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  ABU DHABI / WAM Miral, Abu Dhabi’s leading creator of immersive destinations and experiences, in partnership with SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, announced it has reached 90 percent construction completion of the next-generation marine-life theme park, SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, Yas Island’s latest mega-development. The development, which is due to open in 2023 as the latest addition to Yas Island’s tourism ...

Even as his troops retreated in disarray in eastern Ukraine last week, Vladimir Putin opened a new front in his war against the West: a “battle for cultural supremacy.” The Russian president declared his top foreign policy goal would be to lead a global counteroffensive against the “imposition of neoliberal views by a number of states.” Russia, he claimed, is ...

The unexpected rise in US inflation is an opportunity to revisit an old debate, which is often a useful exercise. This current bout of inflation has its roots in mistaken assumptions made a decade ago. After the 2008-2009 recession, the recovery in the labor market was notoriously slow. This was commonly blamed on the demand side; monetary and fiscal policy ...

  A hotter-than-expected inflation report pours cold water on the possibility of lower interest rates from the Federal Reserve any time soon, and by extension, the prospect of lower mortgage rates. The standoff is set to continue between buyers balking at high home prices and potential sellers clinging to their homes that were financed at low mortgage rates. Would-be homebuyers ...

  The US transportation system is already starting to feel the effects of a potential rail strike, but any pain will be short-lived no matter how far apart the sides are at a Friday deadline because Congress will not allow supply chains to seize up again. Just after midnight Thursday, rail workers can go on strike or railroad management can ...

  Bloomberg The Swiss athletic brand On is launching a resale site, making it the latest company to enter the fast-growing apparel resale market. On Holding AG, which is backed by tennis star Roger Federer, went public last year and expects to see net sales of 1.1 billion Swiss francs ($1.1 billion) in 2022. The company has made sustainability a ...

Bloomberg Germany raised 760 million euros ($760 million) from the sale of the state’s full stake in Deutsche Lufthansa AG, unwinding all of the holding it took to keep the flagship carrier afloat during Covid-19 lockdowns. The country’s Economic Stabilization Fund, or WSF, disposed of its remaining 9.92% of Europe’s largest airline via a placement with international investors, according to ...

  Bloomberg Investors who attempted to participate in the 20.5 billion-rupee ($258 million) share sale in India’s largest airline IndiGo were left empty-handed due to a feature of the country’s trading rules that has long been a source of frustration for institutional fund managers. None of the investors lined up by the banks working on billionaire Rakesh Gangwal’s sale of ...

  Bloomberg Australian airline Rex plans to add more Boeing Co 737s within months, giving it enough jets for a nationwide network of intercity routes as it seeks to steal business away from troubled Qantas Airways Ltd. Rex, best known for flying small propeller-driven aircraft between regional towns, is fast building out a new jet division plying busy domestic routes ...

  Bloomberg The dollar’s long rally against the euro this year has proved a godsend for the owner of the Zara brand by swelling the value of revenue from its US garment sales when converted into euros. While it’s lost some ground over the past week, the greenback has gained more than 13% against the euro this year, boosting European ...