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Bloomberg Infosys Ltd. co-founder Narayana Murthy publicly criticised the company’s board again, just as directors try to recruit a chief executive officer to replace one who resigned out of frustration with such clashes. Murthy said the board has still not addressed questions he raised in August about poor governance and excessive severance, according to a statement he released. CEO Vishal ...

Bloomberg Toyota Motor Corp. cut planned investment by 30 percent for a factory it’s building in Mexico and halved its production target amid pressure from US President Donald Trump for manufacturers to keep more production in the US. Japan’s biggest automaker will reduce investment in the Guanajuato plant to $700 million and trim planned capacity to 100,000 units a year, ...

DUBAI / WAM Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum patronized on Tuesday the opening session of the 4th edition World Green Economy Summit, which kicked off at DWTC in Dubai. Dubai Crown Prince HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Civil Aviation ...

Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Tuesday received Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania. During the meeting, Sheikh Mohammed discussed with the Prime Minister bilateral relations and means of enhancing them in light of the opportunities available to both sides, especially in the ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The 4th session of the UAE-Spain Joint Economic Committee was held in Dubai, chaired by Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and by Luis de Guindos Jurado, Spain’s Minister of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. The meeting touched on important economic and development issues in both countries. The ministers also reviewed the latest developments and ...

Dubai / WAM DP World Limited has reported that it handled 52.3 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the first nine months of 2017. Gross container volumes grew by 10.0 percent year-on-year on a reported basis and 9.6 percent on a like-for-like basis, with the third quarter growth rates accelerating to 13.5 percent ...

Bloomberg Infosys Ltd. slashed its annual revenue forecast, as the Indian software outsourcing giant deals with the aftermath of a boardroom coup that forced out its top executive. The software exporter is now forecasting 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent growth in revenue in the year ending March in US dollar terms, versus the 7.6 percent rise analysts were anticipating. That ...

Bloomberg Singapore is experiencing a surge in venture capital fundraising, reflecting growing interest in Southeast Asia’s startups. This month, Vertex Ventures and two other venture-capital firms completed fundraising efforts in the city, each with their largest fund yet. In September, East Ventures, which made early bets on successful startups like Tokopedia and Traveloka, raised $30 million that will go toward ...

­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg Facebook Inc. could be in the firing line of data privacy regulators across the European Union if the bloc’s top court follows the opinion of an adviser who said the social media giant may be policed by authorities in the country where users are based. Yves Bot, an advocate general of the EU Court of Justice, said that national ...

Bloomberg Volkswagen AG and Daimler AG were inspected by European Union antitrust investigators as the EU stepped up a probe into allegations the German car industry colluded on technology for decades. Just days after raiding BMW AG, EU antitrust officials visited Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg headquarters and its Audi unit’s offices in Ingoldstadt “as part of an announced review,” VW said in ...