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Roche to buy Poseida Therapeutics

The $1.5 billion deal is due to close in early 2025.

BP announces $7bn gas project

The project aims to unlock 3 trillion cu ft of gas resources in Indonesia.

Lulu Retail Q3 profit $35m

For the nine-month period, net profit increased by 73.3%.

Talabat IPO offer price range announced

The subscription will close on 27 Nov for UAE retail investors.

Salik 9M net profit $223m

The company's third-quarter profit increased by 8.8 percent.
  • True Global Ventures closes blockchain fund at $100m

    The TGV 4 Plus fund, which has been oversubscribed, focuses on blockchain firms primarily in late-stage equity funding Series B...

    TGV is funded by 40 partners who contribute 27%, along with a number of entrepreneurs, business angels, family offices and institutional investors

    Many limited partners of True Global Ventures are based in the Middle East

  • GCC can help shipping industry curb emissions

    Saudi Arabia and the UAE are already off the starting mark in their efforts to supply alternative fuels to the...

    Hydrogen requires high-pressure tanks when stored as a gas or temperatures of -253°C when stored as a liquid

    Ammonia can be used as marine fuel as the conversion process is economical and involves little fuss

  • New Oman mall to create 3,500 jobs

    The Mall of Oman is said to be the country’s largest complex of its kind.

    The Mall of Oman has the only IMAX experience in the country

    It will soon have global cafés and restaurants that offer more than 50 dining options

  • Tehran able to sell oil despite US sanctions, says minister

    The US imposed its harshest sanctions on Iran three years ago as Washington, under President Donald Trump, unilaterally abandoned an...

    One of the ways to do this is to swap oil for goods or investment

    This potential solution can also be used in other sectors and industries

  • Iran cuts natural gas exports to Iraq as per a six-month agreement

    The decision is said to be based on an agreement with Iraq, and apparently follows prior notification. Iran used to...

    Iran notified the Iraqi side about this reduction two weeks ago

    This export cut will continue for up to six months

  • Israel opens Chinese-operated $1.7bn port in Haifa

    The port, to be operated by Shanghai International Port Group, is expected to bring competition to a sector plagued by...

    It is expected to enable larger classes of cargo ships, carrying 18,000 containers or more, to dock in Israel

    About 99 percent of all goods move in and out of Israel over sea, and an upgrade is needed to maintain economic growth

  • Egypt gained most from Islamic Development Bank in 2020

    IsDB also contributed to Covid-19 relief in 2020, where it approved financing of around $2.3 billion.

    IsDB gave out around $6.8 billion to various nations last year

    Egypt’s share in that, at $1.13 billion, amounted to around 17 percent

  • Dubai sees real estate deals worth AED9.4bn; 146 plots fetch AED2.26bn

    The DLD weekly report said 146 plots were sold for AED 2.26 billion, 1,080 apartments and villas were sold for...

    The DLD weekly report said 146 plots were sold for AED 2.26 billion, 1,080 apartments and villas were sold for AED 2.25 billion

    Jabal Ali First recorded the most transactions for this week with 40 sales transactions worth AED 89.57 million, followed by Ras Al Khor with 30 sales

  • Egypt taps consortium for $6bn high-speed rail line

    The consortium consists of Siemens Mobility, Arab Contractors, and Orascom Construction. Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels has chosen the consortium...

    The project is expected to link two cities that are about 660km apart

    Orascom estimates that the project will create 15,000 direct jobs

  • Shadow of Syria’s exiled haunts revived Aleppo souk

    Aleppo, long considered one of Syria's main commercial hubs, has lost many of the merchants and businessmen who once gave...

    Aleppo, long considered one of Syria's main commercial hubs, has lost many of the merchants and businessmen who once gave the city its economic edge

    The vast souks, the oldest of their kind in the world, stretch from the western part of the Old City to the gates of the citadel in the east