August, 2019

• 14 August

  Coca-Cola puts Dasani water in cans after Pepsi’s Aquafina

  

  Bloomberg Coca-Cola Co is putting its Dasani water brand into aluminum cans as the beverage industry faces pressure to reduce its use of plastic. Coke will start selling canned Dasani in the US Northeast next month, with plans to expand the product to other parts of the country in 2020. The announcement comes after PepsiCo Inc said recently it would ...

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• 14 August

  Thai Air Q2 loss doubles as revenue drops

  Bloomberg Thai Airways International’s second-quarter loss more than doubled as the global economic slowdown, fierce competition and a strengthened baht took their toll on revenue. The company reported a $223.7 million loss in the second quarter, compared with a 3.1 billion baht deficit a year earlier, according to a filing to Thai exchange.Revenue fell 10 percent to 42.5 billion baht. ...

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• 14 August

  Aborted landings rise in Mexico City over airport crowding

  

  Bloomberg Shortly before taking office last year, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador upended construction of a $13 billion airport for the nation’s capital. The glitzy, modernist project was riddled with corruption, AMLO said, and congestion could be eased more cheaply with a plan that included improvements for the existing hub. But now, just nine months later, the full extent ...

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• 13 August

  Recession fears spike to 2011-high

  

  Bloomberg Recession fears are spreading among investors at a time when valuations across major assets are looking dangero-usly stretched following years of monetary stimulus, the latest Bank of America Corp survey shows. About a third of asset managers polled believe a global recession is likely in the next 12 months, the highest probability since 2011 — when Europe was engulfed ...

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• 13 August

  Reliance surges on Aramco deal plan

  Bloomberg Reliance Industries Ltd soared the most in more than two years after billionaire Mukesh Ambani revealed a plan to sell a stake to Aramco as part of efforts to pare debt. The conglomerate aims to be a zero-net-debt company in 18 months, Asia’s richest man told shareholders. Aiding that wou-ld be a proposed sale of 20 percent of Reliance’s ...

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• 13 August

  Amazon set to buy 10% of India’s Future Retail

  

  Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. is in late-stage talks to acquire as much as 10 percent of India’s Future Retail Ltd, people familiar with the negotiations said, as the US company moves to bolster its bri- ck-and-mortar presence in one of the world’s fastest-growing retail markets. India’s No. 2 retailer by turnover, Future is seeking a valuation of about 20 billion rupees ...

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• 13 August

  Agility Q2 profit up 8.1%

  

  KUWAIT / Emirates Business Agility, a leading global logistics provider, on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of 12.99 fils per share on net profit of KD 21.6 million ($71 million), an increase of 8.1 percent over the same period in 2018. Q2 EBITDA grew 31.2percent to KD 48.6 million, and revenue increased 3.2percent to KD 396.3 million. First-half earnings of 25.18 ...

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• 13 August

  UAE, Saudi Arabia ties a unique model of relation

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM The meeting between the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, which took place in the Mina Palace in Makkah, highlighted the special ties between ...

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• 13 August

  Sheikh Mohammed visits Expo 2020 site

  

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, visited several infrastructure projects related to the Expo 2020 Dubai, which will begin in October 2020, with the participation of 195 countries. His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid visited the Expo 2020 Office in Dubai South, accompanied ...

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• 13 August

  Taqa revenues up 5% to AED9b in H1

  

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (Taqa), a leading global energy company headquartered in Abu Dhabi with operations in 11 countries, announced its financial results and operational highlights for the six-month period ending June 30, 2019. Taqa recorded AED9 billion of revenue in the first half of the year, a 5 percent increase compared to ...

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