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Shurooq projects set to redefine UAE’s sustainable eco-friendly landscape

Sharjah / Emirates Business The Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) has announced that two of its eco-luxury developments – the Kingfisher Lodge, part of the ‘Kalba Eco-tourism’ project, and the Fossil Rock Lodge, part of the second phase of the ‘Mleiha Archaeological and Eco-tourism’ project – are both nearing completion. Shurooq confirmed that the two luxury hospitality projects, which ...

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US-China tensions simmer but both say there is no trade war

Bloomberg The US and China played down the prospect of a diplomatic breakthrough to resolve their escalating trade dispute as the White House considers what demands it will present to the Chinese. Serious talks “have not really begun yet,” Larry Kudlow, head of the White House National Economic Council, told Bloomberg TV. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, in a CNBC interview, ...

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Twin verdicts pave way for $4bn RCom-Jio deal

Bloomberg A corporate court allowed lenders to proceed with selling some assets of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Communications Ltd. to Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., but ordered that the proceeds be held in an escrow account until it decides on a dispute with a minority shareholder. The latest decision marks a partial victory for RCom a day after India’s top court vacated ...

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EU, Facebook planning high-level contacts in wake of data scandal

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. expressed a “willingness to engage” with European Union regulators in the wake of fresh evidence showing that data on most of the social network’s 2 billion users could have been accessed improperly. Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova is in touch with Facebook “to arrange for high-level contacts in the coming days,” her spokesman Christian Wigand told reporters at ...

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Uber hires from YouGov, Acromas for its UK board

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc is appointing two new independent non-executive directors to its UK board as it continues its bid to shore up its reputation in one of its major markets. Susan Hooper was previously head of the travel division at Acromas Group, while Roger Parry is non-executive chairman of software company Oxford Metrics and polling company YouGov Plc. The ...

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‘EU can help settle US-China trade row’

Bloomberg The European Union can help settle the burgeoning trade spat between the US and China, European Commission Vice Presidents Jyrki Katainen and Valdis Dombrovskis said. Rather than participate in the dispute, the EU can leverage its role as the world’s largest market to uphold the rules of international trade and push back against unilateral tariffs like the ones backed ...

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Trump softens key Nafta demand on regional car content

Bloomberg The Trump administration has softened a key Nafta demand for more North American content in car manufacturing—a potential olive branch on arguably the biggest sticking point as the US pushes to reach a stopgap deal this month, according to three people familiar with the talks. The US proposal would distinguish between different Nafta car parts by grouping them into ...

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Sanctions turn Putin tycoons into international pariahs

Bloomberg The US is taking sanctions against Russia to a new level. The US Treasury turned away from past efforts like curbs on visas to unleash measures that will sever access to global financial markets, buyers and suppliers for several of Russia’s Kremlin-connected billionaires. One of them, Oleg Deripaska, bears the brunt. And sanctions against him entangle some of the ...

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500 business officials discuss investment prospects in KIZAD

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business In collaboration with more than twenty business councils from around the world, Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (KIZAD), a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Ports, brought together more than 500 companies, investors, officials and diplomats to discuss investment opportunities in KIZAD and Khalifa Port Free Trade Zone (KPFTZ), the largest free zone in the Middle East. ...

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Mohammed honours winners of Arab Journalism Award

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Wednesday honoured the winners of the 17th Arab Journalism Award at a ceremony held at the conclusion of the Arab Media Forum (AMF), 2018. HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh ...

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