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.
  • Paris, France -- France's TotalEnergies said Saturday the consortium it leads to build a $20-billion liquified natural gas project in...

    The Mozambique LNG project, the largest private investment in Africa's energy infrastructure, is expected to generate thousands of jobs.

    Work was frozen after militants launched a deadly attack on the site of the project near the Tanzanian border in March 2021, resulting in around 800 deaths.

  • Paris, France -- The ATP announced on Thursday the creation of a new Masters 1000 event which will take place...

    The new event will be played on hard courts and take place "at the start of the season" in a city yet to be determined, and will last "one week".

    The long-expected move marks the first ever expansion of the top-tier category of men's tennis since its creation in 1990.

  • Dubai, UAE -- Property Finder, the MENA region’s largest property platform, has announced its investment in Stake, a fast-growing digital...

    Stake enables users to invest in fractional property ownership and private real estate funds starting from as little as AED 500.

    Property Finder said the deal demonstrates its belief in Stake and its vision to reshape how the next generation engages with real estate as an asset class.

  • Paris, France -- A Hermes handbag once belonging to Jane Birkin will be auctioned in Abu Dhabi on December 5,...

    Nicknamed the "Birkin Voyageur", the estimated value of the late actor's black leather bag hovers between $230,000 and $430,000.

    Gifted to Birkin by Hermes in 2003, it is one of four the celebrity owned after auctioning the original to raise money for an AIDS charity in 1994.

  • Lloyds Bank and Halifax’s mobile apps went down for users on Monday after a major outage linked to Amazon Web...

    Dozens of popular websites and apps, including Snapchat, Ring, Fortnite, and Amazon’s own Prime Video, were inaccessible during the blackout

    Lloyds’ website posted a notice saying: “Sorry, we’re unable to process your request at the moment. We are currently having some technical issues.”

  • Digital sovereignty, in my view, is no longer a technical concept — it’s a cornerstone of national independence and strategic...

    Digital sovereignty, in my view, is no longer a technical concept — it’s a cornerstone of national independence and strategic stability, says Lt. Colonel Al Shebli in an interview

    The UAE has been forward-thinking in this domain, ensuring that data, platforms, and systems critical to our nation’s wellbeing remain under national jurisdiction. he adds

  • Dubai, UAE-- On the day 4 of GITEX GLOBAL 2025, policymakers, cybersecurity leaders, and innovators convened to address the most...

    As digital transformation accelerates, speakers called for a unified global response that firmly plants security, ethics, and trust at the core of AI-driven progress.

    The 45th edition of GITEX GLOBAL converges more than 6,800 exhibitors, 2,000 startups, 1,200 investors, and delegations from over 180 countries.

  • The company's shares shoot up 8%.

    "The world is changing, and Nestle needs to change faster," chief executive Philipp Navratil, who took the reins of the multinational in early September, said in a statement.

    The company published nine-month figures showing sales down by 1.9 percent to 65.9 billion Swiss francs ($83 billion).

  • Paris, France -- Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo once again topped the Forbes highest-paid footballers list for the 2025-26 season, as...

    It is the sixth time in the last decade that Ronaldo has topped the Forbes list.

    With on- and off-field earnings of an estimated $280 million, Al Nassr's Ronaldo will earn more than double that of second-placed rival Lionel Messi.

  • Stockholm, Sweden -- Music and video streaming giants Spotify and Netflix have penned a deal to bring several video podcasts...

    Spotify also said that it was planning "to bring similar opportunities" to a wider range of podcasters in the future.

    Spotify first began offering non-music audio and video content on its service in 2015.