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ABU DHABI / WAM The Federal Tax Authority (FTA) has launched a new electronic system for registering excise goods as part of its plans to continuously develop the tax system as a whole, and excise tax procedures, in particular. In a press statement issued on Saturday, the authority explained that the new system offers accurate and transparent procedures for registering ...

DUBAI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), has issued its 6th annual Sustainability Report, summarising Dewa’s efforts to promote social and economic sustainability as well as provide a sustainable model for energy and water. The report focusses on ways to support economic growth without damaging the environment, and highlights Dewa’s achievements in sustainability, according to a Dewa press ...

Bloomberg Thailand plans a 316-billion-baht ($10.2 billion) package of government spending and loans to counter an economic slowdown caused by the US-China trade war and currency strength. The package includes help for farmers and people on low incomes, as well as initiatives to bolster consumer spending and investment, Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana said in a briefing in Bangkok. The proposal ...

Bloomberg China is stepping up its soybean buying in Brazil as growers in Argentina continue to hoard and the Asian nation avoids American oilseed after an escalation in trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. Private and state-owned companies bought 25 to 30 cargoes of soy from Brazil this week through, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not ...

Bloomberg Governments in Asia are seeking to tap private investment for the region’s substantial infrastructure needs as the current rate of public financing is “insufficient and unsustainable,” said Indranee Rajah, Singapore’s second minister for finance and education. Globally, government financing accounts for 40% of infrastructure expenditure, and 70% in emerging markets, while in Asia, this stands at 90%. “This rate ...

Bloomberg There’s a new owner of the Brooklyn Nets. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Executive Vice Chairman Joe Tsai exercised his option to buy the rest of the team that he didn’t already control — along with the Barclays Center arena — ending Mikhail Prokhorov’s ownership tenure and bringing another deep-pocketed international presence to the National Basketball Association. Financial terms weren’t ...

Bloomberg Pakistan’s Power Cement Ltd. has suspended almost a third of its output as demand and prices fall amid an economic downturn and higher costs bite. The second largest producer in the country’s south has shut about 3,150 tons per day of old, high-cost production capacity after market conditions rendered them unviable. Newer lines accounting for 7,700 tons remain operational. ...

Bloomberg Australia’s labour market surged in July, adding almost three times the forecast number of jobs, while unemployment remained stuck at 5.2% as the workforce swelled to a fresh record. The economy added 41,100 roles from the previous month, with more than three-quarters of them full-time, the statistics bureau said in Sydney. Economists had forecast a gain of just 14,000. ...

Bloomberg China’s biggest energy company is backing away from direct purchases of Venezuelan crude as the Trump administration tightens sanctions against the South American nation. China National Petroleum Corp. has canceled plans to load about 5 million barrels worth of Venezuelan oil onto ships this month in the aftermath of the latest executive order by President Donald Trump, according to ...

Bloomberg Total SA is committed to developing the Mozambique natural gas project that it will take over from Anadarko Petroleum Corp. as part of its expansion in Africa, the company said. The project, to cost as much as $23 billion to develop, will be Africa’s biggest single investment, and Mozambique is counting on it to transform the economy. The southeastern ...