June, 2016

• 6 June

  Saudi Real Estate, Starwood agree on Riyadh project

  

    DUBAI / Reuters Saudi Real Estate Co has agreed with U.S. firm Starwood Hotels and Resorts to build two hotels next to a district of Riyadh which the government plans to develop into an international business zone. Starwood will manage a five-star hotel under its Westin brand and a four-star hotel under its Element brand, Saudi Real Estate, which ...

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• 6 June

  NorthStar Asset Mgmt, Colony Capital, NorthStar Realty to merge

    REUTERS Commercial real estate manager NorthStar Asset Management Group Inc , REIT NorthStar Realty Finance Corp and private equity firm Colony Capital Inc have agreed to an all-stock merger that would create a company with $58 billion of assets under management, they said onMonday. NorthStar Realty Finance shares fell 5.8 percent to $12.70, while NorthStar Asset Management dropped 6.5 ...

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• 6 June

  Airbnb finds love in Lisbon after Berlin, Barcelona shy away

  

    Bloomberg On his way to work, Lisbon Mayor Fernando Medina likes to count the dwindling number of empty buildings. Thanks to a tourism and real estate boom, many are being converted into trendy apartments that cater to the growing number of visitors to the city. As some European cities impose restrictions on short-term rentals via websites such as Airbnb ...

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• 6 June

  Nestle ramps up online sales to bolster turnaround

  

    Switzerland / Bloomberg Nestle SA is banking on e-commerce sales to revive its struggling Chinese business, as the Swiss food company grapples with slowing growth and new shopping trends in the world’s largest consumer market. The maker of KitKat chocolates and Yinlu peanut milk began selling on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Tmall.com portal 67 brands it has never offered ...

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• 6 June

  Telkom earnings gain as S African operator cuts jobs

  

    Pretoria / Bloomberg Telkom SA SOC Ltd. said full-year earnings gained 16 percent as South Africa’s biggest landline provider cut almost 4,000 jobs, raised the dividend and embarked on the last financial year of its turnaround plan. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization was 11 billion rand ($729 million) in the year through March, compared with 9.4 billion ...

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• 6 June

  Qatar CEO ‘blasts’ Delta for ruining Doha-Atlanta trip

  

    Doha / Bloomberg Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker branded Delta Air Lines Inc. “wicked” over what he said was the US carrier’s part in ruining the Middle Eastern company’s first flight from Doha to Atlanta. Qatar’s Airbus A380 super-jumbo jet wasn’t allocated a gate when it arrived at the world’s busiest airport this week, forcing passengers ...

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• 6 June

  Wanda Cinema surges by 10 percent limit

  

    Shanghai / bloomberg Billionaire Wang Jianlin’s Wanda Cinema Line Co., whose shares have been halted since late February, surged by the 10 percent daily limit after it resumed trading on Monday as the Chinese tycoon seeks to inject Legendary Entertainment and other film-related businesses into the company. The stock climbed to 88.33 yuan in Shenzhen, compared with its previous ...

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• 6 June

  Checked-bag fees blamed for long airport lines

  

    Tribune News Service Airlines could help reduce lengthy security lines by suspending checked baggage fees this summer or diverting fee revenues to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), some aviation experts and congressional members contend. Long security lines at major airports have led to thousands of missed flights in recent weeks, and some say TSA’s screening problems stem, in part, ...

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• 5 June

  Abu Dhabi General Services Company rejigged

    ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, issued a resolution reshuffling the Board of Directors of Abu Dhabi General Services Company under the chairmanship of Eng Awaidha Murshed Ali Al Marar. The resolution named ...

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• 5 June

  ZHP approves names of 690 eligible citizens

    DUBAI / WAM The Zayed Housing Programme (ZHP) endorsed the names of 690 citizens eligible for housing worth over AED430.5 million. The move comes in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and follow up ...

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