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London / Reuters WPP, the world’s biggest advertising company, entered uncharted territory on Monday without its founder Martin Sorrell whose departure has left it rudderless at a time of swirling industry change. Shares in the group fell 4 percent after Sorrell, the driving force behind 33 years of dealmaking and relentless expansion, stepped down after the board investigated an allegation ...

Bloomberg A few weeks ago, Donald Trump invited Vladimir Putin to meet — maybe even at the White House. After US-led missile strikes in Syria, the two nations’ officials can’t get into the same room without insulting each other. Speaking at an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council, hours after the US, France and the UK launched missiles ...

DHAHRAN / WAM The Arab Summit started on Sunday its 29th ordinary session at King Abdulaziz International Cultural Center in Dhahran. The UAE delegation to the summit is led by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussain of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the President ...

Dubai / WAM The initiatives launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to reduce cost of doing business and facilitate inward investment in the emirate, draw on past experiences and seek to deliver the future with confidence, said Sami Al Qamzi, Director General of the Department of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Digital Economy Solutions (DES), a joint venture between emaratech and the Department of Economic Development of Dubai (DED), will launch DubaiStore, the first local online marketplace to focus on SMEs and home-based businesses (e-traders). DubaiStore, quintessentially an online marketplace for all licenced businesses in the emirate of Dubai, is unique in concept and design, and focuses ...

Dubai / WAM Emirates NBD has become the first to successfully go-live at scale with ‘Cheque Chain’, integrating blockchain technology into issued cheques to strengthen their authenticity and minimise potential fraud. Following a successful pilot last year, overseen by Emirates NBD Future Lab, the bank is now rolling out its security-enhancing technology for the benefit of customers across the UAE. ...

Bloomberg Tens of thousands of people joined a demonstration outside Japan’s parliament, in a sign of growing public anger over cronyism scandals engulfing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Organisers say about 50,000 people attended this weekend’s rally in Tokyo — the biggest in nearly three years. Protesters, many young, held up signs calling Abe a “liar” and seeking his resignation. The ...

TOKYO / Reuters The truck units of Toyota Motor and Volkswagen AG are forming an alliance to bolster their market positions as commercial vehicle makers face growing costs to develop lower-emission vehicles and automated driving capabilities. The strategic tie-up of Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors and Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH is the latest in the global vehicle industry, where au ...

Bloomberg China’s southernmost province of Hainan is getting a package of favourable policies covering tourism, duty-free shopping and medical services that’s designed to help transform the island into an international tourism destination. Hainan, often billed as China’s Hawaii, will become a “free trade port,” China National Radio reported. The upgraded status is an economic distinction that’s aimed to help boost ...

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG’s trucks chief wants to take his division to “the next level,” with the German manufacturer considering a stock listing that would catapult the $37-billion unit into the blue chip ranks of Europe’s largest economy. “An initial public offering is just one of the options, another is that we could issue our own bonds,” Andreas Renschler, who oversees ...