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  AFP China’s wall of cotton is coming down. Once the world’s biggest grower of the crop, the country lost that crown to India in the season that just ended in July after depressed prices discouraged plantings. China’s sowings are set to drop again in the 12 months that started on Aug. 1, with harvested acres poised for the lowest ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women’s Union, Supreme Chairwoman of the Family Development Foundation and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, said that the August 6, 1966, the date of the late Sheikh Zayed’s accession as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, was the date of a new dawn in the ...

  Dubai / WAM The UAE International Investors Council (UIIC) announced its participation in the 2nd Edition of UAE-India Economic Forum (UIEF) as a Strategic Partner. Senior members of the council will participate in panel discussions with a special round table focused on investment opportunities in India. Jamal Al Jarwan, Secretary-General of the UAE International Investors Council, said, “India is one of ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Live next door to the most culturally vibrant destination in the city with Emaar Properties on Sunday unveiling an exclusive collection of residences located adjacent to the stately Dubai Opera, the iconic centerpiece of The Opera District in Downtown Dubai. The all-new ‘Act One | Act Two’ residences are seated in exceptionally designed 52- and ...

  Sharjah/ Emirates Business Hotels across the Emirate of Sharjah recorded a seven per cent increase in revenue — which reached AED378 million — in the January-to-June period of 2016. Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority has strategically identified many new markets and worked with local partners to increase guests from these markets and the first half year figures are ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Latest research by online social recruitment platform Bloovo.com reveals that job seekers consider employer branding one of the top factors when applying for new jobs. As much as 47.4% hold that brand reputation is the single most important criteria when looking for suitable positions. The results come from Bloovo.com’s recent survey, aimed at garnering insight ...

  Bloomberg Global investors can’t get enough of Taiwan. Overseas funds poured $5.4 billion into the island’s equities last month, taking inflows for the year to $11.6 billion and making Taiwan the most popular destination for investors among nine Asian markets tracked by Bloomberg. That’s helped send both the benchmark stock gauge and the currency to one-year highs. Fueling gains ...

  Bloomberg Kirin Holdings Co. snapped four days of losses after reporting first-half operating profit beat its own forecast by 25 percent. Operating profit rose 1.5 percent to 58.8 billion yen ($581 million) for the six months ended June from a year earlier on increased sales of soft drinks domestically and growth in its pharmaceuticals and bio-chemicals operations, the Tokyo-based ...

Beirut / AFP Syrian regime forces were on the defensive around Aleppo on Sunday after a rebel alliance said it inflicted a major setback by breaking a three-week government siege of the battered city. A coalition of rebels and fighters surged through regime territory on Saturday to open a new route into Aleppo’s besieged eastern neighbourhoods, home to an estimated ...

  Istanbul / AFP Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Istanbul on Sunday for a pro-democracy rally organised by the ruling party, bringing to an end three weeks of demonstrations in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after last month’s failed coup. Followers of Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) have taken to the streets every night since the ...