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GE’s CEO tells investors cutting debt comes first in revamp

Bloomberg General Electric Co.’s new boss wants to reassure shell-shocked investors that he knows just how tough the past year has been — and that he has a plan to turn things around. In his first annual shareholder letter, Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp outlined his priorities as he tries to pull the iconic manufacturer out of a tailspin. After ...

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Imran Khan calls for dialogue after two Indian jets shot down

Bloomberg India said an air force pilot was missing after Pakistan said it had shot down two Indian fighter jets, as relations between the arch rivals worsened amid the possibility of a full blown war. India has yet to ascertain that the missing pilot is in Pakistan’s custody, said Raveesh Kumar, foreign ministry spokesman in a media briefing in New ...

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Mohamed visits Seoul National Cemetery

Seoul / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, on Tuesday visited the Seoul National Cemetery at the beginning of his official visit to the Republic of Korea. The visit to the memorial began with a flag-saluting ceremony. His Highness then laid a wreath ...

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Duphat 2019 kicks off in Dubai

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance, and President of the Dubai Health Authority, on Tuesday officially opened the 24th edition of Dubai International Pharmaceutical and Technology Conference and Exhibition (Duphat), at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Running until February 28, Duphat brings together leading pharmaceutical experts, industry ...

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Sheikh Khalifa’s Residential City opened in Hadramaut

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), opened the final phase of the Sheikh Khalifa’s Residential City for those affected by the floods that swept through the Hadramaut Governorate in Yemen during the past years. The move follows the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The city consists of 607 housing units in ...

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Borouge awards three major contracts for Ruwais plant

ABU DHABI / WAM Borouge awarded TechnipFMC, Maire Tecnimont, and WorleyParsons, three major contracts for the fourth phase of the Ruwais petrochemicals complex which will include the world’s largest mixed feed cracker. In a ceremony held in Abu Dhabi, Borouge signed Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED), contract, Project Management Contract (PMC), and a licence contract associated with the mixed feed ...

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Tension mounts after Indian jets bomb targets in Pakistan

Bloomberg India said its fighter jets destroyed a major terrorist camp in Pakistan in the worst escalation between the nuclear-armed rivals since 2001, in an incident that Islamabad has described as a “grave aggression.” More than 300 people were killed in the air strikes at the camp belonging to terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed that has trained suicide bombers, according to an ...

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Investors flee shadow banks in India after shock of defaults

Bloomberg As key engines of loan growth in the world’s fastest-expanding major economy, they once were investor favourites. But now traders won’t go near India’s shadow banks. About $22 billion has evaporated from a group of almost two dozen non-bank financial companies (NBFC) since August 31, before confidence was rocked. And investors aren’t rushing to get back in, according to ...

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Samsung, Huawei double down on Apple’s high-price strategy

Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. and Huawei Technologies Co. watched as Apple Inc. first priced a mass market smartphone at more than $1,000 — and now have upped the ante with new models at almost double that cost. Apple kicked off the trend in 2017 with the iPhone X. Its latest premium iPhones, the XS and XS Max, cost as much ...

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GE’s $21.4bn bio-pharma sale lifts new CEO’s revamp

Bloomberg When Larry Culp took command of flailing General Electric Co. late last year, his mandate was simple: be more aggressive. Fewer than five months later, investors are applauding. The shares soared as Culp took his boldest step yet to rescue the troubled behemoth, agreeing to sell GE’s bio-pharmaceutical business to his former employer, Danaher Corp, for $21.4 billion. Culp ...

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