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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.
  • EDGE bags $1.1bn UAE defense ministry munitions contract

    Dubai, UAE -- EDGE, one of the world's leading advanced technology and defense groups, announced that it bagged an AED...

    EDGE entity LAHAB DEFENCE SYSTEMS, the UAE’s sole munitions manufacturer, was awarded the contract.

    It includes the production and delivery of the MK 81, MK 82, MK 83, and MK 84 general-purpose aircraft munitions.

  • Emirates, Safran sign pacts worth $1.2bn

    Latest generation Safran Seats for new Emirates Airbus fleet part of the deal.

    The new seats will offer a host of enhancements that set a new standard for comfort, privacy and convenience.

    Safran Landing Systems will be supplying high performance wheels and carbon brakes for the Emirates A350 fleet.

  • Mawani, CMA CGM Group lay foundation for logistics park at Jeddah Islamic Port

    RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) and CMA CGM launched on Wednesday a new logistics park at...

    The new logistics park will offer solutions and integrated environmental services and systems.

    It will offer an export center, storage and sorting services and refrigerated storage services.

  • Saudi inflation in Oct slightly down amid economic challenges

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's consumer price index experienced a slight decrease in October, dropping to 1.6 percent from...

    The General Authority for Statistics reported that this decrease in inflation was primarily due to a 0.8 percent reduction in personal goods and services expenses.

    The prices for furnishings and household equipment saw a monthly decline of 0.3 percent, alongside a similar decrease in clothing and footwear expenses.

  • US$3.2bn worth deals signed on first two days of Dubai Airshow 2023

    DUBAI, UAE – Tawazun Council announced the signing of 11 deals, worth US$1.8 billion (AED 6.9 billion), with local and...

    The biggest contract- worth US$898 million was awarded to a company to procure an air defense system.

    The second largest local contract, worth US$200 million was signed for aircraft maintenance services.

  • ADNOC Gas net income $3.37bn

    The company's third-quarter revenue grew by 8% to $5.80 billion.

    Net income for the quarter increased by 13 percent quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) to $1.116 billion.

    ADNOC Gas expects to pay its inaugural interim cash dividend of $1.625 billion with payments commencing on 14 December 2023.

  • Dubai Airports expect to cross pre-pandemic passenger numbers in 2023

    Dubai, UAE--Dubai Airports is expecting annual passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) to touch 86.8 million – surpassing 2019 traffic,...

    It forecasts annual passenger traffic at Dubai International (DXB) to touch 86.8 million, crossing 2019 traffic, propelled by strong growth

    Some 23m passengers passed through the airport in Q3, taking the total traffic for the first nine months of the year to 64.5m passengers

  • Iran to link up electricity grid with Russia via Azerbaijan

    Tehran, Iran-- Iran is linking up its electricity grids with Russia via Azerbaijan in order to make up for its...

    The Iranian minister said feasibility studies for connecting power grids have been conducted through three routes including Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan

    He said the use of electricity in Iran’s industrial sector has exceeded that of the household sector for the first time in the history of the country’s power industry

  • Snapchat to add in-app Amazon shopping

    In-app shopping will be available for select products advertised on Snapchat and sold at Amazon, the spokesperson added. People will...

    Snapchat-parent Snap shares shot up more than 7 percent on the news, ending the formal trading day at $12.15 per share

    Snap and Amazon last year unveiled a collaboration that let Snapchat users "try on" eyeglasses using AR then buy those they liked at Amazon

  • AD Ports net profit up

    It posted a 189% jump in revenue in Q3 to US$1.15bn.

    Its EBITDA rose by 28% YoY to $207 million during the third quarter, largely supported by the acquisition of Noatum and Karachi Gateway Terminal

    The company said that the negative net operating cash flows of $158 million were impacted by a temporary deterioration in working capital