- The world's airlines made a joint pledge Monday to reach "net zero" CO2 by 2050, as the aviation industry ramps...
"The important decision that we must make today will secure the freedom to fly for future generations"
IATA represents 290 member airlines comprising 82 percent of pre-pandemic global air traffic
- The DMCC welcomed around 1,800 companies to Dubai from Q1 to Q3 this year.
DMCC last month welcomed 215 new businesses to its free zone and business district in the best September performance since inception
This year also saw its best H1 performance since 2013; its best June and August performances on record are also from this year
- Alturki Holding oil arm, the Saudi Sawafi company, has bought out Newsco, the US drilling services company, for an undisclosed...
Newsco is one of the most important directional drilling companies in the petroleum industry in the world
Sawafi, the global leader in upstream technologies, will now control about 9 patents in directional drilling
- The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates has penalized six exchange houses for flouting rules to combat money laundering...
The sanctions imposed last month followed the exchange houses’ failures to comply with AML & Sanctions Compliance Frameworks by end-2019
The UAE has in recent months beefed up regulations targeted at banks and financial institutions to combat and prevent money laundering
- Sales soared between June 2020 and June 2021 as auctioneers quickly adopted a more online approach.
NFTs, or "non-fungible tokens", allow people to buy the rights to online art, including images, animation or even tweets.
In March, US artist Beeple sold an NFT of his digital artwork "Everydays: The First 5,000 Days" for $69.3 million.
- Together, the airlines are making millions of reward seats available for frequent flyers to access more than 100 destinations.
For Emirates customers, the deal provides access to over 55 Australian destinations to where Emirates does not fly
Qantas customers are able to fly on Emirates to Dubai and access over 50 cities in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, to where Qantas does not fly
- Alcogal created offshore shell companies to hide money in tax havens for politicians and public figures. They included "some accused...
Nearly two million of the 11.9 million leaked documents associated with the Pandora Papers came from Alcogal.
The firm rejected accusations, saying it was considering legal action to defend its reputation.





















