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Dubai / Emirates Business The largest construction event in the Middle East, The Big 5, returns with a brand new look and mission to the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) from November 26-29. Under the theme “Shaping the Future of Construction”, the 39th edition of The Big 5 will introduce never seen before technologies and innovative solutions, organisers dmg events ...

SHARJAH / WAM Over 500 business leaders and 30 industry experts, chief executives and decision-makers representing the region and the world will lead discussions at the fourth Sharjah FDI Forum. Taking place on December 10-11 in Sharjah, under the theme, ‘Shaping the Future of Economies’, the Forum will see global experts cover corporate investment strategies, expansion opportunities, and explore the ...

Bloomberg Russia levied new charges against US-born investor and Kremlin critic Bill Browder, stepping up a quest that has gotten little traction in the West with a call to the US to investigate claims shareholders in his fund used illegal profits from Russia to fund contributions to the Democratic Party. Once one of the country’s largest foreign fund managers, Browder ...

Bloomberg Despite strong incentives in the Republican tax plan for American executives to expand, invest and ultimately boost the US economy’s growth potential, a lot of the debt companies are issuing appears to be motivated by something else. Non-financial corporate debt stands at 45.6 percent of gross domestic product, near the highest in post-war record keeping. Despite that, non-residential investment ...

Bloomberg The UK government has drawn up a package of reforms to improve the way public services are outsourced, after construction firm Carillion Plc became one of the biggest corporate casualties in British history this year. Outsourcing firms, including Serco Group Plc and Capita Plc, will issue “living wills” over the coming weeks, Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington plans to ...

Bloomberg Telecom Italia SpA’s decision to name Luigi Gubitosi as its new chief executive officer marks another victory for Elliott Management Corp in its push for a radical overhaul of the embattled phone company. The board, stacked with directors representing billionaire Paul Singer’s fund, chose the former Merrill Lynch banker at a meeting. Gubitosi succeeds Amos Genish, who was ousted ...

Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co. will remove Carlos Ghosn as chairman after he was arrested in Tokyo for violations of financial law, throwing the auto industry’s largest global alliance into turmoil. Ghosn, among the most prominent car-industry leaders globally and also the Chief Executive Officer of Renault SA, has been arrested over the suspected breach of Japanese financial trading law, the ...

Bloomberg China is starting an anti-dumping investigation on imports of Australian barley, sending a signal the world’s top commodity buyer may be increasing scrutiny of one of its most important suppliers. The one-year probe will start on Monday, and could be extended to May 19, 2020, according to a statement on the Ministry of Commerce’s website. Australian barley is being ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah FDI Office (Invest in Sharjah), the investment promotion agency dedicated to the continued transformation and economic diversification of Sharjah, has successfully eyed increased business opportunities with 80 industry experts and businesses from 20 European countries, during their participation in the “Going Global” business event which concluded in London. The annual event, which took place ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met Ditmir Bushati, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania. During the meeting, the two sides discussed UAE-Albania ties and means to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two friendly countries. Sheikh Abdullah and Bushati also exchanged views on regional and international developments ...