INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.

Mashreq Q1 profit rises

Total revenue increased 10% year-on-year.

TECOM profit climbs

High occupancy across assets boosts earnings.

Emirates Stallions Q1 revenue up 11%

The rise helped by strong demand in real estate

ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.
  • The fisheries sector in the UAE has changed quite a bit over the past two decades, with a pointed move...

    The UAE has been striving to achieve food security through several of its initiatives

    It has also been looking to achieve a degree of sustainability in the fisheries sector

  • Now entities that typically have strong brand equity, control over distribution, and very few competitors, have a competitive edge that...

    Generally, businesses react negatively to any tax announcement, like the UAE’s corporate tax

    However, companies within the UAE might themselves benefit the most from such a tax

  • Regional players eye big share as Metaverse is expected to become a US$800 billion market. Some analysts believe it will...

    Metaverse is expected to become a US$800 billion market -although some analysts think it will reach $30 trillion

    The use of Metaverse in banking may lead to the emergence of fully digital bank branches, reducing or even eliminating the need for physical ones

  • The port operator will develop a virtual trade corridor between the two countries.

    AD Ports Group’s digital arm, Maqta Gateway, will develop the new virtual trade corridor based upon its Advanced Trade & Logistics Platform.

    The MoU will also provide for accelerated procedures for expediting shipments of perishable goods, reducing dwell time at borders.

  • Saudi Arabia has evinced interest to develop small modular nuclear reactors in order to generate electricity for remote areas of...

    The kingdom's Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, said that Saudi Arabia isn’t looking for funding from any country to help it with its energy transition plan

    “The future of the world and society lies not in us waiting for someone else to build the things we should use, but for us to build them ourselves,” he added

  • In order to protect SMEs from economic recession, Saudi Arabia provided more than $80 billion in support to the businesses,...

    Saleh Al-Rahseed, speaking at GEC 2022 in Riyadh, said the Kingdom gave confidence to entrepreneurs and innovative companies not only by giving them cash but all kind of support

    “It wasn’t just cash injection that helped Saudi SME’s during the pandemic” he said

  • 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