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Korean Air chairman fires two daughters over rage incidents

Bloomberg Add Hanjin Group’s Korean Air Lines Co. to the country’s family-run conglomerates that are seeing the founding clan’s representation diluted. This time, Hanjin Chairman Cho Yang-ho pushed out his youngest daughter after allegations she threw water in the face of an advertising agency worker during a business meeting. For good measure, he also fired his eldest daughter who four …

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Rimowa wants to sell more than suitcases

Bloomberg LVMH’s Rimowa wants to sell travellers more than just its ribbed aluminum suitcases, saying it’s missing out on all their fun. “What I’d like for us to be in five years is obviously a culturally relevant brand in the space of travel, hopefully not only selling suitcases but other travel-related products and really own this journey for the customer,” …

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Air Arabia tickets up for grabs at City Centre Sharjah, Ajman

Dubai / Emirates Business Majid Al Futtaim—the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia—is giving shoppers a chance to win their dream vacation this year with free Air Arabia tickets as part of the ‘For the Love of Travel’ initiative at City Centre Sharjah and City Centre Ajman until April 30. If …

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Libya says yet to approve Total’s $450mn deal for Marathon assets

Bloomberg French oil giant Total SA said last month it had acquired Marathon Oil Corp.’s assets in Libya in a $450 million deal. Not so fast, says the country’s state energy company. Libya’s National Oil Corp. hasn’t yet approved the transaction and is “discussing arrangements” for the proposed sale with the country’s presidency council, Chairman Mustafa Sanalla said on Monday. …

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China targets 100% clean power for new economic zone

Bloomberg China aims to supply a new economic zone being built near Beijing, known as the Xiongan New Area, with 100 percent clean electricity, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The goal is part of an ambitious plan by President Xi Jinping to remake a backwater region into a glittering new technology and innovation hub. Electricity will account for more …

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Jordan eyes first power storage project

Bloomberg Jordan is pressing ahead with its first electricity storage project to bolster its expansion in solar and wind generation. The Middle Eastern kingdom expects to sign a contract for a 30-megawatt battery in the third quarter, according to Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Saleh Al Kharabsheh. The project, which was tendered last year, will help ensure the country has …

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Indian banks’ bad run threatens economy

Bloomberg Scandals, bad debts, ATM cash shortages — India’s banking system has experienced them all in recent months and the bad run is starting to have repercussions for both the broader economy and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India’s nearly $1.7 trillion formal banking sector is coping with $210 billion of soured or problem loans, and some regional banks have been …

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Saudi top bank to drain liquidity to counter Libor rise

Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s central bank plans to drain excess liquidity from the banking system to mitigate pressure on the riyal’s peg to the dollar as US interest rates rise, Governor Ahmed Abdulkarim Alkholifey said. The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority, as the central bank is known, will allow some deposits placed with commercial banks in 2016 to mature without rolling them …

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Mauritius bank building ‘strong’ Kenya presence

Bloomberg SBM Holdings Ltd., owner of Mauritius’s second-biggest bank, said it expects to be one of Kenya’s largest lenders within a year after acquiring part of Chase Bank Kenya Ltd., while remaining open to more deals in the country. The purchase, signed off by Kenya’s central bank last week, will increase competition among lenders in East Africa’s biggest economy, where …

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UK’s Hammond willing to look abroad for next BOE governor

Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has indicated a willingness to look abroad when he begins his search for a successor to Bank of England Governor Mark Carney. Canadian-born Carney is due to step down at the end of June 2019 after becoming the first foreigner to run the UK central bank in its three centuries. Hammond declined …

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