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  Sharjah / Emirates Business Knowledge without Borders (KwB), the Sharjah-based cultural initiative which provided more than 2 million free books to the Emirate’s residents with its ‘Home Library’ project, launched a photo-focussed social media competition where two winners are given an ipad every day until February 1. Called ‘My Home Library’, entrants should take the most creative photos of ...

  Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) is offering all UAE-based mixed media artists the opportunity to participate in a new exhibition, in March at the Al Qattara Arts Centre in Al Ain. The exhibition, entitled Collage, will showcase a selection of mixed media works, where essentially the artwork can be made ...

  Bloomberg SAP SE raised its targets for 2020 as customers bought its latest suite of applications at a faster pace, and Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott — a fan of Donald Trump’s “The Art of the Deal,” — said he wouldn’t “lay off the accelerator” on acquisitions, engineering investment or a potential share buyback. The updated outlook, on top ...

  Bloomberg Economic momentum in France accelerated to the strongest in more than five years in January, data by IHS Markit show. A Purchasing Managers’ Index for manufacturing and services rose to 53.8 from 53.1 in December, the London-based company said in a statement on Tuesday. That’s above the 53.2 median estimate in a Bloomberg survey and the highest since ...

  Bloomberg De Beers had its biggest diamond sale in at least a year as the gem industry restocked after the key holiday period. The company, owned by Anglo American Plc, sold $720 million of diamonds in its first sale of the year, compared with $545 million at last year’s January offering, it said in a statement. The world’s biggest ...

  Bloomberg UK offshore wind power is on target to become the cheapest source of large-scale clean energy, surpassing the government-mandated price target four years early. The levelized cost of energy for offshore wind — a benchmark measuring affordability over the lifetime of generation assets — dropped below 100 pounds a megawatt-hour in 2016, according to a report by UK’s ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. is asking a California judge to grant a stamp of approval on what it says is the first decision by an arbitrator denying a driver’s bid to be treated as an employee instead of an independent contractor. It could be the first of many such rulings after a federal appeals court’s decision last year that most ...

  The UK government is threatening to give its post-Brexit economy a shot in the arm by reducing corporate taxes to become a sort of “Singapore-on-Thames,” a tax haven on the perimeter of the European Union. EU officials are dismissive of the idea; but they may be whistling past a graveyard. At a rate of 20 percent, the UK currently ...

  Snapchat isn’t a public company yet, but it is already making its first smart move to divert the scrutiny of pesky public stockholders. Sure, there’s parent company Snap Inc.’s decision to bring in a new set of stock owners that won’t have even the appearance of a say in how the company operates. A potentially bigger deal is Snapchat’s ...

  This could be Li & Fung Ltd.’s (very slim) chance to shine. Donald Trump on Monday officially quashed the Asia-Pacific free trade pact that would have made it cheaper for US companies to import goods from countries such as Vietnam and Japan. He has also threatened to institute a 45 percent tariff on goods imported from China. Conventional wisdom ...