Bloomberg Boeing Co.’s 737 Max jet just got a vote of confidence with a $4.4 billion order from a South Korean carrier, less than a month after one of the planes crashed in an incident investigators believe was caused by a faulty flight system. Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier, ordered 40 Max 8 aircraft at a list …

Bloomberg Shiseido Co., the Japanese beauty company seeking a more global presence, is bringing on a local hero with international appeal to sell its cosmetics, signing tennis star Naomi Osaka as a brand ambassador. Osaka, the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam singles championship, has attracted advertisers looking for a fresh new face to reach a more diverse …

Bloomberg EasyJet Plc delivered a surprisingly upbeat assessment of the impact of Brexit on the European travel market, saying that not only will flights continue unimpeded but that bookings for next year are actually higher. The company’s fiscal first half, which ends on March 31, two days after Britain is due to quit the EU, is showing “solid demand,” with …

Bloomberg The world’s largest Ikea store will open in 2020 in the Philippines as the Swedish furniture retailer presses on its bets in Asia. Ikea will debut a 65,000 square metre (700,000 square feet) store in SM Prime Holdings Inc.’s Mall of Asia where it’s leasing a space that’s equal to more than 150 basketball courts, Ikea Southeast Asia Managing …

Bloomberg Casino Guichard-Perrachon SA promoted David Lubek to chief financial officer as the embattled French supermarket chain freshens up management in a bid to fend off short sellers who question its accounting. Lubek, 45, replaces Antoine Giscard d’Estaing, a 57-year-old nephew of a former French president. The outgoing CFO will pursue new professional projects after 10 years at the company, …

TIRANA / WAM The Albanian Parliament and the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace (IPTP) honoured the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Tirana, Albania. The members of the parliament stood in respect for the UAE Founding Father, in appreciation of his contributions to promoting tolerance and peace around the world, during the second session of the Albanian …

ABU DHABI / WAM The National Programme for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, the executive arm of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), operating under the umbrella of the Ministry of Economy, organised an introductory workshop, in cooperation with European Business Network of the European Commission. The workshop, which was attended by over 25 representatives of funding institutions and organisations that support …

Emirates Business Uber announced on Monday the re-launch of its services in the UAE capital, in collaboration with Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi — represented by the Integrated Transport Centre (ITC) — to offer convenient and reliable transportation solutions across the Emirate with a push of a button. The announcement followed the signing of an agreement between Uber and …

Bloomberg The largest Persian Gulf producer that’s not an Opec member is combining state-run oil investment and refining companies to form a business that spans pumping crude and natural gas to processing and trading fuels. Government-owned Oman Oil Co and Oman Oil Refineries & Petroleum Industries Co (Orpic) named Musab Abdullah Al Mahruqi as chief executive officer of the merged …

Bloomberg UK asking prices fell from a year earlier for the first time since 2011, led by declines in London and among the most expensive properties. Asking prices slipped 0.2 percent to 302,023 pounds ($387,000), according to Rightmove. Prices were 1.7 percent lower compared with October, the biggest drop for the month since 2012, the property website said on Monday. …