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Tesla Q1 sales sink 13 percent

The dip occurred amid lower production during factory upgrades.

AD Ports Group 2024 revenue $4.70bn

The Group's EBITDA increased by 69 percent YOY.

Tesla sales tumble in Europe in Q1

The company suffered from boycotts against the policies of Elon Musk.

Ford’s US Q1 auto sales dip

But its Q1 figures exceed a forecast by Edmunds

Vanke reports annual loss of $6.8 bn

The property giant attributes loss to falling sales and shrinking profit.
  • Sky Abu Dhabi to invest around $1bn in Egypt in two years

    Sky Abu Dhabi Development will invest nearly a billion dollars in Egypt during the next two years in the North...

    Sky, a subsidiary of United Arab Emirates-based Diamond Group, set up in Egypt in February 2021 and launched its first project in March

    Sky's project in the new capital comprises 1,000 housing units and 15,000 square meters of commercial and office space

  • Qatar pulls up 106 firms for violating summer work hours

    The action has been taken under a new law that prohibits laborers from working outside between 10 am and 3:30...

    Qatar’s labor ministry said the 106 companies it pulled up were caught during an intensive inspection campaign

    The ministry said the violating companies are chiefly from the contracting sector: building maintenance, to be specific

  • Dana Gas reports $139m net profit in H1

    Dana Gas, the UAE-based energy producer, is out of woods with a big rise in its net profit to $139...

    The first half is one of the strongest financial periods for the gas company

    The firm reported a net profit of $139 million for the January to June period, compared to a loss of $19 million a year earlier

  • Etihad Cargo’s tonnage up 20 percent on pre-Covid volumes

    The cargo and logistics arm of Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Aviation Group said it is looking to facilitate a global trade...

    The airline has reclaimed 90 percent of its pre-Covid destinations.

    It currently services 72 network destinations across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas.

  • Palm Jumeirah beckons rich with its luxury

    Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah has seen its sales and prices touch newer levels during the last few years, spurred by strong...

    More than half of multi-million dollar homes sold in Dubai in H1 are Palm properties

    The average transacted prices for residential units on the man-made island stood at 2,100 dirhams ($571) per square foot in the second quarter of 2021

  • UAE firms face multiple cyber attacks in a day

    Cyber criminals have targeted an organization in UAE 295 times per week on an average in the last six months....

    The most impacted industry is the finance and banking sector with 407 weekly attacks per organization, says a report.

    Most organizations had at least one employee download a malicious mobile application, which threatens their networks and data.

  • Dubai Airports expects robust growth for DXB in H2

    DXB is currently serving 68 percent of the destinations in 94 percent of the countries on 70 percent of the...

    Dubai Expo 2020 and Dubai Airshow 2021 may increase passenger numbers in months ahead, says CEO.

    India DXB’s top destination country by traffic volume in H1 with passenger numbers exceeding 1.9 million.

  • TAQA’s net income shoots up 42 percent to $790m in first half

    TAQA, the Abu-Dhabi government’s energy holding company, has reported a 42 percent jump in its net income for HI 2021...

    Company says revenues up 11 percent year-on-year due to higher oil and gas commodity prices

    The company recorded revenues of AED 22 billion, 11 percent up on the previous year, due to higher commodity prices in the oil and gas segment

  • Saudi banks net profit up to $2.94bn in Q2

    In a sign of economic rebound in Saudi Arabia, banks in the kingdom are reporting better than expected financial results...

    In the second quarter of 2021, Saudi banks reported a net profit of $2.94 billion

    The Saudi British Bank (SABB) saw the highest growth among nine Saudi banks that reported a rise in their quarterly incomes

  • Saudi Arabia issues record 478 licenses in first quarter

    Following a 2018 reform in the Kingdom that allowed for a first time the 100 percent foreign ownership of companies,...

    In none of the quarters since 2005 has such a number of licenses been issued, according to Saudi investment ministry.

    Manufacturing sector accounted for the bulk (114) of new licenses issued followed by e-commerce and construction (78 each).

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