UAE real GDP to grow 5.3 percent in 2024: S&P Global
Abu Dhabi, UAE-- The UAE's real GDP will grow 5.3 percent in 2024, compared to 3.4 percent in 2023, according...
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UAE and Jordan leaders discuss boosting economic, investment ties
Amman, Jordan-- The UAE and Jordan have explored opportunities for collaboration in the fields of economy, investment, food security, renewable...
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Moody’s and Fitch assign investment-grade credit ratings of Aa2 and AA to ADQ
ADQ, one of the largest holding companies in the region, have been assigned these long-term issuer credit ratings that...
ADNEC launches Tourism 365 to scale up tourism sector in Abu Dhabi
ADNEC is looking to create experiential travel opportunities for tourists coming to Abu Dhabi through a new company called Tourism...
Qatar Airways to fly to Zimbabwe, Zambia
Qatar Airways said with the two new routes, the carrier will operate over 100 weekly flights to 27 destinations...
Kennedys open Oman office to meet client demand in Middle East
Opening marks firm's second Middle East location after Dubai and makes it the only international insurance-focused law firm in the...
Israel-based i24News channel to open Dubai office
Two major Emirati telecom operators, Etisalat and DU, would carry content from i24News, which broadcasts in Arabic, English and French...
KLM to fly to 7 destinations in Middle East
KLM will fly to seven destinations in Middle East in the summer 2021 – the same number as in 2019....
Halliburton wins key Kuwait Oil Company contract
Projects expand collaboration across all Kuwait fields to increase production and recovery The US group will collaborate with KOC...
Sharjah explores new avenues of cooperation with Guatemala
The focus of the discussions was particularly on renewable energy, culture, and tourism They also explored the opportunities available...
Saudi Arabia and Indonesia set up a task force to look at investment opportunities
Indonesia invited Saudi Arabia to invest in Bank Sharia Indonesia, the nation's largest sharia compliant bank It could also...
Qatar could make $20 billion from hosting soccer World Cup next year
The figure of $20 billion represented 11 percent of the country’s gross domestic product in 2019 The construction and...
UAE real GDP to grow 5.3 percent in 2024: S&P Global
Abu Dhabi, UAE-- The UAE's real GDP will grow 5.3 percent in 2024, compared to 3.4 percent in 2023, according...
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Egypt sells MENA’s first ‘sustainable panda bonds’ in US$500m issue
Cairo, Egypt--Egypt has issued the first sustainable Panda bonds in the Middle East and North Africa worth $500 million with...
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Global CEOs rank political uncertainty as biggest risk to business
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GCC states post 7.3 percent GDP growth in 2022: Albudaiwi
Marrakech, Morocco-- In spite of economic disruptions, policymakers in the GCC countries have successfully alleviated the economic ramifications of the...
- The secretary general was speaking at the Arab governors' meeting with the President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga, in Morocco
- He warned that economic challenges present a risk to the mutual objective of a poverty-free world characterised by sustainable development
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MSNBC takes top three Muslim presenters off air
Dubai, UAE--American cable channel MSNBC has quietly taken three prominent Muslim journalists “out of the anchor’s chair” since the onset...
- MSNBC quietly took Mehdi Hasan, Ayman Mohyeldin, and Ali Velshi “out of the anchor’s chair” after the war broke out on October 7
- The channel did not broadcast its scheduled Thursday night episode of The Mehdi Hasan Show on the streaming platform Peacock
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Phoenix set for IPO on ADX
It is the first crypto entity to be listed on a Middle East bourse.
- The firm specialises in a range of services, from high-performance computing to crypto and cloud mining, data centre hosting, crypto trading, and crypto mining products
- The IPO on Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange would be the first privately owned crypto and blockchain entity to be listed on a Middle East stock market