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.
  • Commercial Bank of Dubai CEO Dr. Bernd van Linder tells TRENDS that today’s business leaders must not only be consummate...

    “Although I have always been a firm believer in participative leadership, it is clear to me that business leadership is now less hierarchical and involves even more participation.”

    “To drive innovation, one of the key measures that leaders need to focus on is to encourage employees to take risks without the fear of failure.”

  • The UAE and Saudi stock exchanges posted losses this week, taking cue from the world markets that fell in reaction...

    Saudi Stock Exchange index fell by 4.1% to finish the week at 12835.30 points

    Dubai and Abu Dhabi stocks faced losses this week

  • India, the world's second-largest wheat producer, said that factors including lower wheat production and sharply higher global prices because of...

    India on Saturday banned wheat exports without prior government approval after recent scorching temperatures hit production

    However, exports could also take place if New Delhi approved a request by other governments "to meet their food security needs"

  • Dubai is developing an environment that encourages firms from all industries to innovate. Already, the UAE is home to one-third...

    Dubai is developing an environment that encourages firms from all industries to innovate

    Dubai has been able to leverage its strengths as a world-class city to attract global blockchain entrepreneurs

  • The final quarter of 2021 provided a major boost to Dubai hotel results, with properties surpassing even 2019 figures across...

    Overall, UAE hotels raised $408 million in revenue between December 15 and the end of January 2022, with Expo and the second World's Coolest Winter campaign as key catalysts.

    Dubai has beaten popular holiday destinations such as London, Bali, and Rome to become the most popular destination for 2022.

  • Ukraine's IT sector is booming despite the Russian invasion. Workers with stickers on their laptops recline on beach chairs outside...

    companies transferred servers to secure locations and established back-up systems outside the country before Russia invaded on February 24

    When Russian bombing started, IT companies shut offices in the capital Kyiv and eastern city of Kharkiv

  • In Chennai and Hyderabad, DP World is the only operator with a presence in three major Indian ports.

    In Chennai and Hyderabad, DP World is the only operator with a presence in three major Indian ports

    DP World is a leading company in managing container ports in India and has invested nearly US$500 million in a joint venture with the NIIF

  • Elon Musk sent mixed messages Friday about his proposed Twitter acquisition, pressuring shares of the microblogging platform amid skepticism on...

    Chief Executive Parag Agrawal took to the platform to explain moves earlier this week to shake up company leadership and freeze most hiring

    "While I expect the deal to close, we need to be prepared for all scenarios and always do what’s right for Twitter," Agrawal said

  • New business models must be developed to take advantage of the metaverse's technology, says Fadi Kassatly, Partner, Enterprise Systems and...

    By 2026, about 25 percent of internet users would spend at least an hour a day in the metaverse and 30 percent of organizations would use it to distribute their products.

    Because of the metaverse, companies can now imagine new stakeholder engagements that include interactions and create value faster, realistically and with more significant impact.

  • The lightning uptake of crypto assets like bitcoin had swelled a volatile sector to a valuation of roughly two trillion...

    Fears about rampant inflation and the abrupt ending of the era of cheap money have sent cryptocurrencies careering down a cliff edge, says an expert.

    Bitcoin's price at one stage plummeted to $25,500 -- less than half of its record price in November last year and the lowest valuation since it exploded at the end of 2020.