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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.
  • Oil prices rise following Red Sea attacks

    Oil prices shot up three percent as more companies suspended shipping through the Red Sea following attacks on vessels by...

    Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said on Monday that they had attacked two "Israeli-linked" vessels in the Red Sea..

    Ships must travel through the Red Sea to use the Suez Canal, a key transit route for cargo and oil..

  • UAE issues federal decree on regulating electronic, digital media

    ABU DHABI, UAE - The UAE Government has issued a federal decree which aims to regulate and organize media in...

    The decree aims to promote the UAE as a global media hub and establish an enabling environment for the growth and prosperity of the sector.

    The provisions of the decree apply to individuals, organizations, media outlets, and free zones dedicated to the media in the UAE.

  • AviLease, SDH Wings Sign MoU

    The MoU will expand SDH Wings' portfolio of aircraft.

    AviLease acquired a 10 percent share of SDH Wings as part of the recently completed acquisition of the aircraft leasing platform of Standard Chartered.

    AviLease and SDH Wings have already identified the first five new technology narrowbody aircraft from AviLease’s owned portfolio that are now under LOI.

  • Japan’s Nippon to acquire US Steel

    Nippon Steel will also assume the US firm's debt.

    Nippon Steel will acquire US Steel in an all-cash deal at $55 per share, a 40 percent premium above its closing price on December 15

    US Steel launched a strategic review in August after receiving several unsolicited offers for a partial or total takeover.

  • Abu Dhabi fund CYVN invests $2.2bn in Nio

    This follows an earlier investment of $738.5 million by CYVN in July.

    The investment for Nio, one of US-based Tesla's rivals in China, comes as the Shanghai-founded business remains largely loss-making.

    CYVN, an investment vehicle based in Abu Dhabi, had made an investment of $738.5 million by CYVN in July.

  • Taiwan shipping giant Evergreen suspends Israel cargo services

    Due to "escalation of war situation in recent days, Evergreen will temporary suspend Israel import and export service due to rising...

    Several of the world's largest shipping companies, including Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, and energy giant BP have already suspended passage through the Red Sea.

    Yemeni rebels have said they were targeting vessels near the strait to pressure Israel over its devastating onslaught on Gaza.

  • ACWA Power signs $800m agreement for South Africa renewable project

    Dubai, UAE -- Saudi-listed renewable energy giant ACWA Power has signed a $800 million power purchase agreement for ACWA Power Project...

    The project will reach around 50% local content in procurement during the construction and create more than 1,000 construction jobs at peak.

    Commencement of operations is scheduled by Q2 2026, adding significant dispatchable capacity onto the grid.

  • BCI’s subsidiary secures US$100m loan from SIDF

    RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - Basic Chemical Industries Co.'s (BCI) subsidiary Chemical Marketing and Distribution Co. Ltd. secured a loan from the Saudi...

    The US$100 million loan has a duration of seven years and three months starting from October 8, 2025.

    BCI mortgaged all fixed assets of the project as guarantees for financing, in addition to a corporate guarantee.

  • Saudi EVIQ unveils R&D facility

    It will be used to test a range of EV chargers and software.

    The CEO of EVIQ said that with the setting up of R&D facility the company was paving the way for the growth of a sustainable EV ecosystem in Saudi Arabia

    The company said that the facility will serve as a hub for developing the expertise and knowledge in EV charger technology, bolstering the EV market in the kingdom

  • Russia’s Gazprom sets new daily record for gas supplies to China

    Moscow, Russia--Gazprom has set a new record for daily gas supplies to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline on...

    According to Gazprom, supplies are made under a bilateral long-term gas purchase and sale agreement between the oil company and China

    The company added that since November it has ramped up the volume of gas supplies to China as per the previously signed additional agreement