Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Agthia Group PJSC, one of the region’s leading food and beverage groups, this morning reported H1 2019 net profit of AED 84 million and revenues of AED 1.06 billion. Driven by the group’s endurance to adverse market conditions along with the geographical and segmental diversification, the company grew revenues 5.4 percent over the same period ...

Dubai / WAM The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Central Bank of Egypt to enhance the relationship and cooperation between both institutions and facilitate the performance of their respective supervisory tasks. Under the new agreement, the two sides will also work to promote the safety and soundness of banks in their respective ...

DUBAI / WAM Following the recent opening of its new facility at Changi Airport, marhaba, one of the world’s fastest growing passenger services providers, has expanded its lounge at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 by 400 square metres, increasing its capacity by 50 percent. Located at Concourse “B”, the lounge now features comfortable seating for 300 guests, a spacious dining ...

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. scored a victory over Sony Corp. after a major Chinese customer declared it was going with the Korean company’s camera sensors in future smartphones. On Wednesday, Xiaomi Corp. said it will turn to Samsung for a future line of its mainstream Redmi smartphones with an impressive 64-megapixel camera. That’s part of a strategic alliance under which ...

Bloomberg India is proposing a series of consumer safeguards that forbid e-commerce companies such as Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc.-owned Flipkart Online Services Pvt. from influencing pricing, adopting unfair promotion methods or misrepresenting the quality of goods and services. E-commerce companies must self-declare compliance and also provide a way for customers to contact them directly, said the proposed e-Commerce Guidelines ...

Bloomberg Singapore will tighten regulations on ride-hailing operators such as Grab and Gojek, bringing safety-related rules for the services in line with taxi operators to better protect commuters and drivers. Senior Minister for Transport Janil Puthucheary outlined a new bill governing the ride-hailing industry in the country’s parliament. He said ride-hailing operators with at least 800 vehicles will be licensed. ...

Bloomberg There’s a powerful constant amid the to-and-fro of the US-China trade war as currency policy gets dragged into the standoff between the world’s two top economies: Beijing wants more gold in its reserves. China’s central bank expanded gold reserves again in July, pressing on with a run that stretches back to December. The People’s Bank of China raised holdings ...

Bloomberg Masayoshi Son can’t wait to wash his hands of Sprint Corp. SoftBank Group Corp. will stop consolidating the US carrier in its results starting next earnings report, anticipating a successful merger with T-Mobile USA Inc. despite questions over the deal’s eventual closing. That accounting change will slash SoftBank’s debt load and help it shed its image as a staid ...

Bloomberg A key measure of Japan’s economy fell to a level not seen since the wake of the financial crisis, adding to concerns about the economy ahead of an October sales-tax hike. The leading coincident index dropped to 93.3 in June, the lowest since February 2010, the Cabinet Office said. The index is one of Japan’s broadest indicators of current ...

Bloomberg Oil plunged, re-entering bear-market territory, as central banks cut interest rates around the world, feeding into an increasingly dismal economic view. Futures in New York fell as much as 4.2% on Wednesday to the lowest in almost two months. Crude was swept up in a global meltdown of stock and commodity markets after rate cuts in New Zealand, India ...