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Seven Tides to highlight its projects in Moscow, London

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Land Department (DLD) has invited Seven Tides as a selected developer to represent the emirate at investor roadshows in Russia and the UK. Dubai-based luxury property developer Seven Tides will be presenting the popular Anantara The Palm Dubai Residences and the recently launched SE7EN Residences, as well as the Anantara Sky Collection – penthouse conversions, ...

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Toyota to re-enter electric vehicles in China, India

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. will introduce electric vehicles in China and India from 2020 as it accelerates a push into battery-powered autos amid rapidly tightening environmental regulations. Japan’s biggest automaker will design its own EV for the Chinese market, and is also considering selling EVs developed by its local partners under its marque, the company’s head of China operations, Hiroji ...

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Singapore growth could top 3 percent in 2017, says PM Lee

Bloomberg Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says his country is expected to exceed expectations this year by recording economic growth above 3 percent. Addressing his People’s Action Party’s 2017 convention on Sunday, Lee said Singapore was benefiting from an improved world economy, but would have to press on with plans to restructure and upgrade the economy to sustain growth. ...

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UK Chancellor vows to boost house building in budget

Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond will announce a plan to increase house building by almost 40 percent as his Conservative Party seeks to woo younger voters with promises to give them the same home-ownership opportunities as their parents. The government hopes to see 300,000 new homes a year—an increase from the 217,000 built in the past fiscal ...

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New SUVs offset UK drag on Europe car sales

Bloomberg New sport utility vehicles like the Peugeot 5008 and a jump in demand in France helped revive European car sales in October, offsetting another month of consumer unease in the UK on big-ticket purchases. Registrations rose 5.9 percent from a year earlier to 1.21 million vehicles, the Brussels-based European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, or ACEA, said in a statement. This ...

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Climate envoys step up pace of work without Trump support

Bloomberg Envoys from almost 200 nations agreed to step up the pace of their work on reining in global warming even without additional help from the world’s richest polluter. Two weeks of discussions organised by the United Nations concluded, after talks were delayed by a grammatical error in the draft text. The delegates, drawn from energy and environment ministries set ...

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Macron raises pressure on ‘low-cost Europe’

e Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron urged European Union leaders to work together to protect living standards and called for financial penalties for those who refuse to play ball. With 27 countries meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, as Angela Merkel tries to broker a coalition agreement at home in Berlin, Macron said that some members have taken advantage of subsidies from ...

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UAE, Sri Lanka discuss ways of advancing bilateral relations

Colombo / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has discussed ways of advancing bilateral relations with Sri Lanka at a meeting here on Saturday with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesingh. The two sides reviewed issues of common interest and the latest regional and international developments of mutual concern. ...

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Abu Dhabi to receive four direct weekly flights by airBaltic

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT), on Saturday welcomed the launch of airBaltic’s programme to operate direct flights between Riga, Latvia, and Abu Dhabi. As part of the initiative, four-weekly flights between the two cities will operate for five months until March 24, 2018, with the inaugural flight having landed in the ...

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Louvre Abu Dhabi welcomes 30,000 visitors in eight days

Abu Dhabi / WAM Louvre Abu Dhabi has welcomed 30,000 visitors, 227 artists and performers and numerous VIPs and official visits during its opening celebrations. The museum was opened to the public on November 11. “Welcoming thousands of visitors to Louvre Abu Dhabi during the opening week has been an honour,” said Manuel Rabate, Director of Louvre Abu Dhabi. “Walking ...

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