US travel pain grows over winter storm

Bloomberg A one-two punch of bad weather and longer airport security lines mean it’ll be a miserable weekend for many travellers in the US. Winter storm Harper, a blizzard that the National Weather Service expects to travel from the Midwest through New England and the Northeast, may leave up to 18 inches of snow. In addition, severe thunderstorms with damaging ...

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UK retail property values may be slashed, says Sunday Times

Bloomberg Values of UK shopping centres and high street stores could be reduced significantly after property agents were told to reflect the seismic changes sweeping the retail industry, the Sunday Times reported. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors told valuers to be “aware of the potential for significant changes in value” in retail properties, the newspaper reported, without saying where ...

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Ryanair shares drop after cutting outlook

Bloomberg Ryanair Holdings Plc shares dropped to a four-year low after the airline cut its full-year profit guidance, citing an industrywide slump in ticket prices and over-capacity across Europe this winter. The region’s biggest discount airline now expects an after-tax profit in the range of $1.1 billion to 1.1 billion euros, excluding its new Lauda unit, for the year through ...

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Crashed Lion Air jet’s recorder has 2 hours of ‘voices’

Bloomberg Indonesian investigators will start analysing next week more than two hours of conversation held in the cockpit voice recorder of a jet that crashed into the Java Sea in October as they seek to unravel the cause of the nation’s worst aviation disaster in two decades. The National Transportation Safety Committee expects to finish transcribing 124 minutes of recording ...

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Gymboree to shut doors after turnaround collapses

Bloomberg Gymboree Group Inc will shut down after going bankrupt a second time, the victim of falling mall traffic and cheaper online sources of kids clothing. About 10,000 people could lose their jobs. The retailer filed for protection from creditors owed about $212 million in US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, according to a statement. The San ...

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UAE, Saudi launch 7 joint initiatives in key sectors

ABU DHABi / WAM The Executive Committee of the Saudi-Emirati Coordination Cou-ncil held its first meeting in Abu Dhabi with the participation of all 16 members from both sides to follow up on the execution of the joint initiatives outlined in the ‘strategy of resolve’. The strategy includes areas of collaborations and sets forth the joint vision of economic, social ...

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UAE-India trade to top $100bn

GANDHINAGAR / WAM Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, met with Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and Dr Ahmed Al Banna, UAE Ambassador to India. They explored prospects for further cooperation between the UAE and India, building on the strong existing ties between the two countries, and discussed ways to ...

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Oil hits 2-month high on trade hopes

Bloomberg Oil prices climbed to a two-month high as China was said to offer a trillion-dollar buying spree to defuse trade tensions with the world’s biggest economy. Futures climbed 3.3 percent in New York to cap the third straight weekly increase. Bloomberg News reported China proposed a six-year shopping binge for American goods, diminishing concerns about a brake on economic ...

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Lifting trade barrier key to Africa’s growth: DP World

DUBAI / WAM The key to African economic emergence lies in the removal of barriers, increased connectivity between nations and infrastructure development, DP World’s Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, told African leaders and top executives in Dakar, Senegal. “We believe in viability of Africa, we believe in investing in the continent, during our investment in ...

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UAE-India bilateral trade to exceed $100 billion by 2020

GANDHINAGAR, India / WAM Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, today met with Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and Dr. Ahmed Al Banna, UAE Ambassador to India. They explored prospects for further cooperation between the UAE and India, building on the strong existing ties between the two countries, and discussed ...

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