INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Google to invest $6.4bn

The investment is its biggest-ever in Germany.

Pfizer poised to buy Metsera

The pharma giant improved its offer to $10bn.

Ozempic maker lowers outlook

The company posted tepid Q3 results.

Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue

The deal is valued at $48.7 billion.

BYD Q3 profit down 33%

This was a 33% year-on-year decrease.
  • Dubai, UAE -- Building massive infrastructure for clean power projects in pursuit of climate goals will need nearly $4.5 trillion in...

    The white paper calls for a dialogue between the industry and community groups and NGOs to define common standards for a people-positive energy transition.

    It also urges governments to not only focus on the lowest price but also the wider societal value creation in their transition plans.

  • The approaching 1 Jan deadline has seen investments on headquarters hit $242m in the first nine months of 2023 alone,...

    In 2023, 46.7 percent of newly established headquarters operate in the Software & IT services sector.

    The Regional Headquarters (RHQ) Program is an initiative jointly developed by the Ministry of Investment (MISA) and the Royal Commission for Riyadh City.

  • Dubai, UAE-- Since its launch two years ago, the First Movers Coalition (FMC) has become the world's largest private sector...

    FMC member companies have signed 94 offtake agreements to purchase emerging climate technologies.

    The coalition engages 13 governments who together account for over 50% of global gross domestic product

  • “The pledge made by our UBF Chairman, Abdulaziz Al Ghurair, to mobilize over AED 1 trillion in sustainable finance, represents...

    UBF pledges over AED 1 trillion ($272 billion) for sustainable finance by 2030.

    The pledge reflects collective efforts of national banks towards a sustainable future.

  • Dubai, UAE - The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), the largest producer, transmitter, and distributor of electrical energy in the Middle...

    The announcement was made during a special event SEC organized on the sidelines of the United Nations COP28 climate-change summit in Dubai

    The SEC said it has signed seven agreements with leading local and international companies, including LUCI, Al-Fanar, Sal Italy, CHINT Saudi Arabia, Siemens, etc

  • They will defend a collaborative method for AI's future.

    Meta is one of the biggest believers in the open-source model and argues against keeping AI's future holed up in the secretive labs of a few tech giants

    Unlike OpenAI's GPT-4, the model behind ChatGPT, Meta has made its LLaMA models easily available for researchers and startups to tinker with and perfect

  • European Commission, the EU's executive arm, first proposed an AI law in 2021 that would regulate systems based on the...

    Negotiators from EU Parliament and EU member states will meet on Wednesday from 1400 GMT, with talks expected to last into the evening

    Although there is no real deadline, senior European Union figures have repeatedly said the bloc must finalize the law before the end of 2023

  • Dubai, UAE--The Arab Coordination Group (ACG), a strategic alliance comprising regional and international development institutions, announced at COP28 an allocation...

    The important aspects of the plan include mobilising financial resources by increasing the use of green bonds and risk mitigation tools

    The ongoing COP28 in Dubai lays emphasis on substantially ramping up climate financing and expediting the transition process

  • He hopes it will compete with ChatGPT's Open AI.

    An official filing to US Securities and Exchange Commission said xAI artificial intelligence company had already gathered $134.7 million and plans to raise $1 billion overall

    The filing added that there was a firm agreement to raise the full funds needed to meet the target, indicating that Musk may have deals in place for the full billion

  • They will advance solutions in financial decarbonization.

    The partnership entails both to focus on derivatives or financing solutions related to energy, carbon, renewables, battery energy storage systems, and green products

    Engie is a global leader in low-carbon energy and services, including renewables, committed to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world