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  DUBAI / WAM The Sheikh Zayed Housing Programme has endorsed the names of 447 eligible citizens for housing loans and grants worth AED218.9 million, of which 317 will be loans and 130 grants. This was revealed during the third Board of Directors meeting of the programme chaired by Dr Abdullah Belhaiv Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development, and Chairman ...

DUBAI / WAM Emaar Malls (DFM: EMAARMALLS), the shopping malls and retail business majority-owned by global property developer Emaar Properties, reported first-quarter (January to March) 2016 net profit of AED 529 million (US$ 144 million), 22 percent higher than the Q1 2015 net profit of AED 433 million (US$ 118 million). Rental income for the first three months of the ...

  DUBAI / Emirates Business The Future of the UAE as a Global Tourism Hub was the headline session opener for the all-new Global Stage at Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2016, as eight of the Emirate’s leading tourism and hospitality minds shared their experience and insight into opportunities for sustained future sector growth. Moderated by BBC World News anchor, Zeinab ...

  Beijing / AFP Troubled Malaysian state investment fund 1MDB said on Tuesday it had defaulted on $1.75 billion in company bonds after missing an interest payment, heightening fears of a market-rattling bailout of the scandal-hit company. The fund, founded in 2009 by Prime Minister Najib Razak, is teetering on the brink of collapse amid multiple investigations around the world ...

  PHILADELPHIA / AP Donald Trump is aiming for a sweep of all five Northeastern states holding primaries on Tuesday, including Pennsylvania, leaving his rivals pinning their hopes of stopping the Republican front-runner on a fragile coordination strategy in the next rounds of voting. For Democratic leader Hillary Clinton, wins in most of Tuesday’s contests would leave little doubt that ...

  Bloomberg Australia snubbed a bid from Japan to award one of the world’s biggest defense deals to France’s DCNS Group, opting for a contract that will generate jobs in Australia and minimize a backlash from its major trading partner China. The French offer for the A$50 billion ($39 billion) contract to build 12 submarines trumped those by Japan’s Mitsubishi ...

  Bloomberg Bond traders are signaling that even inflation expectations at 2016 highs won’t be enough to push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this week. Futures show the central bank will hold its benchmark unchanged when it meets on Tuesday and Wednesday as policy makers incorporate international events into monetary-policy decisions. The meeting will give policy makers a ...

  Bloomberg Brazil’s Real advanced on speculation that President Dilma Rousseff will be impeached and as the central bank refrained from moving to weaken the currency. Stocks dropped as a decline in oil and iron-ore prices dimmed the outlook for Brazilian producers. The currency strengthened 0.2 percent to 3.5582 per dollar, extending its gain this year to 11 percent, the ...

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, on Monday inaugurated the Arabian Travel Market (ATM). Over 2,800 exhibiting companies and more than 100 new exhibitors will make their debut at ATM this year. During the visit, Sheikh Hamdan tours Emirates’ stand on the first ...

  DUBAI / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, launched on Monday the Dubai Autonomous Transportation Strategy, which aims to transform 25% of the total transportation in Dubai to autonomous mode by 2030, saving AED 22 billion in annual economic costs. He said, “Dubai is ...