INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.
  • Sharjah, UAE--- A Women under the age of 40 lead 77.6 percent of the women-owned businesses in the UAE, a...

    The survey found that of the 1,000 female business owners who took part in the survey, 48.8 percent are CEOs and 61.4 percent sole proprietors.

    A total of 25,000 Emirati women entrepreneurs owned 50,000 trade licenses valued at AED 60 billion ($16.33 billion) in 2021.

  • Facebook parent Meta has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a long-running lawsuit that accused the social network of...

    The settlement must be approved by a judge in the San Francisco division in the US District Court.

    The lawsuit was initiated in 2018, when Facebook users accused the social network of violating privacy rules by sharing their data with third parties.

  • Complicating matters has been the loss of EU workers in sectors such as health, hospitality and agriculture, even if some...

    The problem is not the customs duties, largely eliminated by the post-Brexit free trade agreement between London and Brussels

    The government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said it believes the UK economy has entered a recession on fallout from sky-high inflation

  • Employees had obtained the IP addresses of the journalists in a bid to determine whether they were in the same...

    ByteDance told on Friday that several staffers accessed two journalists' data as part of an internal probe into leaks of company information to the media

    TikTok has come under the spotlight in US, with Congress poised to approve a nationwide ban on using the wildly popular short-video app on government devices

  • YouTube TV subscribers, who now pay $64.99 a month for a viewing package, will have to pay an added fee...

    Google will pay around $2 billion a year over seven years, US media reported, for the right to broadcast Sunday games on its subscription YouTube TV service

    NFL's YouTube channel currently has more than 10 million subscribers, who regularly watch short videos showing high points from one of the world's most powerful sports

  • High growth rates in the UAE and Saudi Arabia economies are positive indicators for consultancies, says Vijay Valecha, Chief Investment...

    Saudi Arabia’s consulting market, rose 18.8 percent in 2021, recording the fastest growth in the region

    In the United Arab Emirates, the region’s second-largest market, consulting grew 16.6 percent

  • With 283 deals worth $23.8 billion in the first three quarters of 2022, the region’s M&A activity has returned to...

    With 283 deals worth $23.8 billion in the first three quarters of 2022, the region’s M&A activity has returned to pre-pandemic levels, a BCG report has highlighted

    As the focus shifts to environmental considerations, green M&A deals across the region increased from 5 percent in 2020 to 10.3 percent in 2021, the report added

  • Turkey's latest economic crisis started when Erdogan -- a lifelong opponent of high interest rates -- pressured the central bank...

    Erdogan relied on support from the working classes to rise to power nearly two decades ago, and will need it again to secure re-election.

    On Thursday the Turkish leader said the country would boost the monthly take-home pay to a minimum of 8,500 liras ($455).

  • The firm must stand trial to face US$12 billion damages claim

    More than 400,000 claimants could eventually join the compensation claim against the Australian company in London's High Court.

    The 2015 tragedy unfolded after the dam in Brazil's Minas Gerais region ruptured.

  • Muscat, Oman - Saeed bin Hamoud Al Maawali, Omani Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology, has said that the...

    He stressed the importance of promoting cooperation between the GCC and its international partners to increase the pace of digital transformation.

    He also noted the need to enhance the cooperation between the UAE and Oman in developing the digital economy infrastructure.