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.
  • Businesses in the region are working closely with their governments to get cloud security solutions implemented to reduce the success...

    Increased use of cloud-based apps and software has been observed in the GCC due to the businesses undergoing digital transformation

    Businesses in the region are working closely with their governments to get cloud security solutions implemented to reduce the success rates of phishing attempts

  • Amazon, and its software, will be forbidden from analyzing non-public third-party seller data, and will treat all sellers equally when deciding...

    EU vice-president Margrethe Vestager announced Amazon's commitments and hailed them as a victory for smaller retailers selling products on Amazon's online marketplace.

    An Amazon spokesperson said the firm, which operates the world's biggest online store, was pleased to have responded to the European Commission's concerns.

  • DUBAI, UAE  - Nearly 2,000 global business executives and investors attended the World Corporate Summit in Dubai to share in...

    The business leaders were also building partnerships with over 100 roundtables, 20 networking sessions.

    The summit took a 360-degree view at ways to improve the world economy.

  • Hospitals in many countries have come under pressure from a rising number of illnesses including what has been dubbed a...

    But ramping up production of antibiotics has proved difficult for drug makers, particularly for cheap generic medicines that offer a slender profit margin.

    Pharmaceutical companies who had cut back production because of the previously falling demand are now scrambling to meet skyrocketing orders, causing delays.

  • WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES - US lawmakers early Tuesday released the text of a US$1.7 trillion funding bill which Congress hopes to...

    The bill includes $858 billion in defense funding and will also provide $44.9 billion in emergency assistance for Ukraine.

    It also includes $772.5 billion for non-defense discretionary programs, including $118.7 billion for Veterans Affairs medical care.

  • Analysts have also pointed out that the stock price of Tesla has slumped by one-third since Musk's Twitter takeover. The...

    A total of 57.5 percent of more than 17 million accounts voted for him to step down

    Musk has fully owned Twitter since October 27 and has repeatedly courted controversy as CEO

  • The announcement on December 5 that the bookshop will close at the end of this month prompted an avalanche of...

    Al Saqi Books is another victim of the pandemic, and the economic upheaval in the UK and Lebanon

    For more than 40 years, many writers have come to the London bookshop to present their works, including Syrian poet Adonis

  • As the Gulf nations look to deepen economic partnership with China, the US, the region's dominant security force, watches with...

    China became the largest trading partner of the GCC in 2020

    Its trade volume with the GCC reached about US$180 billion, accounting for more than 11% of the GCC's total foreign trade

  • Sharjah, UAE-- Arada has awarded two major contracts totalling $256 million to build 986 new homes across two residential districts...

    The contract to build 421 villas and town-houses in Masaar’s second residential phase was won by Pivot Engineering & General Contracting

    Masaar was officially inaugurated in September by Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah

  • The region was ranked the riskiest by the Global Risk Report Quarterly Update. But the GCC region stood out, offering...

    In Africa, Morocco, Botswana and South Africa were the low-risk investment destinations, in that order, as far as the macroeconomic risks are concerned.

    Syria, Yemen, and Libya were on the list of the highest-risk countries in the third quarter.