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Tesla’s first Saudi showroom opens

The opening in Riyadh comes with Tesla sales dropping.

Mubadala Energy enters US energy market

Acquires a 24.1% interest in US firm Kimmeridge’s SoTex

Borouge to increase dividend from 2025

The company okayed $650 million final dividend for 2024.

TikTok’s US future uncertain

It must find non-Chinese owner to avoid ban.

Tesla Q1 sales sink 13 percent

The dip occurred amid lower production during factory upgrades.

Israel army pulls out of Lebanon border villages, holds five positions: source

Israel's army has pulled out of southern Lebanese villages but remains in five positions as a deadline for the withdrawal...
  • Authorities estimate reconstruction costs in Lebanon's South could reach more than US$10 billion
  • More than 100,000 remain internally displaced

FAB delivers strong results in 2024 with profit before tax of AED 19.9 billion, up 13% yoy

First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB) has achieved solid results in 2024 with Group net profit reaching AED 17.1 billion, up...
  • The performance marks consecutive years of sustained growth in scale and profitability
  • FAB’s Board of Directors recommends a cash dividend of 75 fils per share

Nissan, Honda shares surge after merger talks scrapped

Nissan and Honda shares surged in Tokyo Friday after the auto giants confirmed they scrapped merger talks and Nissan detailed...
  • Nissan shares soared 8.17 percent to 449 yen in early trade before easing to 439.5 yen
  • Honda shares rose 4.46 percent to 1,498 yen, before easing to 1.487 yen

Asian stocks rise as Powell rate warning taken in stride

Equities rose in Asia on Wednesday as traders took in their stride a warning from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell...
  • New York Fed chief John Williams said the economy and consumer spending remained strong
  • Wall Street ended Tuesday positively, despite tech stocks dragging the Nasdaq into the red

Altman rejects Musk’s US$97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI, as feud continues

After receiving backing from his OpenAI board, Sam Altman informed an Elon Musk-led group of investors that sought to buy...
  • Musk is suing OpenAI's restructuring plans from a non-profit to a for-profit
  • In a repartee, Altman offered to buy Twitter (X) for US$9.74 billion

Government chiefs and tech leaders gather in Paris for AI summit

Political and tech industry leaders were set to descend on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on artificial intelligence, hoping...
  • Macron announces US$113 billion investments in AI in coming years in France
  • China is opening an investigation into monopolistic practices by Google

Big Tech’s AI spending rattles markets

Amazon and big tech peers Microsoft and Google saw their stock prices fall on concerns over high AI investment costs....
  • Meta's stock surged 18 percent in January as investors endorsed its AI strategy
  • Amazon forecasts 5-9 percent growth in Q1 2025, with sales between US$151 and US$155.5 billion

Asian markets advance after Wall St gains, US Postal Service U-turn

Asian markets rose Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street and following the US Postal Service's U-turn on a ban on...
  • Investors remained on edge about the economic outlook, pushing Gold prices above US$2,882
  • Disappointing earnings from Google-parent Alphabet weighed on the tech sector

Dubai airport clocks record 92.3 million passengers

A record 92.3 million passengers travelled through Dubai's international airport last year, its operator said on Thursday, extending a post-pandemic...
  • The UAE has now been ranked as the world's busiest international air hub for a decade
  • The airport was targeting 400 international destinations, up from 272 currently

Morgan Stanley sees upswing in MENA M&A deal volumes and values

After a challenging year where M&A activity in the Middle East and North Africa took a tumble, Morgan Stanley forecasts...
  • 2024 saw 1,111 M&A transactions with exposure to the MENA region, totaling US$75 billion in value
  • MENA outbound M&A transactions totaled US$40.2 billion, down 3 percent

Humanity’s future is increasingly inseparable from AI

Private sector, governments, and nonprofits must invest in AI education, Jason Alan Snyder tells TRENDS in an exclusive interview.

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Nissan, Honda shares surge after merger talks scrapped

Nissan and Honda shares surged in Tokyo Friday after the auto giants confirmed they scrapped merger talks and Nissan detailed...

Asian stocks rise as Powell rate warning taken in stride

Equities rose in Asia on Wednesday as traders took in their stride a warning from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell...

Altman rejects Musk’s US$97.4 billion bid to buy OpenAI, as feud continues

After receiving backing from his OpenAI board, Sam Altman informed an Elon Musk-led group of investors that sought to buy...

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Big Tech’s AI spending rattles markets

Amazon and big tech peers Microsoft and Google saw their stock prices fall on concerns over high AI investment costs....
  • Meta's stock surged 18 percent in January as investors endorsed its AI strategy
  • Amazon forecasts 5-9 percent growth in Q1 2025, with sales between US$151 and US$155.5 billion

Asian markets advance after Wall St gains, US Postal Service U-turn

Asian markets rose Thursday, tracking gains on Wall Street and following the US Postal Service's U-turn on a ban on...
  • Investors remained on edge about the economic outlook, pushing Gold prices above US$2,882
  • Disappointing earnings from Google-parent Alphabet weighed on the tech sector

Dubai airport clocks record 92.3 million passengers

A record 92.3 million passengers travelled through Dubai's international airport last year, its operator said on Thursday, extending a post-pandemic...
  • The UAE has now been ranked as the world's busiest international air hub for a decade
  • The airport was targeting 400 international destinations, up from 272 currently