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Bloomberg The private equity owners of Belle International Holdings Ltd., the biggest women’s shoe retailer in China, are considering a spinoff of its sportswear distribution business, people with knowledge of the matter said. Hillhouse Capital and CDH Investments, which took Belle private in a $6.8 billion deal completed in July, are weighing a Hong Kong initial public offering of the ...

Bloomberg Air France-KLM named finance chief Frederic Gagey as interim CEO to replace Jean-Marc Janaillac, who quit after failing to end a series of strikes that have roiled the airline’s French arm since February. Board member and a former deputy French minister Anne-Marie Couderc will become interim non-executive chairman, according to a statement. The carrier is setting up a three-member ...

Bloomberg A cockpit windshield on a Sichuan Airlines jet shattered while the plane was cruising at 32,000 feet, a rare incident that hurt the co-pilot and forced an emergency landing of the Airbus SE plane in southwestern China. The Civil Aviation Administration of China is investigating the Monday incident and will focus on the design and manufacturing of the windshield, ...

Bloomberg Investors will get some big insight into big retail this week. Several of the largest consumer-facing companies report results for the first quarter — the three months immediately following the critical holiday season that sets the stage for the rest of the year. Walmart Inc., Home Depot Inc. and Macy’s Inc. are three of the major chains scheduled to ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) on Monday announced it has signed a project development agreement with Cepsa of Spain for a new, world-scale Linear Alkylbenzene (LAB) facility in Adnoc’s refining and petrochemicals complex in Ruwais. The LAB project is one among a number of initiatives to be executed as Adnoc looks to significantly enhance ...

NEW DELHI / WAM Dr Ahmed Abdul Rahman Al-Banna, UAE Ambassador to India, met with Shri M J Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs of India, and discussed bilateral cooperation to ensure and provide an enabling environment to support the development of both countries. During the meeting, Dr Al-Banna and Akbar emphasised their commitment to further strengthening bilateral cooperation ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi), will lead a delegation of partners and stakeholders to the ITB China event this month in a bid to capitalise on and reinforce the emirate’s popularity with Chinese travellers. The department will be joined by five key stakeholders at the travel and tourism fair, ...

Bloomberg Baker Hughes, a GE Co, is in talks with Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) to set up a partnership that could lead to the US firm taking a minority stake in the state-owned energy giant’s drilling unit, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Adnoc is working with boutique advisory firm Moelis & Co and is also ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Humaid Matar Al Dhaheri, Group CEO of Adnec, has praised UAE Cabinet decision pertaining to VAT on exhibitions and conferences, inviting all public and private sector firms, partners, event organisers and specialised associations, to make optimum use of such initiative. He further said that it will consolidate their presence in the UAE by strengthening the existing ...

HODEIDAH / WAM The UAE Armed Forces, as part of the Arab Coalition Forces, carried out ‘Operation Red Thunder’, an amphibious assault operation on a Houthi-controlled command and control centre in the in the Al Faza region in Yemen’s Hodeidah Province. The operation successfully destroyed the command centre, with a great number of equipment and documents belonging to Houthis seized. ...