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Bloomberg For SoftBank Group, $100 billion isn’t enough. The Japanese conglomerate, which has reshaped the technology startup landscape with its Saudi-backed Vision Fund, is in talks with investors to add as much as $15 billion more to its already-massive fund, said people familiar with the discussions. In about two years, the Vision Fund has invested more than $70 billion in ...

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co reported its worst operating-profit drop in more than four years, buffeted by falling memory-chip prices and slowing smartphone sales. Operating income fell 60 percent to about 6.2 trillion won ($5.5 billion) in the three months ended in March, according to preliminary results released from the Suwon, South Korea-based company. That was the biggest decline since a ...

Bloomberg Embattled Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. agreed to sell a 10 percent stake in a Toronto-area toll highway for as much as C$3.25 billion ($2.43 billion), stepping up efforts to bolster its balance sheet after two profit warnings and an ongoing political controversy battered its shares. The sale to OMERS Infrastructure pension fund will reduce SNC’s stake in ...

Bloomberg BMW AG said it’s likely to take a charge exceeding 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) related to the European Union’s investigation into German automakers allegedly colluding to delay the rollout of cleaner-emission cars. The provision will drag on first-quarter financial results and reduce automotive profit margin this year to as low as 4.5 percent, according to a statement. BMW ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc. shares plummeted as a record decline in deliveries during the first quarter stoked concern of slackening demand for the Model 3 sedan that started selling less than two years ago. The electric-car maker delivered 63,000 vehicles in the three months that ended in March, down from 90,966 in the fourth quarter. Tesla shares sank as much as ...

Bloomberg Forces loyal to the internationally recognised government in Tripoli conducted air strikes to try to halt a march on the capital by strongman Khalifa Haftar’s troops, officials said. Fighter jets struck positions near Tripoli held by Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army on Friday and on Saturday, LNA media official Aguila Saber and local city official Hamed al Nuwaiser said. ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has changed the direction of its diplomatic and government efforts to promote the concept of tolerance, by adopting ‘Tolerance Accelerators’, which seeks to reduce extremism and intolerance. The terrorist attacks against two mosques in New Zealand, which resulted in 50 casualties, confirmed the importance of the ‘Human Fraternity Document’ signed by Pope Francis, Head ...

DUBAI / WAM UAE businesses show a significant lead in both maturity and proactivity when it comes to the adoption of artificial intelligence solutions, according to a Microsoft report titled, ‘AI Pulse’. ‘AI Pulse’ is a Microsoft initiative designed to establish the attitudes and intentions of senior executives around the world towards artificial intelligence. The report is the result of ...

Sharjah / WAM The growing investment climate of Sharjah as well as opportunities available in 140 countries, will be the focus of the ninth edition of the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM 2019), from April 8-10, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The Sharjah FDI Office, Invest in Sharjah, will be facilitating the participation of five leading Sharjah government entities at the ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, Dubai Tourism, reported record growth in overnight visitors from Japan, crossing the 100,000 mark for the first time at the end of 2018. Reflecting a 15.3 percent year-on-year increase, the emirate welcomed 104,843 overnight visitors, with the robust growth underscoring efforts to further showcase the breadth of the city’s ever-expanding ...