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Bloomberg Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to continue improving ties between Asia’s most populous countries in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of a summit in China. Xi was hosting leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the coastal city of Qingdao over the weekend. The China-led grouping includes India, Russia, Pakistan and ...

Bloomberg After hastily withdrawing their new messaging app amid glaring security flaws, an Indian billionaire and his penurious yoga guru partner are about to have another go at it. Acharya Balkrishna, who collaborated with celebrity yogi Baba Ramdev to build an Indian consumer goods empire, plans a formal release of the Kimbho messenger app within weeks as he tries to ...

Bloomberg Argentina secured a $50 billion stand-by arrangement from the International Monetary Fund to help restore investor confidence as the government takes aim at double-digit inflation and a widening budget deficit. The rescue program’s size, which would run for 36 months, is the largest ever in IMF history though it will depend on how much the government taps. It comes ...

Bloomberg General Electric Co. shareholders can breathe a little easier. At least for now. The board declared a 12-cent dividend, holding the payout steady for another quarter despite growing concerns that it would get cut. The dividend is payable July 25 to owners of record at the close of business June 18, GE said in a statement. The decision offers ...

Bloomberg Broadcom Inc. reaffirmed its revenue forecast for the current period and reported profit that beat estimates, indicating robust sales of chips used in data-center networks are helping to make up for lackluster demand in the smartphone business. Revenue will be about $5.05 billion, plus or minus $75 million, in the quarter ending in July, the San Jose-based chipmaker said ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump is about to see whether his bet on North Korea will pay off: that Kim Jong-un’s desire to end his country’s economic strangulation and pariah status will prevail over the dictator’s fear of relinquishing his nuclear threat. Trump and Kim have yet to agree even on how to define denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula — the ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business Over the past nine years, Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has accrued a portfolio of completed and ongoing projects worth AED 7.6 billion ($2.07 billion) extending across a total area of 11.74 million square metres. Following the Emiri decree No.2 to establish Shurooq, issued by His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme ...

Dubai / WAM The Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), chaired by Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, has endorsed the final design of public bus stations that serves Expo2020. The project covers the construction of 14 bus passengers’ stations in addition to one bus depot at Al Quoz. ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Dafza) announced the development of Dubai Blink, the world’s first B2B smart commerce platform. It will utilize artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain technology and virtual business licenses, allowing companies from around the world to connect and trade via Dubai. As one of Dubai 10X initiatives, Dubai Blink was presented to Dubai Free Zones ...

BRUSSELS / WAM The UAE Minister of State for Defence Affairs, Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, lead a UAE delegation during a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), defence ministers meeting, held in the Belgian capital, Brussels. The UAE delegation — which participated in meeting discussions revolving around global military affairs — included senior officers and officials of the Ministry of ...