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Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.

DP World 2025 revenue $24.4bn

The profit for the year up 32.2% to reach $1.96bn.

BYD 2025 revenue surges

The EV manufacturer reported net profit of $.3.3bn for 9M 2025.

Dubai most expensive city in Arab world

  • Mercer survey is aimed at providing employers data to help them navigate compensation strategies for their mobile employees in the world.
  • Urkaine conflict, rising inflation and volatility of markets has affected the cost of living for most of the people in the world.

Mercer’s 2022 Cost of Living City Ranking reveals the most expensive cities for international employees. The survey claims to provides employers with current, extensive and reliable data to help them navigate compensation strategies for their mobile employees in the unpredictable global markets.

The survey said that amplified by the global health crisis and the conflict in Ukraine, skyrocketing inflation and currency volatility are affecting international economic balances and the cost of living for each of us.

TRENDS looks at the most and least expensive cities in the Arab world.