WEF Global Future Councils meet in Dubai to tackle pressing global issues
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Dubai, UAE -- Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM) has confirmed that 25 percent of visitors to Dubai...
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Market capitalization of 20 UAE listed firms reaches $762 billion
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- The market capitalization of the top 20 listed companies in the local stock markets by market...
- The 20 listed companies accounted for 77.6 per cent or AED 2.79 trillion of the total market capitalization of the local equity markets of AED 3.59 trillion.
- Global Holding came out on top with a market capitalization of more than AED 912.29 billion, equivalent to 25.4 percent of the capitalization of local markets.
Chinese EV company Xpeng shares up 6% post mass-market car launch
Xpeng shares rose after the Chinese electric car company launched its new mass-market Mona brand on Tuesday with prices starting...
- Orders for the Mona M03 electric coupe exceeded 10,000 just 52 minutes after formal launch
- Chinese automaker BYD and U.S. giant Tesla cemented their dominance in H1 2024.
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Asia-Pacific markets mixed, dollar down Monday as Fed readies to acknowledge cuts
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Monday after a week that saw a broad rally in stocks, as investors awaited a...
- The Bank of Korea releases rate decision Thursday, Japan and Singapore issue inflation data Friday
- Against the yen, the greenback fell more than 0.8% to 146.37
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US Department of State issues favorable 2024 Bahrain Investment Climate Statement
The investment climate in the Kingdom of Bahrain is positive and relatively stable. Bahrain maintains a business-friendly environment and a...
- Oil and gas sector now makes up less than 20 percent of Bahrain’s GDP
- Bahrain’s total foreign direct investment (FDI) stock reached $33.8 billion in 2023
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TAQA Q1 net income $571m
Net income fell $2.58bn due to one-off items recognized in 2023.
- Net income, excluding these one-offs, increased by AED 100 million, 6.9% higher than the prior-year period.
- TAQA’s revenues reached AED 13.7 billion, 5.3 percent higher than the prior-year period, due to the contribution from SWS Holding.
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OpenAI reveals new GPT-4o model that is faster and free for all users
OpenAI on Monday launched a new AI model and desktop version of ChatGPT, along with an updated user interface, the...
- OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, has been valued at more than $80 billion by investors
- The new model can respond to users’ audio prompts “in as little as 232 milliseconds
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Asia markets mixed as investors assess China inflation data
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Monday as investors assessed China’s stronger-than-expected April inflation data, CNBC reported China’s consumer price index climbed...
- China’s consumer price index climbed 0.3% year on year
- Japan’s first-quarter GDP expected to have contracted an annualized 1.5%
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Forty-day ceasefire offered to Hamas: UK foreign secretary
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken renewed US opposition to an Israeli offensive on Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah. "We...
- British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Hamas has also been offered the release of potentially thousands of Palestinians in return for the release of Israeli hostages
- Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Saudi capital Riyadh, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas urged the US to intervene.
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Meet Middle East tourism’s power players
Tourism industry accounts for 9 percent of GCC region's GDP and it is expected to grow annually at 7.7 percent....
- The region’s largest economy, Saudi Arabia, won encomiums for the "remarkable achievement" of receiving over 100 million tourists in 2023.
- Motivated by this success, the Kingdom has now set a new ambitious target of welcoming 150 million tourists by 2030.
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Jordan exports pharmaceutical products worth US$874m in 2023
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- Jordan’s pharmaceutical and medical supplies sector has succeeded in transforming into a global industry.
- The pharmaceutical and medical supplies sector employ approximately 10,000 workers.
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Asia markets mixed as investors assess China inflation data
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Forty-day ceasefire offered to Hamas: UK foreign secretary
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken renewed US opposition to an Israeli offensive on Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah. "We...
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Meet Middle East tourism’s power players
Tourism industry accounts for 9 percent of GCC region's GDP and it is expected to grow annually at 7.7 percent....
- The region’s largest economy, Saudi Arabia, won encomiums for the "remarkable achievement" of receiving over 100 million tourists in 2023.
- Motivated by this success, the Kingdom has now set a new ambitious target of welcoming 150 million tourists by 2030.