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  Bloomberg US payroll gains rebounded in April by more than forecast and the jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 4.4 percent, signaling that the labor market remains healthy and should support continued increases in consumer spending. The 211,000 increase followed a 79,000 advance in March that was lower than previously estimated, a Labor Department report showed. The median forecast in ...

  Bloomberg The race to sell soft drinks online has a surprising second-place winner: Zevia. The zero-calorie, sugar-free soda brand sold more online than Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sprite or Dr Pepper, according to a new study. The Los Angeles-based company only fell short of perennial soda king Coca-Cola, according to 1010data Inc., an analytics company. From March 2016 through February, ...

  KHOR FAKKAN / RAS AL KHAIMAH WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, paid his condolences to the martyr, Abdullah Mohammed Issa Al Hammadi, who died while performing his national duty in the country, and martyr Hassan Abdullah Mohammed Al Bishir, a soldier ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, received Abraham Mathai, President of the Harmony Foundation, which awards the annual St. Mother Teresa Awards to prominent global citizens, at the ministry’s headquarters on Thursday. The two parties discussed relations of cooperation between the UAE and the Mumbai-based Harmony Foundation, ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways on Thursday announced new roles and responsibilities for four of its most senior UAE nationals. Ahmed Al Qubaisi, who currently holds the position of Vice President Aero Political and Industry Affairs, will be promoted to Senior Vice President and take on responsibility for International Affairs and for Environmental Affairs. Ahmed joined Etihad ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) organised a monthly staff gathering at its head office which highlighted the importance of adopting a healthy and positive lifestyle as a foundation for achieving personal and professional success. During his welcome address, Essa Al Zaabi, Senior Vice-President, Institutional Support Sector, Dubai Chamber, revealed that the Chamber ...

  Bloomberg China’s deleveraging campaign is providing a reality check to the fledgling municipal bond market. Set up in 2015 to bring transparency to local-government borrowing practices, the new market benefited from the perception that Beijing had the provinces’ backs, with yields largely on par with the sovereign despite some weak municipal balance sheets. Not anymore — a clampdown on ...

  Bloomberg Australia would block any attempt to move BHP Billiton Ltd.’s main sharemarket listing to the UK as proposed by New York-based activist investor Elliott Management Corp., Treasurer Scott Morrison said. “It is unthinkable that any Australian government could allow this original Big Australian to head offshore,” Morrison said in a statement. If BHP implemented Elliott’s proposals, “it may ...

  Bloomberg A surging rupee, rising currency reserves and a comfortable current-account gap could see India’s central bank consider relaxing rules on outward investments, paving the way for domestic companies to step up their shopping abroad, especially in Latin America and Africa. An uptick in overseas acquisitions would help keep a lid on the rupee, which is among the top ...

  Bloomberg Coal India Ltd. may keep production subdued after it fell to the lowest seasonal level in three years as the world’s biggest miner of the fuel seeks to cut inventories. Output in April dropped to the least for the month since 2014, and shipments surpassed production by the biggest volume in records going back almost four years. The ...