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 nickel market is dominated by a handful of players, including Tsingshan, founded by Xiang Guangda.

    The silver-white metal's price hit a record $100,000 per ton as western sanctions were imposed on Russia for invading Ukraine

    Official data has revealed that China holds around 100,000 tons of nickel in state reserves

  • Retirees and YouTubers, on package tours or lugging backpacks, are braving Iraq's still basic tourist infrastructure to visit ancient sites...

    Western governments still issue travel warnings for tourists heading to Iraq, highlighting the risks from kidnappings and bombings

    Around 107,000 tourists visited Iraq in 2021, which is three times more than the number in 2020

  • Called the UAE-Türkiye Real Estate Development Construction Roundtable, it will be held on Wednesday, March 30.

    The meeting will look to widen the trade corridor and strengthen economic ties between the two countries, besides building new collaborations

    It will reportedly be hosted by the UAE-Turkish Business Council, in association with the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye (DEİK)

  • Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said Russia's oligarchs can continue to do business in his country so long as...

    The measures targeting the possessions of Russia's oligarchs were not approved by the UN but by western countries

    They have imposed measures against Russia like placing oligarchs and other individuals close to Putin on sanctions lists

  • Jordan imports crude from Iraq under an MoU that was signed by the two governments on January 28 last year.

    The exports were suspended in early February, pending discussion of details in the MoU

    The oil will reportedly be transported to the Jordan Petroleum Refinery in Zarqa

  • An ex-employee said it paid bribes in the Middle East and Africa.

    A former employee has said he was fired after working for Microsoft from 1998 to 2018 in Africa

    He said he saw company employees involved in corrupt practices in several countries in the region

  • For the second time since the global financial crisis, the Middle East has surpassed Europe in terms of IPOs as...

    The proceeds of IPOs from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi have totaled $4.8 billion since the beginning of 2022

    Saudi Arabia has the busiest stock market in the Middle East in terms of IPO activity

  • The International Energy Agency approved a third term for executive director Fatih Birol as the organization seeks a faster transition...

    The Turkish economist, who has been in the role since September 2015, will serve for another four years from September 2023

    The agency has since its inception focused on the energy security of developed countries but its mission was officially extended this week to search for carbon neutrality

  • European stocks, which had been firmly higher earlier in the session, ended the day with only modest gains

    European stocks, which had been firmly higher earlier in the session, ended the day with only modest gains

    Bitcoin rose above $45,000 as Moscow is expected to accept cryptocurrency in exchange for Russian gas

  • The Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange achieved weekly gains of 1.7 percent, while that for the Dubai stock exchange was 1.9...

    The Abu Dhabi index closed up by 0.2% on Thursday; and 0.3% on Friday

    TASI remained unchanged on Thursday, as losses in financial businesses canceled out the gains