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Saudi bloc: Qatar’s action not enough to end crisis

Bloomberg Qatar is falling short in its efforts to counter terrorism, the Saudi-led alliance said, an apparent setback to US mediation efforts after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged the bloc to ease its seven-week boycott of the Gulf nation. The group also added nine organizations based in Yemen and Libya as well as nine people from Qatar, Kuwait, Yemen ...

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Alphabet’s rising costs raise alarm on shrinking margins

Bloomberg Initially investors celebrated a robust quarter from Alphabet Inc., driven by strong sales growth. Then they spotted a red flag: rising costs that could crimp margins going forward. The Google division generated most of the quarter’s revenue but paid out 22 percent of its $22.67 billion in sales in so-called traffic acquisition costs or TAC — payments to partners ...

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US working on ‘big, exciting’ UK trade deal: Trump

Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the US and the UK are working on a potentially “big and exciting” trade deal and the relationship between the two countries is going to be “even better” after Brexit. Trump’s comments, made in tweets late on Monday and on Tuesday, came as UK Trade Secretary Liam Fox was in Washington to pave the way ...

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Modi’s ‘50mn homes’ plan miles from ground reality

Bloomberg India’s ambitious ‘Housing for All’ plan is bumping up against some harsh realities. Prime Minister Narendra Modi set a target in 2015 of building 50 million homes in less than a decade, or about seven million a year. The nation has since added only 180,877 under the scheme, underscoring the challenge in achieving that target. “It was a moon ...

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China GDP forecast improves as growth surpasses estimates

Bloomberg Economists raised their forecasts for China’s economic output after growth in the first half beat estimates. That robust activity is giving policy makers’ room to curb excessive and speculative borrowing. China’s gross domestic product will expand by 6.7 percent from a year ago in the third quarter and 6.6 percent in the fourth quarter, according to the median of ...

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Youth manpower capable of achieving nation’s ambitions

ABU DHABI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has received a delegation from the UAE Space Agency, which was accompanied by representatives of the space sector in the UAE. The delegation presented a demonstration on the most important accomplishments in UAE space ...

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Emirates NBD to offer clearing services to Delma Brokerage

DUBAI / Emirates Business Emirates NBD, a leading bank in the region, announced the signing of an agreement to offer clearing services to UAE-based Delma Brokerage, making the brokerage firm, the first non- affiliate Trading Member to sign with the bank. Emirates NBD is currently the first UAE-based financial entity to be approved by ‘SCA – Securities and Commodities Authority ...

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ADFD to study export finance programme with KDI

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) appointed the Korea Development Institute (KDI), a Korean think tank, as expert consultant to advise on the need for a UAE-based Export Finance Programme. Mohammed Saif Al Suwaidi, Director-General of ADFD, and Dr Joon-Kyung Kim, President of KDI, signed a cooperation agreement in this regard at Fund’s headquarters. As an ...

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Halal Expo Dubai to support UAE’s lead in industry

DUBAI / WAM Halal Expo Dubai will strengthen UAE’s goal of leading and developing the Halal industry in the Arab region and beyond. The county has immense potential and resources to be the hub of Islamic economy and for attracting foreign investments to UAE as the country ranked third after Malaysia and Bahrain in Islamic economy and finance, stated by ...

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