Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co.’s earnings grew at their slowest pace in five years, as China’s biggest maker of telecommunications gear sank money into research and a marketing blitz to gain ground on Apple and Samsung in smartphones. Huawei, founded by former army engineer Ren Zhengfei three decades ago, has emerged as one of China’s most recognizable consumer brands. A ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business P&O Ports, owned by the Government of Dubai, has won a 30-year concession for the management and development of a multi-purpose port project at Bosasso in the Puntland State of Somalia. The approximate investment for the modern multi-purpose facility will be USD336mn divided into two phases: $136 million for Phase 1 and $200 million for ...

  SHARJAH / WAM The Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) and the Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) discussed ways to jointly promote innovation and sustainable development in the emirate. This step aims to strengthen their strategic plans to preserve the environment, enhance Sharjah’s competitiveness and focus on the implementation of relevant research studies to apply the vision and guidance ...

  DUBAI / WAM The UAE, represented by the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) together with state officials and representatives from the ICAO Member States, as well as regional and international organisations, acknowledged the “Dubai Declaration on Cyber Security in Civil Aviation”. President of ICAO Council Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu made the announcement during the ICAO Cyber Summit & Exhibition, ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Ezdan Holding Group QPSC priced its 2nd Sukuk transaction, under its US$ 2bn Sukuk EMTN Programme established in 2016. The successful US$ 500 million 5 year Sukuk attracted an order-book of more than US$ 1.2 billion, with 129 investors from around 30 countries participating. Investors from the Middle East took 58% of the issuance, with ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, announced the upcoming launch of Orbi, a supercharged indoor nature experience and a first in the Middle-East. Collaboratively developed by SEGA Holdings Co., Ltd. and BBC Worldwide, Orbi fuses BBC Earth’s world-leading nature content with SEGA’s ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Continuing the profit reaping spree in Thursday’s session, UAE financial markets continued to perform favourably high, spearheaded by the leading shares which rose remarkably over the past three days, driving the general indexes of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Dubai Financial Market to reach all-time-highs in more than two months. The transactions conducted over five ...

  NEW YORK / AP If you build it, they will stay. The small businesses that dominate the home remodeling industry are expecting robust growth in the next few years, thanks partly to baby boomers who want to remain in their homes. Home remodelers say they’ve had a pickup in projects from boomers who are in or approaching retirement and are ...

  Bloomberg Russia accused President Donald Trump of rushing to judgement after an apparent poison-gas attack in Syria prompted the harshest US criticism of the Kremlin under the new administration, further denting hopes of a breakthrough in relations. “We would welcome a more considered approach,” President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters on a conference call on Thursday. “This ...

  WASHINGTON / AP Vice President Mike Pence plans to travel to South Korea and Japan later this month amid simmering tensions along the Korean peninsula over North Korea’s attempts to advance its nuclear and missile programs. The White House said on Thursday that Pence would depart April 15 on a 10-day, four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific region that will ...