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Bloomberg Brussels Airlines NV, which lost its main airport hub after the worst terrorist attack in Belgium’s history, has decamped to four other cities to maintain service, even using buses to get people to flights at alternative airports. After the bombing, which killed 11 at the airport, the carrier shifted some airplanes and crew to Frankfurt and Zurich, to maintain ...

Bloomberg Skymark Airlines Inc. exited bankruptcy administration and forecast its first operating profit in three years after reducing its fleet, cutting routes and getting new funding. The carrier expects to report 1.5 billion yen ($13 million) in operating profit and sales of 70 billion yen for the year ending March 31, Skymark said in a statement on Monday. Skymark also ...

Bloomberg Craigslist could learn a thing or two from Quikr. The Indian equivalent of the free classifieds service publishes product ratings, handles payments and shipping and — crucially — releases payment only after a buyer gives their purchase a once-over and a virtual thumbs-up. In so doing, the site that lists for sale everything from smartphones to cars is trying ...

Bloomberg Indian airport operator GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd. said it sold a stake in its Bengaluru aerodrome to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., helping cut debt. The shares rose. Fairfax will buy 33 percent of Bangalore International Airport Ltd. for 21.49 billion rupees ($322 million), GVK said in a statement to the Mumbai stock exchange on Monday. GVK, which also ...

SUNAINA RANA / EMIRATES BUSINESS Taste of Italy by Heinz Beck is Dubai’s exciting new casual dining offering and one that is creating a well-deserved buzz among the city’s discerning gourmands who are seeking a more interactive eating venture. The restaurant is located in the heart of Jumeirah at Galleria Mall on Al Wasl road, Dubai. Chef Heinz Beck, founder ...

Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Urban Yogi offers you a sustainable eclectic mix of home style, luxury furniture and accessories. It is local grown brand, offering its customers array of unique and conventional pieces of decoration or furniture to adorn your adobe. Nisha Verman Shetty founder and CEO of this distinctive brand in 2012, The Urban Yogi dominates urban ...

Lahore / Agencies At least 69 people were killed and more than 300 injured when an apparent suicide bomb ripped through the parking lot of a crowded park in the Pakistani city of Lahore where Christians were celebrating Easter on Sunday, officials said. Dozens of ambulances raced to the park, situated near the centre of the city of around 8 ...

Dubai / EMIRATES BUSINESS As part of its commitment to Dubai’s smart city vision, Dubai Trade, the premier cross-border trade facilitator, partnered with Nakheel to offer its Rosoom online payment services to the developer’s 45,000 customers. The partnership allows Nakheel customers to use ‘Rosoom’ as a convenient, online payment system to pay service charges for owner associations, community management and ...

Abu Dhabi / EMIRATES BUSINESS Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced on Sunday that it has distributed the first cash dividends on behalf of one of its listed companies through distributing the dividends of the shareholders of the Union National Bank (UNB) on the Bank’s behalf. Thus, the Union National Bank became the first listed company in the United Arab ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, on Sunday met Frank Mollen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UAE. The meeting was attended by Lucille Merks, Deputy Head of Mission at the Netherlands Embassy, and Tareq Al-Marzouqi, Director of Government Communication, Minister of Economy. During the meeting, they discussed cooperation between the ...