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Bloomberg The Chinese trade delegation plans to sign the first phase of its trade deal with the US in Washington on January 15, according to people familiar with the matter. The plan is still to send its top negotiator, vice premier Liu He, to ink the deal, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the private plans. ...

Bloomberg After ousting his protege-turned-foe from the helm of Tata Sons Pvt in a boardroom coup three years ago, Ratan Tata was looking forward to a partial retirement. Instead, he’s fighting the battle all over again — this time in a court. India’s Supreme Court is expected to hear as early as this week an appeal by the $111-billion conglomerate ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Sunday signed on the final metal part to be fitted into the Hope Probe. The piece ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The seventh EcoWASTE Exhibition and Forum, focussing on the removal and storage of waste, is to be held from 13th-16th January, 2020, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. Guided by the vision of its wise leadership, which spares no efforts to achieve a better tomorrow for communities worldwide, the UAE has set an exemplary model ...

DUBAI / WAM The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), on Sunday announced that it broke its annual volumes and Average Open Interest (AOI), records last year, making 2019 the most successful year since its launch. The exchange traded 23.06 million contracts in 2019 beating its previous record of 22.26 million contracts traded in 2018 with DGCX’s wholly-owned clearing house, ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Urban Planning and Transport (DMT), announced that the 10th World Urban Forum (WUF10), the UN-Habitat conference that aims to raise awareness on sustainable urbanisation in cities and liveability across the globe, will be held in Abu Dhabi from February 8-13. To be hosted for the first time in the Arab region, the forum ...

Bloomberg Japan said it would tighten immigration procedures in the wake of Carlos Ghosn’s dramatic escape from the country after skipping bail, and ordered an investigation on how the former Nissan Motor Co chief disappeared. Justice Minister Masako Mori said authorities were “promptly” asked to find out how Ghosn left Japan without detection once she became aware of the incident. ...

Bloomberg India’s finance ministry has delivered a challenge to its revenue collectors: meet tax targets despite $20 billion of corporate tax cuts. Through a video conference on December 16, officials were exhorted to meet the direct tax mop-up target of 13.4 trillion rupees ($187 billion), a government official told reporters. Collection in the eight months to November grew at 5% ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the US has identified 52 Iranian sites it would hit if Tehran retaliates against the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, stepping back from more conciliatory comments he made after the drone strike on the Islamic Republic’s most powerful military commander. Trump’s tough talk followed Tehran’s threat of a protracted response, and eclipsed his assertion ...

Bloomberg Elon Musk’s decision to assemble Tesla Inc cars in China required years of planning and billions of dollars in spending. Now comes the challenging part. The electric Model 3 sedans rolling off the assembly line at Tesla’s Shanghai plant — its first outside the US — face a market where total vehicle sales are expected to fall for a ...