deliberations are private. The most likely suitors are luxury-goods companies rather than private equity firms, ...

  Bloomberg Apparel chains such as H&M, Zara and Forever 21 conquered the retail world by promising fast fashion: cheap, trendy and disposable. Yet there’s a growing number of consumers this holiday season who want just the opposite. Data shows that shoppers — especially millennials, the target market for fast-fashion companies — are increasingly looking for clothes made of higher-quality ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi based Jenaan Investment, is participating at SIAL 2016 which is being held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC) from December, 5-7. As an investment specialist within the agricultural value chain, Jenaan has a strategic objective to contribute positively towards the UAE’s food security, by investing in diversified types of agro-related projects, ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) in collaboration with Celebrity Cruises, commemorated the inaugural visit to Dubai of Celebrity Constellation during her maiden voyage in the region. Marking the occasion at a welcome reception, held at Dubai Cruise Terminal in Mina Rashid were Jamal Humaid Al Falasi, Director of Dubai Cruise Tourism, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Aviation Group awarded the winners of a special ‘Hackathon’, which it hosted in partnership with Cognit, a joint venture between Mubadala and IBM Watson, as part of the UAE’s nation-wide Innovation Week celebrations last week. The Hackathon, which took place at Etihad Airways’ state-of-the-art Innovation Centre, saw more than 20 computer science and ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business ‘Identity’, the Sharjah Ladies Club (SLC) art exhibition concluded this week. Organised by the Collage Talent Centre, SLC’s hive of creativity and learning, the showcase featured a collection of crafts and artwork imbued with the spontaneity and creative personalities of the Talent Centre’s young female artists aged 6 years and above. The exhibited artworks featured ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business In a survey conducted amongst 15,000 expatriate Indians in UAE by Sumansa Exhibitions, the organizers of the upcoming Indian Property Show, it was revealed that the appetite for premium and luxury homes amongst the UAE NRIs has risen considerably. Whereas last year only 11 percent people were interested in buying a home in the range ...