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ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.

Empower okays $119.1m H2 2025 dividend

The dividend is equivalent to 43.75% of paid-up capital.

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.
  • Erdogan invites Musk to establish his next Tesla factory in Turkey

    "President Erdogan called on Tesla to establish its seventh factory in Turkey," the Turkish leader's office said.

    Erdogan and Musk have held a series of meetings, developing a seeming friendship that they extended on Sunday in New York.

    Local reports said said Musk told Erdogan that his country was "among the most important candidates" for the new factory

  • Aramco, IHC among biggest companies in Middle East

    Energy, banking and financial services, and industrial sector companies are among the largest in the Middle East, especially the Gulf...

    High representation of these sectors is due to the region's rich oil and gas reserves and its growing population and economies.

    The Middle East is also home to a number of other significant industries, such as tourism, healthcare, and education.

  • DAE closes $1.6 billion loan

    DAE said this is the company's largest ever loan facility.

    The facility enabled DAE to tap the Islamic banking liquidity and consolidate its existing banking relationships in the Middle East, Asia, North America, and Europe, it said.

    Proceeds from the facilities will support the future financing needs of the business and refinance a maturing credit facility.

  • EIH buys stake in Al Ain Pharmacy

    Move aligns with EIH's aim to diversify sources of investment.

    The acquisition is vital for EIH as it seeks to strengthen its investment in healthcare through its subsidiary Health Plus Holding.

    The move will help provide additional and sustainable value to investors and achieve the maximum return on investment.

  • Shares in Chinese property giant Evergrande plunge after employees’ arrest

    Evergrande, the world's most-indebted property developer with an estimated debt of $328 billion (307 billion euros) at the end of...

    Evergrande's stock price dipped to 0.47 around 9 am in Hong Kong (0100 GMT) on Monday, before ticking back up, after closing at 0.62 Hong Kong dollars on Friday

    The drop comes two days after police of the Shenzhen said in a statement that several employees of Evergrande's financial subsidiary were arrested

  • QOIS inks share purchase, swap deal

    QOIS is a Qatari public shareholding company.

    QOIS purchased the shares of the National Real Estate Development and Investment (OSOS) in Muzn Oman, for $1,984,318

    QOIS then exchanged its share in Muzn Oman of 37.68 percent, for the 10 percent share of Omani Ministry of Defense Pension Funds in OSOS

  • Emirates Health Services to adopt AI technology to boost hospital care services

    Dubai, UAE-- Emirates Health Services will employ AI technology in the application of patient room monitoring system to further enhance...

    The partnership will leverage generative AI and implement the care.ai system across EHS healthcare facilities

    It will monitor the mental well-being of the patients, as well as help prevent and control infections and assess hygiene conditions

  • Russian and Asian millionaires drive Dubai realty boom

    Cryptocurrency magnates, Asian bankers, wealthy Russians, and government reforms are playing a crucial role in solidifying Dubai's global real estate...

    Cryptocurrency magnates, Asian bankers, wealthy Russians, and government reforms, are solidifying Dubai global real estate prominence, says a report

    Dubai promises investors a 7.34% return on apartments, benefiting from a US dollar-UAE dirham peg and no rental tax, outpacing London's 4.18% return

  • Realty sector’s success hinges on GDP growth

    The kingdom’s Minister of Housing, Majid Al-Hogail recently said that Gulf country's residential real estate finance is expected to exceed...

    Saudi Arabia has unveiled the MENA region's inaugural real estate stock exchange, marking a transformative moment for property trade in the Kingdom.

    The Kingdom's residential real estate finance is expected to exceed 1.2 million contracts with a value of SR600 billion ($162 billion) by 2030.

  • Jordan’s interconnection projects to serve as hub for energy exchange

    AMMAN, JORDAN -The Kingdom’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has emphasized the significance of current and upcoming electrical interconnection...

    Jordanian authorities are working on a project to connect the Kingdom’s Risha electrical station to Iraq's Rutba station.

    The interconnection line will allow the Iraqis to power the Rutba area's loads, using the Jordanian grid.