Tokyo: Update: Nissan board members meeting Monday failed to agree a replacement for former chairman Carlos Ghosn, under arrest on allegations of financial misconduct, the firm said Monday. “The committee will continue its discussions,” the Japanese automaker said in a statement after the meeting of its board in Tokyo. Earlier report The board of automaker Nissan […]
Paris, Tokyo: Nissan Motor Co. has updated its corporate governance code, a month after the arrest and indictment of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn brought differences with partner Renault SA out in the open after a two-decade partnership. As part of the new code, the Japanese automaker revised the cross-shareholding policy. Renault is the largest shareholder […]
Saudi Arabia intends to issue around 120 billion riyals ($32 billion or Dh117.5 billion) of bonds next year to help finance its deficit, with plans to tap international markets in the first half, Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan said. The kingdom is considering international bonds in dollars and other currencies, Al Jadaan told Bloomberg TV […]
Dubai: Annual inflation in the UAE dropped to 1.3 per cent in November from 1.6 per cent in October, because of a weak housing market, figures from the statistics agency showed on Thursday. Housing and utility costs fell 5.3 per cent from a year ago in November. Food and beverage prices rose 1.8 per cent […]
A Tokyo court rejected an appeal from prosecutors who had sought to extend Carlos Ghosn’s jail detention, bolstering the chances for the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman to receive bail and to fight allegations of under-reporting of his income. The court earlier ruled to dismiss keeping Ghosn in custody for a further 10 days as […]
NEW DELHI: India’s government will likely renew its demand for Rs131.40 billion (Dh6.91 billion, $1.9 billion) in additional dividend from the central bank helmed by newly-appointed governor Shaktikanta Das, two sources in the government told Reuters. The government believes the amount has been pending since 2016-17, when the Reserve Bank of India used an internal […]
In our last episode of the year, we discuss the biggest, most bizarre, most surprising stories of 2018. Oh, what a year this has been! From the chaos of Brexit to the plain silly of Elon Musk’s tweets, we nominate our picks for the year’s silliest, biggest, top non-business, least surprising, most surprising stories, and […]
Saudi Arabia intends to issue around 120 billion riyals ($32 billion) of bonds next year to help finance its deficit, with plans to tap international markets in the first half, Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan said. The kingdom is considering international bonds in dollars and other currencies, Al-Jadaan told Bloomberg TV in Riyadh on Wednesday. The […]
Abu Dhabi: Adnoc Distribution has opened its first service station in Dubai located at Dubai Investment Park, according to an announcement on Monday. Commenting on the station opening, Adnoc Distribution Acting Chief Executive Officer Saeed Al Rashdi said: “We are extremely pleased to have opened in Dubai and to be serving customers in all of […]
General Motors faces a “sharp and continued drop in profit” from its GM China joint venture in 2019 and beyond and might consider spinning off the JV, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas said in a note. The strategic and financial options available to an automaker like GM in China “likely shrinks as profitability of the […]