Shanghai Auto Show opens this week

SHANGHAI: Global car makers flock to the Shanghai Auto Show this week with the world’s largest vehicle market facing an unfamiliar sales slump just as China veers toward an ultra-competitive electric future. Fuelled by rising incomes and government sales incentives, China has been the golden goose upon which the global automotive industry has staked its […]

Dubai receives platinum rating in LEED for cities

Dubai: Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, said that Dubai’s rapid growth in various vital sectors has been guided by the vision of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. Shaikh Mohammad’s directives to […]

Singapore exports slump on electronics drop

Singapore’s electronics exports slumped in March by the most since 2013, an ominous sign that it will take longer for the city state to shake off a regional demand slowdown from earlier this year. Electronics shipments dropped 26.7 per cent from a year ago, weighing down overall non-oil domestic exports, which fell 11.7 per cent. […]

L’Oreal’s Asian sales overtake Europe

Paris: L’Oreal SA got more revenue from Asia than from western Europe for the first time last quarter as the region’s surging demand for luxury products continued to resist the drag of a slower Chinese economy. The shift for the maker of products like Maybelline mascara and Acqua di Gio Armani cologne is the latest […]

Alexa audio recordings not invasion of privacy: Amazon CTO

Dubai Amazon’s chief technology officer has defended the company’s collection of audio recordings taken from people’s interactions with voice assistant Alexa, calling them a vital part of machine learning. The Amazon Echo is a smart speaker that is equipped with Alexa, a virtual assistant than responds to vocal requests. She can be commanded to provide […]