INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Alpha Dhabi profit jumps 48%

AI and technology investments boost earnings.

Agthia profit, dividend jump

Transformation lifts earnings, cash generation.

2PointZero reports strong H1

Expansion drives earnings, revenue growth.

Borouge profit climbs 23%

Prices, recovery boost quarterly earnings

e& posts 11.6% revenue growth

The H1 net profit hits $1.63 billion.
  • Dubai, UAE -- SURJ Sports Investment Co, owned by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF), has launched a joint venture...

    PIF-owned SURJ formed radia with Live Nation and Oak View Group to manage Saudi sports venues and operations nationwide.

    Xavier Campbell was appointed chief executive officer and will lead the company's market launch and long-term growth strategy.

  • Dubai, UAE -- UAE defense and advanced technology group EDGE has agreed to acquire a 100 percent stake in Brazilian...

    EDGE said the acquisition would accelerate industrialization timelines for key unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programs.

    Founded in 1992 and headquartered in São José dos Campos, AKAER has delivered more than 10 million engineering hours across military and commercial aerospace programs.

  • Bank's total assets grow 10% to $14.4 billion.

    Net interest income climbed 45 percent to AED465 million ($126.6 million), supported by growth across the bank's core businesses.

    The lender said its total capital ratio strengthened by 463 basis points to 18.7 percent, while its cost-to-income ratio remained at 29%, reflecting continued cost discipline.

  • Dubai, UAE -- Dubai-based carrier flydubai will introduce a second daily flight to Bangkok from July 18, doubling its daily...

    The carrier said the expanded schedule would provide passengers with greater flexibility and strengthen Dubai's position as a global aviation hub.

    The airline has also recently launched services to Benghazi in Libya and plans to begin flights to Aleppo in Syria on July 20 and Pokhara in Nepal on Sept. 23.

  • Dubai, UAE -- OpenAI, the owner of the ChatGPT chatbot, lost Wednesday its appeal against the EU's refusal to register...

    The US firm had sought to overturn a decision by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that accepted protecting OpenAI's logo but not the name.

    EUIPO had ruled that the combination of the two common words in English, "open" and "AI", could describe many business activities in the area of artificial intelligence.

  • Dubai, UAE -- Abu Dhabi's Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) said young professionals now make up more than 30...

    Utility expands graduate, AI and leadership training to build skills for UAE's energy transition.

    EWEC said its two-year graduate development programme includes departmental rotations, technical training and mentoring.

  • Dubai, UAE -- Sharjah's real estate transactions rose 9.3 percent year on year to about AED29.5 billion ($8.03 billion) in...

    The Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department said it completed 59,460 transactions during the six-month period, up 23.7 percent from a year earlier.

    Sales transactions totalled 16,426 across 202 areas, covering 85 million square feet, a 4.7 percent increase from the first half of 2025.

  • Gross revenue increased 10% year on year

    Net financing assets grew 7 percent since the start of the year to AED281 billion after the bank extended AED43 billion in new financing during the period.

    Customer deposits rose 2 percent to AED327 billion, while total assets increased to AED423 billion.

  • Several major book publishers and authors have sued Google, alleging the technology company illegally copied millions of copyrighted books to...

    The proposed class-action lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in a New York court by Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, author Scott Turow and his publishing company, S.C.R.

    The lawsuit also alleged that Gemini can tailor its outputs to imitate the expressive style and creative choices of specific authors.

  • Dubai, UAE -- Real estate transactions in Ajman totalled more than 10.8 billion dirhams ($2.94 billion) in the first half...

    The department recorded 6,815 real estate transactions during the January-June period, according to the Ajman Real Estate Index.

    Trading transactions accounted for 5,435 deals worth 7.64 billion dirhams, while 969 mortgage transactions totalled more than 1.88 billion dirhams.