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Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA became the latest global firm to be dragged into the tensions roiling Hong Kong after the French lender publicly apologized for a posting on an employee’s personal social media account. The lender’s statement on its website came after an unidentified employee made remarks on Facebook about a pro-Beijing group singing the Chinese national anthem at a ...

Bloomberg An MTR Corp train derailed in Hong Kong, dealing a fresh blow for the subway operator that has become a target and battleground in the anti-Beijing demonstrations rocking the city. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday morning and injured eight people, involved three carriages that went off track and prompted the company to suspend trains running between Hung Hom ...

Bloomberg A low-profile law professor and a jailed media tycoon secured the top spots in Tunisia’s landmark presidential vote, routing veteran politicians in a rejection of the status quo in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. Kais Saied, a constitutional law professor, secured 18.4 percent of the vote while Nabil Karoui, the owner of a TV channel who’s detained on ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said his administration will enter into an initial trade accord over tariffs with Japan in the coming weeks while Tokyo warned any final deal must include assurances that Washington won’t slap new tariffs on $50 billion of Japanese auto exports. In a notice to Congress, Trump also said the US will be entering an “executive agreement” ...

Bloomberg Elliott Management Corp has built a stake in CNH Industrial NV in a bid for constructive engagement with the truck and tractor maker controlled by Italy’s Agnelli family, according to people familiar with the matter. Elliott, run by billionaire Paul Singer, sees value-creation potential in CNH’s plan to separate the Iveco truck business from its more profitable agricultural machine ...

Bloomberg Some of Europe’s top luxury brands are targeted in President Donald Trump’s latest tariff salvo, which could affect billions of dollars in exports of American-bound handbags and men’s suits, among other products. A panel of three World Trade Organization arbiters, as expected, said the US can legally impose tariffs on an array of European exports in retaliation for Europe’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The total value of fund transfers among the UAE’s banks grew eight percent to AED7.13 trillion during the first eight months of 2019, from AED6.61 trillion in the comparable period in 2018. According to the CBUAE’s figures, fund transfers from January through August hit AED4.864 trillion, in yet a new sign reflective of the ongoing economic ...

Dubai / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced the launch of the second edition of Global Investment in Aviation Summit (GIAS) under the theme ‘Enabling global aviation growth through fundraising and key partnership.’ The upcoming summit at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, on January 27- 29, 2020 aims at exchanging expertise and knowledge between officials and aviation industry experts and ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE ranked first in the Middle East in the transition to Internet Protocol Version 6, according to statistics from Ripe NCC, Akamai Technology and Google, less than two years after it has been launched in the country by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA). The transition to IPv6 will have a significant positive impact on the implementation ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Joint Committee for Media Cooperation of the Saudi-Emirati Coordination Council held its first meeting in Abu Dhabi, under the chairmanship of Turki Al Shabana, Saudi Minister of Media, and Dr Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and Chairman of the National Media Council. The meeting aimed at developing media strategies, joint plans ...