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Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has announced its “Etihad Airways†mobile application is now available on the HUAWEI AppGallery — the official app store preloaded on all HUAWEI& HONOR smartphones and tablets — enabling 390 million global monthly active users in more than 170 countries and regions to manage their journeys with ...
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December, 2019
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16 December
Fujairah Terminals receives two new cranes
Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Fujairah Terminals, wholly owned by Abu Dhabi Ports, on Monday announced the arrival of two new quay cranes at Fujairah Port as part of its extensive expansion plans. The brand new state-of-the-art Post Panamax ship-to-shore cranes, which are among the biggest currently available from manufacturers, were purchased from ZMPC China. As part of the ongoing ...
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16 December
UAE and Egypt to bolster trade ties, boost bilateral exports
DUBAI / WAM The UAE and Egypt have agreed to strengthen trade relations and boost bilateral exports between the two countries through a Memorandum of Understanding signed between Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI), the UAE Federal Export Credit company and the Export Credit Guarantee Company of Egypt (ECGE). The agreement, signed by Massimo Falcioni, CEO of ECI and Mohamed Azzam, Managing ...
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16 December
Details for Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2020 announced
ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, DCT Abu Dhabi, has announced details about next edition of Culture Summit Abu Dhabi, the leading global forum which explores creative cultural solutions to the most pressing issues affecting the world today. Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2020 will take place at Manarat Al Saadiyat from April 5-9, ...
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16 December
Protests rock India as anger against citizenship law grows
Bloomberg Tensions remained high across India on Monday after five days of protests against a contentious new religion-based citizenship law turned violent in the capital New Delhi and other parts of the country, with police using tear gas to disperse crowds. Anger against the law has fueled protests across Asia’s third-largest economy, from Assam, about 1,900 kilometers (1,180 miles) to ...
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16 December
European stocks hit record as US futures climb on trade deal
Bloomberg European stocks and US equity futures started the week on the front foot amid hopes a partial trade deal between America and China eases a key risk for investors heading into year-end. Treasuries edged lower. The Stoxx Europe 600 became the latest major equity gauge to hit a new all-time high as it jumped for a fourth day, led ...
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16 December
Five things to watch in European luxury goods stocks in 2020
Bloomberg For the owners of red-hot luxury brands such as LVMH’s Louis Vuitton and Kering SA’s Gucci, 2019 turned out to be a spectacular year in the stock market, confounding the dire predictions from some analysts. It may be hard to replicate that feat in 2020. Kering and Hermes International have each surged 37% this year, while juggernaut LVMH has ...
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16 December
PG&E plunges as it races to meet bankruptcy demand
Bloomberg PG&E Corp shares plummeted after California Governor Gavin Newsom rejected its bankruptcy restructuring plan, forcing the company to make sweeping changes to meet his demands. The state’s largest power company has until Tuesday to address conditions that Newsom laid out in a letter late last week rejecting its reorganisation proposal. The governor said the current plan falls “woefully short†...
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16 December
China gets twin boost from trade deal, better Nov data
Bloomberg The pickup in China’s economy in November adds to the optimism from the trade deal announced last week, though plenty of downside risks remain as the nation heads into 2020. Industrial output and private consumption were both much stronger than expected, with production jumping 6.2% from a year earlier and retail sales climbing 8%, data released on Monday showed. ...
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16 December
Indonesia trade deficit surges to $1.3b
Bloomberg Indonesia’s trade deficit blew out to $1.3 billion in November as imports of consumer goods surged and exports contracted for a 13th straight month. Exports fell 5.7% from a year ago to $14 billion compared to a 2.8% decline forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists, as the US-China trade war and a global slowdown continued to weigh on ...
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