Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. shares surged as much as 10% after the company said it would buy back as much as 1 trillion yen ($8.8 billion) of its own stock, reverting to a strategy that founder Masayoshi Son has used in the past to benefit investors. The Tokyo-based company made the announcement as it reported financial results for the September ...

Bloomberg Veteran investor Mark Mobius has allocated almost half of his emerging-markets fund to India and Taiwan to help offset a slide in China shares that has dragged down returns from developing nations as a whole. “India is on a 50-year rally,” even if there are short bouts of bear markets, Mobius said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. “India ...

DUBAI / WAM The 100 Million Meals campaign, the largest of its kind in the region to provide food to more than 30 countries in the Arab world, Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, has successfully distributed 10,868,400 meals in the UAE, in collaboration with the UAE Food Bank. A total of 362,280 beneficiaries in the UAE, made up of ...

SHARJAH / WAM The real estate sector in the emirate of Sharjah has shown significant growth during Q3 2021, as the monetary value of real estate transactions amounted to AED5.7 billion by the end of September, through 16,781 transactions, according to a report issued by the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department. These numbers marked a growth rate of 22.7 percent ...

ADDIS ABABA / WAM The UAE, through the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), provided relief aid to people affected by the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, including 50 tonnes of food, health supplies and children’s food supplements, benefitting thousands of displaced families in several provinces. The aid was sent to support Ethiopian families affected by the events taking place in the country, ...

MANAMA / WAM Investcorp, a Bahrain-based asset manager which counts Mubadala Investment Company as its biggest shareholder, announced that it has completed the acquisition of ten UK industrial assets, comprising c. 660,000 sq ft, via four transactions for a combined purchase price of €56.7 million. Since launching its European real estate business in 2017, Investcorp has invested approximately €1 billion ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and the Central Bank of the Republic of Indonesia (Bank Indonesia) have signed a MoU to boost mutual co-operation. The bilateral MoU includes three main areas, covering digital innovation in payment and financial services to facilitate more efficient and secure transactions, cross-border payment systems including retail payments, and frameworks ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi has been awarded four prestigious accolades at the 28th annual World Travel Awards in recognition of the emirate’s efforts to establish itself as a leading global tourist destination. Considered to be the highest awards in the field of tourism, the accolades reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the international travel and tourism ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE, through the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), provided relief aid to people affected by the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, including 50 tonnes of food, health supplies and children’s food supplements, benefitting thousands of displaced families in several provinces. The aid was sent to support Ethiopian families affected by the events taking place in the country, ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways has announced the appointment of Dr Nadia Bastaki as Chief Human Resources, Organisational Development and Asset Management Officer, becoming the first-ever female chief at the national airline of the United Arab Emirates. Prior to this role, Dr Bastaki served as a key member of the human resources leadership team as Vice President Medical ...