INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

BYD logs record EV sales in 2025

It sold 2.26m EVs vs Tesla's 1.22 by Sept end.

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.
  • Last year, 67% of UAE's crypto transactions were institutional, valued over $1 million, with decentralized exchanges constituting 48%, outpacing centralized...

    Last year, 67% of UAE's crypto transactions were institutional, valued over $1 million, with decentralized exchanges constituting 48%, outpacing centralized ones, says a report

    Between July 2022 and June 2023, the MENA region registered $389.8 billion in on-chain value, with Saudi Arabia experiencing a 12% annual crypto transaction growth

  • Geneva, Switzerland - Global trade growth will be sharply lower than forecast this year as stubborn inflation, high interest rates and...

    The volume of world merchandise trade is now expected to grow by 0.8 percent this year, "less than half the 1.7 percent increase forecasted in April", the WTO said.

    "The exact causes of the slowdown are not clear, but inflation, high interest rates, US dollar appreciation, and geopolitical tensions are all contributing elements," it said.

  • RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – The Saudi Exchange's (Tadawul) sukuk and bonds market witnessed 74 negotiated deals worth nearly SAR 12.77...

    March recorded the highest number and value of deals, as 18 transactions were executed at a value of $853 million

    KSA Sukuk 2021-06-10 topped the list in the first nine months of 2023 with US$821 million.

  • Moscow, Russia - President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia's mission was to create a "new world" and blamed Western hegemony...

    Putin has portrayed Russia's full-scale military intervention in Ukraine -- launched in February 2022 -- as part of a long-standing confrontation with the West

    Putin said the conflict in Ukraine was "not a territorial" one and that Moscow has "no interests from the point of view of conquering some territories"

  • The changes brought a good deal of criticism, journalist Tom Warren of The Verge website posting on X: "It's the...

    Elon Musk said the change was for "aesthetic" reasons -- news and other links now appear only as pictures with no accompanying text

    When the changes to links were first mooted in August, Musk posted: "This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics."

  • Hanoi, Vietnam - Vietnam plans to auction the rights to exploit its largest rare earth mine, a project partner said Thursday,...

    A tender for the mining of the Dong Pao mine, in northern Lai Chau province, is being planned by Australian mining company Blackstone Minerals.

    "Any party that succeeds in the auction will be able to exploit the mine and we will use the ore from this mine for production," a Vietnamese official said.

  • Power to be purchased generated from UAE's Wind Programme.

    This strategic agreement will see EWEC procuring power from the UAE's utility-scale wind programme for the first time.

    Located at Sila, Sir Bani Yas Island and Delma Island, the wind power farms have a generation capacity of up to 99 megawatts.

  • ADNOC's partnership with EDGE Group aimed at cutting emissions.

    EDGE’s autonomous systems arm, ADASI, will repurpose its existing UAVs for ADNOC to deploy in its operations, to minimize emissions and enhance environmental performance.

    ADNOC has allocated an initial $15 billion (AED55 billion) to lower-carbon solutions, new energies and decarbonization technologies.

  • DOHA, QATAR -  Minister of State and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Free Zones Authority Ahmad bin...

    The Qatari minister and the Advisor to the Iranian President discussed reinforcing cooperation between the two countries.

    The Iranian leader and accompanying delegation toured the Free Zones at Ras Bufontas and Umm Alhoul Free Zone.

  • ABU DHABI, UAE – ADNOC on Thursday announced the final investment decision (FID) and award of contracts for the Hail...

    The first contract for the offshore facilities has been awarded to a joint venture between National Petroleum Construction Company and Saipem.

    The second contract will deliver the onshore scope, including carbon dioxide and sulphur recovery and handling and has been awarded to Tecnimont.