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  Bloomberg After the birth of the sport utility vehicle, minivans disappeared from many American driveways. Family sedans appear to be headed down a similar road. Passenger cars were just 37.5 percent of US auto sales during the first two months of the year, according to researcher Autodata Corp. As recently as 2012, coupes, sports cars and sedans like the ...

  Bloomberg Salesforce.com Inc. gave a first-quarter revenue forecast that fell short of analysts’ projections, hampered by rising competition from rival business-software makers with their own cloud products. Revenue in the period ending in April will be $2.34 billion to $2.35 billion, the San Francisco-based company said in a statement. Analysts projected $2.37 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ...

  Sharjah / WAM Hamriyah Free Zone Authority, launched its flagship project ‘Sharjah Food Park’, the region’s first and largest city dedicated to food & commercial industries, comprising of warehouses, offices and labour accommodations on a total area of over 11 million square feet. The authority announced that its new world class facility is dedicated to importing, exporting, holding and re-packaging ...

  DUBAI / WAM Dubai Holding, the global investment holding company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Municipality to develop the largest public park in Dubai. The move follows the directives of Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Stretching across 1,430,000 sqm in DubaiLand, ...

  Sharjah / Emirates Business Sharjah’s business links with the world’s second largest country was the topic on the table when Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) hosted a trade meeting with a delegation from Canada. The roundtable event saw the two parties assess an array of initiatives that have the potential to lead to significant mutual benefits for Canada ...

  WASHINGTON / AP Facing a new wave of questions about his ties to Russia, President Donald Trump is telling advisers and allies that he may shelve — at least temporarily — his plan to pursue a deal with Moscow on the IS group and other national security matters, according to administration officials and Western diplomats. In conversations with diplomats ...

  Bloomberg The Trump administration plans to open the door to a possible reconsideration of greenhouse gas emission standards for cars and light trucks that has been sought by automakers, according to a person familiar with the plans. The Environmental Protection Agency in the final days of the Obama administration decided to lock in the emissions standards through 2025 that ...

  Bloomberg PSA Group and General Motors Co. are set to announce on Monday the purchase of the Opel brand by the French company, creating the region’s second-largest automaker and allowing GM to exit the European market, according to people familiar with the matter. The two carmakers, which sent an invitation for a joint press conference in Paris on Monday, ...

  BEIJING / AP China will raise its defense budget by about 7 percent this year, a government spokeswoman said Saturday, continuing a trend of lowered growth amid a slowing economy despite regional tensions over the South China Sea and other issues. Total defense spending would account for about 1.3 percent of projected gross domestic project in 2017, said Fu ...

  Bloomberg A private survey signaled the first expansion in four months for India’s key service sector, adding to signs the economy is bouncing back from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s shock clampdown on cash late last year. The Nikkei India Services Purchasing Managers’ Index inched up to 50.3 in February, a report showed Friday, from 48.7 in January and November’s ...