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Bloomberg The US labour market began 2018 on a strong note as Americans saw wage gains accelerate amid better-than-expected hiring, raising hopes that a long-overdue pickup in worker pay is finally in train. Nonfarm payrolls rose 200,000 in January, exceeding the median estimate of economists for a 180,000 increase, Labor Department data showed, as the jobless rate held at a ...

Bloomberg The political tides could finally be turning against Theresa May. The embattled British prime minister has defied odds to survive a disastrous election result and difficult Brexit negotiations by papering over differences among her Conservatives. But there is a growing sense May’s situation has become untenable as her party’s divisions over the European Union spill out. While it remains ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, visited the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to inspect the progress of the KhalifaSat project. KhalifaSat is the first satellite to be fully built by Emirati engineers, an achievement that highlights the UAE’s growing expertise in ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Gulf Printing and Packaging, a subsidiary of Al Khat Packaging Co., one of the largest producers of printing and packaging materials in the GCC region, officially inaugurated its new UAE base in Khalifa Industrial Zone of Abu Dhabi (KIZAD). With an investment of AED 100 million, the new facility is located in the heart of ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) announced a new cooperation and strategic partnership agreement with Medallion Associates LTD. The agreement was signed by His Excellency Sultan Butti bin Mejren, Director General of DLD, and Masood Al Awar, Chairman and CEO of Medallion Associates LTD, in the presence of senior officials from the two companies and a number of ...

Dubai / WAM The growing local and international trust in Dubai, and the wider UAE, promises greater progress in the domestic economy, especially in the Islamic economy domain, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy and Chairman of Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre (DIEDC), at the DIEDC’s meeting. DIEDC convened its first board meeting for 2018, reviewing all the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA), has set up integrated electronic systems to allow Taxable Persons to register, file tax returns and pay their due taxes seamlessly. The system encourages voluntary compliance, said FTA Director General Khalid Ali Al Bustani, calling on all businesses registered with the Authority, whose first Tax Period ends on January 31, to ...

Bloomberg India’s Narendra Modi delivered an election year budget focussed on tamping down rural discontent ahead of crucial elections, spending that could prompt the central bank to raise interest rates in the coming months. With less than a week to go before the Reserve Bank of India meets to decide on policy, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled a budget that ...

Bloomberg Shanghai Henlius Biotech Inc., backed by Fosun Group, is planning an initial public offering that could make it one of the first to take advantage of proposed Hong Kong listing rules aimed at attracting early-stage drug developers, people familiar with the matter said. The subsidiary of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co. is considering selling shares in Hong Kong as ...

Bloomberg A group of pro-European lawmakers are using the tools of Parliament to try to force PM Theresa May to maintain trade ties with Europe after Brexit, a move that will delight business but stoke further division within May’s Conservative Party. Former Chancellor of the Exchequer Ken Clarke and former Business Minister Anna Soubry have proposed an amendment that would ...