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Trump’s Twitter deactivation triggers scrutiny

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Bloomberg The fact that US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was deactivated by a rogue employee has raised questions about how much access and control Twitter Inc.’s workforce has over an individual user’s account. Trump’s personal page was shut down for about 11 minutes on Thursday evening by a customer support employee who was leaving the company. Though Twitter has ...

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$1,000 price fails to deter Apple iPhone X fans in long lines

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Bloomberg The $1,000 price tag on Apple Inc.’s new iPhone X didn’t deter throngs of enthusiasts around the world who waited—sometimes overnight—in long lines with no guarantee they would walk out of the store with one of the coveted devices. At Apple’s flagship Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan, the line coiled up and down several times along 58th Street and ...

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Trump to extend Asia tour to attend regional summit

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Bloomberg President Donald Trump said that he will add a day to the end of his five-nation tour of Asia, saying he would now stay for “the most important day” of a regional summit. The president had been scheduled to return to the US on Nov. 13, a day before the start of the East Asia Summit, the traditional venue ...

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UAE pays extra attention to boost relations with African nations

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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, and his accompanying delegation, on Wednesday at Al Majlis, Madinat Jumeirah. HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, attended the meeting. Sheikh Mohammed and Kagame reviewed ...

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UAE’s peaceful N-energy programme a global model for nations, say experts

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Abu Dhabi / WAM Experts and officials in the nuclear energy sector have lauded the UAE’s Peaceful Nuclear Energy Programme as a global model for nations looking to launch new and sophisticated nuclear energy initiatives to meet their future energy needs. Their remarks came during a session held on the sidelines of the International Ministerial Conference – Nuclear Power in ...

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Abu Dhabi welcomes over 3.5mn hotel guests this year

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ABU DHABI / WAM Hotel guests to all three regions of Abu Dhabi increased in total by 5 percent in September, compared to the same month last year, with 415,985 domestic and international visitors checking in to one of the emirate’s 163 hotels or hotel apartments. Figures released by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi recorded increases ...

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Mohammed, Lithuanian president discuss ties

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Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, received the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite on Wednesday. During the meeting, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid and President Grybauskaite discussed bilateral cooperation and consolidating ties for the benefit of the two countries’ peoples ...

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Tencent’s e-book IPO sets stage for music arm debut

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Bloomberg China Literature Ltd., the online reading unit helping Tencent Holdings Ltd. build an entertainment empire, raised $1.1 billion alongside existing investors in its Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The first-time share sale priced at the very top of a marketed range, the people said, asking not to be identified because the ...

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Alibaba leads $335mn funding for Chinese car site SouChe.com

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Bloomberg SouChe.com, a Chinese car trading site, raised $335 million in a funding round led by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. as it expands in auto-financing and prepares for a potential US IPO. Alibaba will become the biggest backer of the site and integrate parts of the business with its own e-commerce services. Warburg Pincus, Primavera Capital and CMB International also ...

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UK hints at compromises on Brexit bill as date set for talks

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Bloomberg The UK signalled it’s preparing to compromise over money in its stand-off with the EU, as a new round of Brexit talks offered the chance to break the deadlock. The deal on the divorce terms will probably be better for the remaining 27 EU countries than for Britain on the financial settlement, Brexit Secretary David Davis said. The first ...

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