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Bloomberg China softened its tone towards Hong Kong’s protesters, saying peaceful demonstrations were allowed under the law, even as it ruled out a fundamental demand for direct democracy that has fuelled the unrest. In a wide-ranging briefing in Beijing, Chinese officials overseeing Hong Kong sought to make a clear distinction between violent protesters who have thrown petrol bombs in running ...

Bloomberg Hurricane Dorian is starting to move again, inching towards the northwest and potentially up the US East Coast after bashing the Bahamas for almost two days with high winds and driving rains that have inflicted huge damage, killing five on one island alone. The storm is now crawling at 1 mile per hour with sustained winds of around 120 ...

Bloomberg US factory activity unexpectedly contracted in August for the first time in three years as shrinking orders, production and hiring pushed a widely followed measure of manufacturing to its lowest level since January 2016. The Institute for Supply Management’s purchasing managers index fell to 49.1 in August, weaker than all forecasts in a Bloomberg survey of economists, data released ...

Bloomberg The contraction in the UK construction industry gathered pace in August as increased political uncertainty saw new orders fall at fastest pace in more than ten years. The sector shrank for a fourth-straight month as business optimism slipped to the lowest since the depths of the financial crisis in 2008, according to IHS Markit. The figures follow similarly disappointing ...

Bloomberg Talks between the economy ministers of Japan and France to strengthen the partnership between Nissan Motor Co and Renault SA are the latest sign that the two sides are working toward resolving a dispute between the carmakers. Hiroshige Seko, the economy and trade minister of Japan, and Bruno Le Maire, the French Finance Minister, reaffirmed their support for the ...

Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co lashed out at the US government on Tuesday, accusing Washington of orchestrating a campaign to intimidate its employees and launching cyber-attacks to infiltrate its internal network. China’s largest technology company claimed the American government had instructed law enforcement agencies to threaten and attempt to manipulate its employees. Huawei also accused the US of launching attacks against ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA), the inaugural edition of EuroTier Middle East, the world’s leading trade show for animal husbandry and livestock management, kicked off on Monday at the Abu Dhabi ...

ABU DHABI / wam Two new UAE Ambassadors to brotherly and friendly countries were sworn in on Monday before His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, at Qasr Al Watan (Al Watan Palace) in Abu Dhabi. Ibrahim Salem Mohammed Al Mashrekh and Saeed Mohamed Murshid Al Maqbali were ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Land Department (DLD), and BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP have subscribed to the Real Estate Lawyer (REL), an initiative launched to streamline Dubai’s real estate sector processes. DLD and BSA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote foreign and local investment opportunities in Dubai through an innovative framework that will boost transparency and ...

Dubai / WAM Further cementing its position as a future hub for global innovation when its doors open on 20th October 2020, Expo 2020 Dubai will host a series of 10 medical conferences and specialised events at the co-located Dubai Exhibition Centre, DEC, in a move that looks to foster cutting-edge healthcare innovations and grow the UAE’s knowledge-based economy. The ...