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Bloomberg A group led by Bain Capital LP and Japanese investors has offered about 2.1 trillion yen ($19 billion) for Toshiba Corp.’s semiconductor division, emerging as a leading bidder in the hotly contested auction, according to people familiar with the matter. The US private equity firm has the backing of state-supported Innovation Network Corp. of Japan and Development Bank of ...

Bloomberg As monsoon rains move across India — usually a boom time for the agriculture sector — farmers have left their land and taken to the streets amid growing anger over falling food prices and high debts. With protests spreading around the country, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is under pressure to provide more incentives. A drop in ...

Bloomberg The White House is divided over how hard to come down on cheap steel imports in a debate that will help set the tone for future trade policy, according to two industry representatives briefed on the discussions. As the Commerce Department prepares to disclose its findings from an investigation into possible national-security threats posed by steel shipments, Secretary Wilbur ...

Bloomberg Lyft Inc. complained to a judge that Uber Technologies Inc. moved to drag it into the larger ride-hailing company’s trade-secrets fight with Waymo two days after Lyft and the Alphabet Inc. unit announced an autonomous driving partnership. Lyft said Uber has demanded confidential information about “expansive and irrelevant topics” including an analysis of Lyft as a potential acquisition target ...

Bloomberg The French voted on Sunday for the fourth time in two months and the main outstanding question is just how big a majority they will hand President Emmanuel Macron. Polls from Harris and OpinionWay last week projected that Macron’s Republic on the Move movement, known as REM, may take up to 80 percent of the seats in the 577-member ...

Dubai / Emirates Business A recent analysis conducted by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry revealed that Dubai’s total date trade amounted to $221.7 million in 2016, of which exports accounted for the largest share ($85.1 million), followed by imports ($72.1 million) and re-exports ($64.5 million). Dubai’s export share of the emirate’s total date trade stood at 38% in ...

Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai College of Tourism (DCT), an institution established by Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism), has announced the first graduates of its interactive training programme, ‘Dubai Way’ designed for government and private sector staff engaged in tourist-facing roles in various service sectors. The ‘Dubai Way’ initiative was launched earlier this year by ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE has improved its standing in the 2017 Global Innovation Index (GII), topping all Arab countries and ranking 35th globally to improve six places from last year’s 41st position cementing its status as one of the world’s most innovative countries. The results of the index were officially announced during a press conference held on June ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business ADNOC Distribution announced that its Vehicle Inspection Centres (VICs) in Abu Dhabi processed more than 350,000 light vehicles during the first five months of 2017. These inspections were performed at 21 centres across the Emirate, including 8 centres in Abu Dhabi and its suburbs, 6 centres in Al Ain and 7 centres in Al Dhafra ...

Bloomberg Australia’s best three months of hiring since 2004 has brought the jobs market into line with buoyant business conditions — signaling the economy could be in better shape than recent GDP data showed. At the Reserve Bank of Australia, there’ll be some relief. For months, it’s repeated that forward indicators suggested higher employment and lower unemployment were in the ...