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Bloomberg Lion Air has started preparations for a domestic initial public offering, people with knowledge of the matter said, as Indonesia’s biggest private carrier seeks to move past an October crash that triggered the crisis surrounding Boeing Co’s 737 Max plane. The company is working with advisers on the planned share sale, which could take place as soon as this ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s Department of Health is investigating an outbreak of measles that has infected three workers at the city’s airport. The trio, employees at the Hong Kong International Airport, each developed a rash last week, according to a government statement. Another two cases were announced on Saturday, one involving a man working for an airline and the other, a ...

Bloomberg German food wholesaler Metro AG’s Chinese business has attracted potential bidders including internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd and domestic buyout firm Citic Private Equity, people with knowledge of the matter said. Metro kicked off its sale of a controlling stake in the Chinese unit this month and first-round offers are expected to be submitted in April, according to the ...

Bloomberg China Feihe Ltd, an infant formula producer, is restarting preparations for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as $1 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Heilongjiang-based company plans to sell shares as soon as this year, according to the people. Feihe is working with China Merchants Securities Co and JPMorgan Chase ...

Bloomberg The grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max after a second crash is poised to start percolating through major US economic indicators ranging from international trade to durable goods, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. For now, the issues affecting the aircraft probably won’t have a short-run impact on gross domestic product because production continues, but they will affect the composition ...

Bloomberg Mubadala Development Co, the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund, and Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd are weighing bids for part of Temasek Holdings Pte’s stake in global retailer AS Watson Group, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Singapore state investment company is considering selling around a 10 percent stake in AS Watson for about $3 billion, according ...

Bloomberg Alphabet Inc.’s Google was fined 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) by the European Union (EU) for thwarting advertising rivals, a penalty that may be EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vest-ager’s third and final attack on US tech giant. It brings the total Google has been ordered to pay to 8.2 billion euros in EU antitrust probes that have run for ...

DUBAI / WAM HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA), the regulatory body for Dubai Silicon Oasis (DSO) has announced that the integrated free zone technology park achieved remarkable results during 2018 with a total revenue of AED576.9 million, as well as overall net profit of AED292.4 million in comparison with AED205.7 million ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) have successfully installed first solar panel system at an Australian Antarctic station. The aim of the project, which is the first solar array providing power to an Australian Antarctic research station, is to reduce reliance on diesel fuel, which is delivered yearly by ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, visited the Special Olympics World Games, Abu Dhabi 2019, at the Abu Dhabi ...