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.
  • The UAE Ministry of Education has approved the Code of Conduct for professionals in the sector to set up clear,...

    The code of conduct will enhance an educator’s professional responsibilities

    The code is a framework of the basic values and ethics that an educator must commit to.

  • The leader of Italy's far-right League party, Matteo Salvini, has sparked debate by saying that the unprecedented sanctions the West...

    Skyrocketing energy prices since the start of the war in Ukraine have wreaked economic pain on countries.

    Someone in Europe has made a bad calculation. It is essential to rethink the strategy to save jobs and businesses, said Matteo Salvini, a far right leader in Italy.

  • It will buy stake in a US healthcare firm Ardent.

    Ardent Health Services is the fourth largest private hospital operator in the United States with operations across six states.

    Pure Health would receive board observer rights but would not have a seat on Ardent’s board of directors.

  • Based on June data of Saudi and UAE central banks, the aggregate assets of Saudi banks (3.529.1 trillion) exceeded those...

    The Saudi banks’ assets broke the SAR 3 trillion-mark for the first time at the end of Feb 2021, the SAR 2 trillion-mark in Mar 2014 and the SAR 1 trillion-mark in Oct 2007.

    Saudi banks’ assets in June made up almost 135 of real gross domestic product (GDP) of SAR 2.614.7 trillion – their highest level ever.

  • Faced with a winter without the energy supplies from Russia, Sweden has turned to Nordic and Baltic energy companies promising...

    Andersson while talking to reporters said the guarantees were aimed at giving energy groups "the breathing room that is needed"

    The guarantees were expected to be in place on Monday before the stock market closing and would cover all Nordic and Baltic actors within the next two weeks

  • The two have co-developed the FTSE ADX Growth Market Index.

    The launch of FADGMI is a result of ADX’s successful partnership with FTSE Russell and closely follows the launch in March of the FTSE ADX 15 Index (FADX15)

    The ADX Growth Market, the new brand of the Second Market, is an emerging equity segment on the exchange that connects investors and privately owned businesses

  • Bahrain has launched a multi-entry e-visa for training purposes, allowing a holder to stay in the kingdom for six months.

    The Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs (NPRA) said the visa is part of the 24 initiatives to enhance the NPRA services and the economic recovery plan

    The visa could be applied for on www.evisa.gov.bh for a fee of BD60

  • The import of plastic products into Saudi Arabia has shot up 18 percent to 456,000 tons in the second quarter...

    According to the General Authority for Statistics, the increase in imports was fueled by a 45 percent yearly rise in imports from China

    The total plastic and rubber imports grew 19 percent to $1.89 billion in the second quarter of 2022

  • Property developers are imitating their peers in retail and hospitality and catering to the tech savvy Gen Z tenants and...

    Property developers are imitating their peers in retail and hospitality and catering to the tech savvy Gen Z tenants and homeowners with more personalized products and services

    Realty players need to concentrate more on lifestyle factors such as customer first, lifestyle led, data driven products, moving on from a focus on transactions to relationships

  • Social Security statements reached QR 78 million in July 2022, for 14,495 beneficiaries, recording a monthly decrease of 0.2% for...

    General index of the Qatar Stock Exchange increased in July 2022 at a monthly rate of 9.7% compared to June 2022.

    Cash equivalents; including Commercial Bank Deposits, attained for approx. QR 965 billion ($265bn) during July 2022.