April, 2018

• 21 April

  Debenhams stock sinks as retailer loses CFO

  

  Bloomberg Debenhams Plc tumbled after the UK department-store operator said its chief financial officer is leaving to join a rival, and profit will be at the lower end of an already-reduced forecast range. Following a holiday season in which UK consumers shifted to e-commerce merchants such as Amazon.com Inc. and hunted for bargains, full-year pretax profit will be at the ...

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• 21 April

  P&G to buy Merck’s consumer-health unit

  

  Bloomberg Procter & Gamble Co. agreed to buy Merck KGaA’s consumer-health business for 3.4 billion euros ($4.2 billion) to bolster growth, betting that vitamins and decongestants can hasten its comeback. The deal gives the maker of Crest toothpaste a stable of products with sales growth of 6 percent in the past two years, double the pace of traditional consumer goods ...

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• 21 April

  Airports are using ‘smart glass’ to make you spend more money

  

  Bloomberg There are many depictions of a future in which we’ve mastered the art of manipulating the opacity of glass. Even in real life, sunglasses can adapt to the intensity of sunlight. So why, one might ask, can’t we have that in our homes, or at work? The wait may soon be over. The tinted world of tomorrow is coming, ...

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• 18 April

  Dubai Investments to distribute 12% cash dividend

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Investments has announced the decision to distribute 12 percent cash dividend to its shareholders for the financial year ending on December 31, 2017. A proposal to this effect was approved by the shareholders at the company’s 22nd Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. The company presented its 2017 financial results, which revealed a net profit of AED1,001.6 ...

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• 18 April

  Emaar launches first Address project in RAK

  Emirates Business Mohamed Alabbar, Chairman of Emaar Properties, on Wednesday announced the launch of the company’s first hotel and residences project in Ras Al Khaimah, at the Arabian Hospitality Investment Conference 2018. Located in the Views island of Al Marjan Island, a four-island mega-development, Address Al Marjan Island hotel and residences will be managed by Emaar Hospitality Group’s premium lifestyle ...

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• 18 April

  Aldar signs deal to bring Hyperloop to Abu Dhabi

  

  ABU DHABI / AGENCIES Aldar Properties has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HyperloopTT), the innovative transportation and technology company, that will allow for the creation of a new HyperloopTT centre including a full scale commercial Hyperloop system, an Hyperloop R&D Advanced Mobility Centre, a Demonstration and Visitor Centre, and an Innovation Hub. The construction site ...

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• 18 April

  Emirates Islamic Q1 profit reaches AED209 million

  DUBAI / WAM Emirates Islamic Bank has announced a net profit of AED209 million during its Q1 2018 supported by growth in core income, efficient cost management, and an improved cost of risk. The bank’s balance sheet remains strong with improvements in credit quality and liquidity. The net profit was up 2 percent quarter on quarter (q-o-q), and declined by ...

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• 18 April

  EDCC discusses cooperation with Korean counterpart

  Kuala Lumpur / WAM The Emirates Defence Companies Council (EDCC) discussed prospects of joint cooperation and exchange of knowledge with the Korea Defence Industry Association (KDIA) on the sidelines of its participation in the Defence Services Asia (DSA) Exhibition 2018, in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. A KDIA delegation, headed by Yung Ho Kim, Vice Chairman of the KDIA, visited ...

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• 18 April

  OPEC-Russia talks set to keep oil cuts in place even as glut ends

  

  Bloomberg OPEC and Russia will meet in Saudi Arabia this week after all but banishing a global oil glut. While looming political crises threaten to tighten supplies further, the group seems determined to keep its cuts in place. Almost 16 months of output curbs by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its partners have seen crude rally to a ...

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• 18 April

  Taqa raises $1.75bn in bond issue

  

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, also known as Taqa, raised $1.75 billion in a two-tranche dollar denominated bond issue that was 4.7 times oversubscribed. The two tranches consisted of bonds with maturities of seven years with a coupon of 4.375 percent, and bonds with maturities of 12 years with a coupon of 4.875 percent. The issue ...

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