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Bloomberg Jeff Bezos is about to one-up your grocery store loyalty program. Today, millions of consumers get lower prices and other perks in exchange for favouring one store chain over another. Starting Monday, Amazon.com Inc. will lavish its most loyal customers with similar benefits and more when they shop at Whole Foods Market Inc., the high-end grocery chain it’s buying ...

Bloomberg Grab, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing app, plans to invest $100 million in Myanmar as it extends its battle with Uber Technologies Inc. to capture exploding use of smartphones. Grab will invest the money over the next three years and work with local governments to expand ride-hailing to more cities and roll out services such as its in-app digital payment ...

Bloomberg Infosys Ltd. Chairman Nandan Nilekani moved to reassure investors and employees after a dramatic coup by the firm’s founders this week in which they ousted four directors and took back control of the troubled Indian IT company. “I want to put this company on the right stable path,” Nilekani, 62, said. “I plan to be here as long as ...

Bloomberg Harvey became the strongest hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, making landfall in the heart of the US energy sector and bringing the danger of a life-threatening storm surge. Harvey came ashore as a Category 4 storm between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, Texas, packing gusts strong enough to strip the roof off houses and menacing ...

HONG KONG / WAM As part of its mandate to facilitate trade from Dubai and create an enabling environment for Dubai’s exporters, Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of Dubai Economy, has expanded its network with the opening of a new overseas trade office (OTO) in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong office, the 7th in its growing international network for ...

Sharjah / Emirates Business The second and concluding day of the Sharjah FDI Forum 2017, scheduled to take place on 20 September, 2017 under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council Ruler of Sharjah, will address current dominant economic trends, sustainable economies, the impact of technology on education, small enterprises ...

DUBAI / WAM Expansion projects and new investments are expected to fuel growth within the UAE’s logistics sector over the next five years, according to a recent analysis by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The positive outlook is supported by expectations of strong growth in the country’s air and sea freight markets. The analysis, based on recent data ...

SHARJAH/ WAM The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD), a leading national entity for development aid, on Wednesday announced a financial endowment to Dar Zayed for Family Care. The monetary aid will empower the UAE society through community development efforts. A cheque-handing-over ceremony was held at the ADFD’s headquarters and attended by Khalifa Al Qubaisi, Deputy Director-General of ADFD, and ...

Bloomberg UK companies are getting more worried about the economy and feeling less confident in spending money on hiring or investing, according to a new report. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation said an index of economic conditions has fallen to the lowest this year, with a greater proportion of respondents to its survey saying things are getting worse. Employers are ...

Bloomberg Vanguard Group and T. Rowe Price Group Inc. marked down the value of their shares of Uber Technologies Inc. by as much as 15 percent following a drumbeat of bad news, lawsuits and boardroom battles at the ride-hailing company. Vanguard cut the worth of the shares by 15 percent to $41.46 as of June 30 from the prior quarter, ...