China’s exports shrink most in 2 years, raising risks to global economy

Beijing: China’s exports unexpectedly fell the most in two years in December, while imports also contracted, pointing to further weakness in the world’s second-largest economy in 2019 and deteriorating global demand. Adding to policymakers’ worries, data on Monday also showed China posted its biggest trade surplus with the United States on record in 2018, which […]

Porter Novelli acquires public relations agency FleishmanHillard

Dubai: The public relations agency Porter Novelli has acquired fellow communications firm FleishmanHillard’s Middle East business, leading to four redundancies at the latter. Both owned by Omnicom Group, one of the four largest advertising agencies in the world, the two companies previously operated independent of one another. Now, FleishmanHillard has confirmed to Gulf News that […]