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ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.

Empower okays $119.1m H2 2025 dividend

The dividend is equivalent to 43.75% of paid-up capital.

Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.
  • ‘Renewable energy is 20 percent of Jordan’s power output’

    Jordan has the highest transition rates to renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, says the Secretary-General of the Arab Renewable...

    Jordan has the highest transition rates to renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, says the Secretary-General of the Arab Renewable Energy Commission

    The Secretary-General called upon Arab nations to develop their own renewable energy industries rather than importing foreign technology

  • Energy security vital for economic growth, says Saudi minister

    Saudi Arabia's Minister of Finance Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan said energy security is very important for the economic growth and...

    Saudi Arabia's finance minister says energy security is important for the economic growth and prosperity of the world

    The finance minister says energy supplies, economic development and climate change vital aspects of the world

  • UAE to issue dual-tranche dollar benchmark size bonds

    The UAE government has announced it will issue a dual-tranche US dollar benchmark size bonds with a 10-year tranche and...

    The bonds are a 10-year tranche and a 30-year Formosa tranche.

    The 10-year tranche will be listed on London Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Dubai, and the 30-year tranche will be listed on LSE, Taipei Exchange and Nasdaq Dubai.

  • UAE listed firms to pay $9.36 bn cash dividend for 2021

    Listed public joint stock companies have approved AED 34.4 billion ($9.36 billion) cash dividends for 2021, according to the Securities...

    While AED34 billion earnings were distributed in cash, AED396 million were in form of stock dividends.

    Banks are the largest distributors of profits, AED15.79 billion, followed by the telecommunications (AED11.7 billion) and the realty sectors (AED1.85 billion).

  • Saudi Re bags A3 rating

    The firm got top rating with a stable outlook from Moody's.

    Saudi Re said that the ratings confirm its strong brand and market position in Saudi Arabia as the sole Saudi professional reinsurer

    Saudi Re has initiated the process of increasing its capital by up to SAR 445.5 million ($119 million) to strengthen its capital base

  • GCC and UK aim to boost trade beyond current figure of $34bn

    The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the UK began negotiations in Riyadh to boost trade, which stands at $34 billion.

    GCC Secretary-General Nayef Falah M. Al-Hajjraf met UK Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan to launch the trade talks

    The UK is the third-largest export market for the GCC, and the new trade negotiations are expected to benefit exporters from both jurisdictions

  • Dubal Holding signs deal with MOIAT

    The deal will foster industrial cooperation between the two.

    Both the parties have agreed to cooperate in developing a framework for advancing the industrial and technology sectors in line with the directives of the UAE’s leadership

    Some of the projects currently being explored include Non-Recyclable Plastics to Liquid and Secondary Lead Smelter & Refinery through Recycling of Used Lead Acid Batteries

  • Oil prices and equities decline on recession fears

    Oil prices fell Wednesday on worries over weakening demand in the slowing global economy as Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell...

    The S&P 500 finished just 0.1 percent lower, meaning it maintained most of the gains from Tuesday's heady session

    Oil prices were feeling the heat from recessionary fears, with both main contracts tanking more than six percent at one point

  • Google first paying customer for Wikipedia’s commercial venture

    Wikipedia, one of the world's most visited websites, is free to use, updated by volunteers and relies on donations to...

    Google said it had already made deals with hundreds of news outlets across Europe, Agence France-Presse among them.

    Google has previously given money to Wikipedia through donations and grants.

  • Oil, stocks fall again as economic recession looms large

    Surging energy costs are fueling global inflation, with official data Wednesday showing the British annual rate hitting a fresh 40-year...

    Oil prices were feeling the heat from recessionary fears, with both main contracts tanking more than five percent at one point.

    Crude and gas prices have soared in recent months after major economies lifted pandemic lockdowns and invasion of Ukraine.