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Dialog Semiconductor shares tumble after ‘Apple warning’

  Bloomberg Dialog Semiconductor Plc’s shares plunged the most in more than 16 years after an analyst warned that Apple Inc. probably will cut back on the use of the company’s power-management chips. “There is strong evidence that Apple is developing its own power-management integrated circuits and intends to replace the chip made by Dialog at least in part,” Karsten ...

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UK grocers secretly squeeze buyers as Brexit bites

  Bloomberg UK grocers are finding creative ways of passing on Brexit-induced cost increases to consumers. If you’re shopping for candles or light bulbs, buyer beware. Unable to raise prices of staple goods from milk to Marmite because of tough competition from discounters and watchful tabloid newspapers, supermarket operators like Tesco Plc and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s Asda are ratcheting them ...

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Tesla beats GM’s market value

  Bloomberg Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. surpassed General Motors Co. to become America’s most valuable carmaker, eclipsing a company whose well-being was once viewed as interdependent with the nation’s. A week after topping Ford Motor Co., Tesla climbed 3.3 percent, lifting its market capitalization to $50.9 billion. The electric-car maker ended the day valued at about $64 million more than ...

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LVMH rises to record high as sales point to industry rebound

  Bloomberg LVMH shares rose to a record in Paris after the luxury leader’s sales far exceeded estimates on rebounding demand for items from Louis Vuitton bags to Hennessy cognac. Figures showed first-quarter organic revenue rose 13 percent, compared with the 8 percent median forecast. All divisions beat estimates, with the fashion and drinks units standing out. The stock gained ...

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Dubai Islamic Bank shines on Q1 results in dull region market

  DUBAI / Reuters Shares of Dubai Islamic Bank outperformed most peers in the region on Tuesday after reporting a low double digit growth in first quarter net profit while market liquidity on those bourses was generally thin. Long-term institutional investors stayed away in light of heightened geopolitical risk, traders said. Dubai Islamic Bank shares rose 0.9 percent after the ...

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Global stocks mixed, gold rises amid geopolitical tensions

  Bloomberg Stocks were mixed on Tuesday and the price of gold rose as investors monitored geopolitical risks — from North Korea’s rumblings over the US to major powers’ plan to put pressure on Russia over the Syrian war. Germany’s DAX edged 0.1 percent lower to 12,194 and the CAC 40 of France was 0.2 percent higher at 5,116. Britain’s ...

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Dubai private sector rounds off strongest quarter since 2015

  DUBAI / WAM The Emirates NBD Dubai Economy Tracker said that March data signalled a sharp improvement in business conditions across Dubai’s private sector economy, with output, new orders, employment and stocks of purchases all expanding at a faster pace than in the preceding month. This was highlighted by a rise in the NBD Dubai Economy Tracker Index, a ...

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Arab countries account for 15.5 percent of world gas production

  KUWAIT / WAM The Arab region now produces 15.5 percent of the world gas production, an increase of 11.8 percent from the year 1980’s levels, according to the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, (OAPEC). Kuwait News Agency quoted Engineer Wael Abdul Mo’ti, gas industries expert at the Technical Affairs Department (OAPEC) as saying that Arab countries’ natural gas ...

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