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Bloomberg Calls to boycott Canadian goods, throw away iPhones and load up on Huawei Technologies Co. handsets are among signs of budding public anger in China over the arrest of the Chinese technology giant’s chief financial officer in Vancouver. A number of Chinese companies have posted notices to their social media accounts proclaiming support for Huawei, while offering employees subsidies ...

Bloomberg Hyundai Motor Group and its suppliers plan to spend of 7.6 trillion won ($6.7 billion) through 2030 to raise production of fuel cells by more than 200-fold as the South Korean automaker targets to become a key player in the new-energy vehicle technology. The world’s fifth-largest auto group — with Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. under its ...

Bloomberg A trade group representing US automakers urged the Trump administration to hold off further opening the American market to Japanese cars until Tokyo shows it’s committed to returning the favour. “We recommend the administration avoid making any concessions that would further open the US market to Japanese imports unless and until there is evidence that Japan is truly committed ...

Bloomberg Tesla Inc plans to offer $837 million of bonds backed by auto leases in its second trip to the market for asset-backed securities this year. The electric-car maker is betting investors will look past broader market volatility to load up on the securities, which may sell as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. The ...

Bloomberg US companies forecast a bright outlook for 2019, with gains across profit, employment and production, even as an escalation of the trade wars loom. Almost two-thirds of manufacturers and about 57 percent of service providers expect their revenue in 2019 to surpass 2018’s, though the gain may be smaller than this year’s increase, according to a semiannual survey by ...

Bloomberg In a whirlwind 24-hour span, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has seen his main opponents seize back momentum ahead of the 2019 national election. First came the abrupt resignation on Monday night of Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel, which sent stock, bond and currency markets tumbling when they reopened on Tuesday. Then Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party faced ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and President Mahamadou Issoufou of the Republic of Niger, discussed on Monday, means to develop bilateral relations between the two friendly countries. Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed welcomed President Issoufou and his accompanying delegation, adding ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA), on Monday inaugurated the 9th Sial Middle East Exhibition and the 4th Abu Dhabi International Dates Exhibition. The exhibitions are being held under his patronage and ...

Sharjah / WAM The fourth edition of the Sharjah FDI Forum started on Monday, with optimistic comments by the UAE Minister of Economy and the Shurooq Executive Chairman about the nation’s readiness to promote foreign direct investments (FDIs), as an enabler of sustainable development, despite the slump experienced globally – especially in developed economies – in 2017. The two-day event ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Following its successful launch in the Kingdom of Bahrain on December 5, the Zayed Sustainability Prize’s ‘Guiding Light’ campaign has arrived in Bolivia, and will ultimately result in the donation of 2,000 solar lanterns to off-grid communities, in the Municipality of San Juan. The 20×20 metre light installation, revealing the Zayed Sustainability Prize logo, was lit ...