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Geneva, Switzerland -- Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is more likely to augment than destroy jobs by automating some tasks rather...
An International Labour Organization (ILO) study has found most jobs and industries are only partly exposed to automation and are more likely to be complemented by Generative AI.
It suggests this new wave of technological transformation could offer important benefits for developing countries.
European stocks rebounded but Asian markets ended mixed after a Chinese rate cut failed to reassure investors. At midday, Paris...
There are concerns that the US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates further and keep them elevated for longer.
Focus turns this week to a symposium of top central bankers and business leaders at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with dealers hoping for guidance on rates.
ABU DHABI, UAE - The Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the...
The MoU also aims to establish a framework for cooperation that advances trade, investment and economic relationships between the UAE and Ethiopia.
The signing of the MoU was held on the sideline of the UAE delegation's visit to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- A consortium of ACWA Power and subsidiaries of Saudi sovereign wealth fund, Public Investment Fund, and...
The projects will generate an aggregate capacity of over 2.6GW of clean electricity for Saudi Arabia.
The new projects will be jointly owned by PIF subsidiary Badeel (34.99 percent) and ACWA Power (35.01 percent) and SAPCO (30%).
The deal does not directly impact the last deal price.
A negotiated deal involves a stock purchase based on a bargain between buyers and sellers, apart from the market price, Argaam reported.
Saudi Awwal Bank reported a net profit of SAR 3.314 billion ($883 million) for the first half of 2023.
Libya's central bank announced that its two rival branches in the west and east are reuniting after nearly a decade...
Libya has seen 12 years of stop-start conflict since the 2011 NATO-backed revolt that toppled strongman Moamer Kadhafi.
The Central Bank of Libya said it has "again become a unified sovereign institution", in a statement issued by the governor and his deputy.
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - The National Development Fund (NDF) on Sunday said it will contribute US$453 million (SAR1.7 billion) to...
This is one of the world’s largest renewable energy projects, developed through joint venture by Saudi Aramco, Badeel and ACWA Power.
NDF's US$453 million financing commitment has attracted local and global banking groups in the Kingdom’s high-growth infrastructure market.
Tehran, Iran -- Trade between Iran and the European Union member states reached 2.3 billion euros ($2.5 billion) in the...
Iran-EU trade exchanges declined by 10 percent compared to the last year’s corresponding period.
Germany, Italy and the Netherlands accounted for most of the export of products to Iran from January to June 2023.
Since the beginning of August, European-style bakeries selling baguettes in the formerly French-ruled country had been prevented from accessing their...
Days later those same bakeries also stopped receiving non-subsidized flour and semolina from the state, which controls the supply of all such essential goods in the country.
Economists attribute the bread shortage partly to speculation but, more broadly, to the lack of cereals. Tunisia's debt is around 80 percent of gross domestic product.
Dubai, UAE -- The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) recorded a surge of 8 percent in Brazilian exports to...
Brazilian exports to the the kingdom totaled to $1.873 billion in the first seven months of 2023, while exports to exports to the United Arab Emirates amounted to $1.646 billion.
Kuwait also witnessed an increase in the Brazilian exports, which amounted to $157.78 million during this period.