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Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond’s measures to help young people into the housing market underwhelmed investors and sent home-builder stocks tumbling. In his budget speech on Wednesday, Hammond abolished stamp duty for first-time buyers of homes worth up to $398,000 as the Conservative government sought to regain support among the younger voters who abandoned them at the ...

Bloomberg As UK consumers start to suffer from Brexit jitters, British retailers have extended the Black Friday discounts they borrowed from America over as much as two weeks to lure wary shoppers online and in stores. They need a push. The slide in the pound after the UK’s vote to leave the European Union has driven up the cost of ...

Bloomberg The UK regulator in charge of data privacy is looking into the major hack of Uber Technologies Inc.’s user data, opening up yet another front in the ride-hailing firm’s battle to manage one of its most successful markets. “Uber’s announcement about a concealed data breach last October raises huge concerns around its data protection policies and ethics,” James Dipple-Johnstone, ...

Bloomberg Pressure is mounting on Germany’s Social Democrats to join Chancellor Angela Merkel in a revived alliance and end the impasse threatening political stability in Europe’s largest economy. While Merkel has publicly stated she’s open to another election, her backers are betting that the SPD will abandon its aversion to a rerun of the “grand coalition,” according to people familiar ...

DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, attended the opening session of the fourth edition of the Knowledge Summit at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The summit which is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, and organised by the Mohammed ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, today inaugurated the Aqdar World Summit, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister for Tolerance; Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, President of Zayed University; Hussain ...

DUBAI/ WAM The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) received a high-level delegation from the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry on its premises as part of efforts to promote and facilitate knowledge sharing and cooperation between the two organisations. During the meeting, Hamad Buamim, President and CEO of Dubai Chamber, said, Saudi Arabia remains the top destination for ...

ABU DHABI / WAM A recent report issued by the Statistics Centre — Abu Dhabi (SCAD) revealed that the production of electricity from solar energy in the emirate of Abu Dhabi reached 280,085 MW per hour, a growth of 6.1 percent compared to 2015. The Abu Dhabi government has given considerable attention to renewable energy as part of its efforts ...

Bloomberg Ford Motor Co. and its Indian partner Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. could create their own electric car line in the country to help battle pollution from the vehicles clogging India’s roads, Chairman Anand Mahindra said. Mahindra & Mahindra, which already sells the e2o micro electric car, would be open to creating a new electric vehicle line in India with ...

Bloomberg Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group’s profit increased for a second consecutive six-month period as demand for gold products lifted sales at the world’s leading jewellery retailer. Net income rose 46 percent to $228 million in the six months through September, the Hong Kong-based company said in a statement on Tuesday. Revenue climbed 15 percent to HK$24.8 billion. The results ...