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.
  • May Nasrallah, founder of deNovo, tells TRENDS the new listings on GCC bourses have spawned a new chapter in regional...

    "IPOs in the Gulf prove resilient to the volatility hurting deals in other markets, such as high oil prices, stable economies, and abundant liquidity fuel activity," she said.

    Recent IPO listings in 2021 include 20 public listings of Saudi companies (9 on Tadawul and 11 on Nomu), like ACWA Power International and Saudi Telecom.

  • Top executives, officials and experts explore ways to strengthen the role of women in regional business dynamics during the TOP...

    The first day of the conference is dedicated to women under the "Arab Women Forum," where conversations will be hosted to explore regional and global business dynamics

    The Top CEO Conference is an open discussion among thought leaders, executives, and senior government officials and its purpose is to bring global issues into a regional context

  • Mike Frayne, the CEO of Aviv Clinics Dubai, tells TRENDS that their medical program helps aging C-suite executives to get...

    'Aviv’s unique medical program can reverse this decline. For a CEO or C-suite executive, this means that they can be at the top of their game for longer. '

    With growing investments in the healthy aging sector, we now can take control over the aging process and reverse some of the physical and cognitive declines '

  • Saudi women have reached unprecedented heights in work and social life, Sarah Al-Tamimi, vice chair of National Committee to Combat...

    "Many sectors such as retail, construction, mining, work in tanneries, electricity production, car repair shops that had been closed to women are now hiring them."

    "Saudi Arabia has introduced legislation guaranteeing equal pay for men and women and initiatives to support working women."

  • The firm's revenues stand at AED 6.63 billion in the first quarter of 2022.

    The firm sees robust property sales and significant improvement in the performance of recurring revenue businesses

    The property sales backlog amounted to AED 45.24 billion by the end of the first quarter this year.

  • Saudi Arabia has rejected claims that its planned futuristic megacity known as NEOM will have different rules from the rest...

    NEOM is part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's Vision 2030 plan to diversify Saudi Arabia's oil-dependent economy.

    It has been billed as a futuristic cityscape evocative of a sci-fi blockbuster -- with everything from flying taxis to robot-maids.

  • The company will sell its business in the increasingly isolated country.

    McDonald's in March closed all of its 850 restaurants in the country, where it employs 62,000 people.

    The company directly manages more than 80 percent of the restaurants bearing its name in Russia.

  • Investors remain cautious as to whether China will ease its zero-Covid policy, which has added to the disruption of the...

    The benchmark Nikkei 225 index firmed 0.45 percent, or 119.40 points, to 26,547.05.

    The Nikkei firmed especially in early trade, keeping the momentum from gains of US shares.

  • Since Putin sent troops into Ukraine in late February, Renault has had difficulty keeping its operations going due to a...

    Renault has also handed over it's Moscow plant, Avtoframos to Russia, which makes Renault and Nissan models

    Renault, the French automaker giant will retain a six-year option to buy back the stake in AvtoVAZ

  • Ryanair expects cost increases as a result of surging oil prices fueled by the war, it hopes "to return to...

    Ryanair average fares fell more than a quarter to 27 euros despite soaring inflation and Ukraine war

    The Irish airlines had expected a much lower loss until the Omicron variant of corona virus spread in 2021