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 Equatorial Guinea-flagged Xelo was thought to have been carrying 750 tons of diesel when it went down en route...

    The Equatorial Guinea-flagged Xelo was thought to have been carrying 750 tons of diesel when it went down en route between Egypt and Malta on Saturday

    The ship’s seven crew members were banned from leaving the country for two weeks, pending the outcome of the probe

  • The total number of factories that began actual production in Saudi Arabia reached 261 in March, with investments reaching $1.6...

    With the new licenses, the total number of factories across the country is now 10,489

    Meanwhile, the total number of workers in these licensed factories stands at 3,497

  • Buna and PAPSS will act as payment gateways that link the Arab region to the African continent

    Buna and PAPSS will act as payment gateways that link the Arab region to the African continent

    The collaboration will support the growth of trade and investments between the Arab region and Africa

  • Britain's competition authority had stopped the FB-Giphy merger.

    Created in 2013, Giphy — a platform and search engine for GIFs — has some 700 million daily users

    Britain’s competition authority found Meta’s proposed takeover of Giphy would give it too much market share

  • Certain FMCG companies benefited from the pandemic since people spent more time at home baking and spending time together. As...

    Rising worldwide raw material and transportation costs have put pressure on FMCG profits

    The current global issues caused by rising oil prices is also impacting consumers and prices

  • Global stock markets slid Friday after the Federal Reserve warned of an aggressive tightening of monetary policy to tame runaway...

    Frankfurt and Paris stocks were down almost two percent in late afternoon deals while London lost one percent

    In Asia earlier, Tokyo stocks slid more than 1.5 percent even as inflation data from Japan was in line with market expectations

  • The company said it added about $653m to Abu Dhabi's economy.

    The company said it made significant investments and expanded its mandate to the leisure tourism sector, which contributed to a strategic approach to diversifying the portfolio.

    In collaboration with SEHA, ADNEC was a key player in delivering critical support for Abu Dhabi and the UAE in mitigating the impact of COVID-19, the company said.

  • The stock exchange established Shariah Advisory Committee.

    The committee consists of representatives from the Kingdom’s largest financial institutions, who will work towards a unified Shariah-compliant rulebook

    The committee will also undertake the responsibility of overseeing and approving the list of Shariah-compliant listed companies on a periodic basis

  • About 2,145 real estate and property transactions worth AED 6.3 billion ($1.71 billion) were conducted in Dubai during the week...

    A total of 250 plots were sold for AED1.12 billion, and 1,436 apartments and villas were sold for AED3.2 billion.

    The top transactions were a land sale in Hadaeq Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid for AED96 million, and another plot of land that was sold for AED52.5 million in Palm Jumeirah.

  • More than a dozen Chinese coal power projects overseas were cancelled after a ban last year on funding such plants,...

    China is the world's biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases driving global warming

    The cancelled projects would have generated 12.8 gigawatts of electricity -- or the total power generation capacity in Singapore, the think tank added