AD Ports Group, KPT ink pact
The pact deals with bulk and general cargo terminal.Company News Business
Most markets advance after tech titans fuel Wall Street surge
Shares in Amazon, Apple and Facebook owner Meta all climbed during Thursday's session. All three companies were due to report...Business
Aluminium, copper prices hit records on Ukraine fallout
Aluminium reached $4,026.50, the first time the lightweight metal had breached $4,000 per tonne.Aluminium reached $4,026.50, the first time the lightweight metal had breached $4,000 per tonne
Commodities have been red hot since Russia's assault on its neighbour, with gold on Monday back above $2,000 an ounce
Australian power firm rejects green billionaire’s takeover bid
AGL Australia's largest energy company said its board had over the weekend rejected a joint bid of $8.25 (US$6) per...AGL Australia's largest energy company said its board had over the weekend rejected a joint bid of $8.25 (US$6) per share from Cannon-Brookes, founder of the tech firm Atlassian
The firm said in a statement to the Australian stock exchange that the buyout proposal was still "well below the fair value of the company."
UAE, Israel work to secure region’s food needs
Government support, coupled with strong social systems, must ensure that no one goes hungry, says Nobel Laureate Dr Dan ShechtmanEnhancing collaboration between research institutes and agritech companies in Israel and the UAE will be pivotal to secure region's food future, say Israeli experts
Arab region needs to develop the knowledge to grow crops in arid conditions, says Dan Shechtman of Israel Institute of Technology
Saudi Arabia teams up with China to produce UAVs in kingdom
Saudi Arabia has teamed up with China to manufacture unmanned aerial vehicle payload systems in the kingdom.The agreement was signed between Saudi Advanced Communications and Electronics Systems Co., ACES and China Electronics Technology Group
This came after the Riyadh-based telecommunication firm established a new company for unmanned aircraft in the Kingdom, under the name of Aerial Solutions
Yanbu Cement reports dip in profit
Yanbu Cement Co., one of Saudi Arabia's largest cement producers, has posted a forty three percent dip in net profit...The Jeddah-based company, apart from seeing a drop in the net profit, saw its annual revenue fall slightly from SR940 million to SR934 million year-on-year
The company attributed the dip in earnings to lower selling prices that weighed on the company's revenue.
Saudi Arabia hikes oil price as Russia-Ukraine war presses on
Saudi Arabia has hiked oil prices for all regions after the crude oil prices soared to more than $115 a...Saudi Arabia's state oil producer Aramco raised the official selling price
Aramco hiked all prices for the American customers by $1
Turkey tourism industry bemoans Russia-Ukraine war
Every Sunday Noori Sani welcomes his old friends around a bountiful Turkish breakfast in Istanbul. But surrounding him now are...Within a few days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Ukrainians and Russians cancelled reservations for trips of Turkey
Visitors from Ukraine and Russia made up over a quarter of all tourists who arrived in Turkey last year, tourism ministry reported
Saudi Arabia and Egypt to cooperate in telecommunications
Saudi Arabia and Egypt have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the fields of telecommunications,...The memorandum serves to work on cooperation and exchange of experiences in the field of smart cities also
It also includes agreements to coordinate joint events, and to design training programs and workshops
Inaugural session of Qatar-Nigeria Economic Forum begins
The Qatar-Nigeria Economic Forum kicked off in Lagos, the economic capital of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.The Forum aims to enhance economic cooperation and review business opportunities between the two countries
A special focus will be placed on cooperation in the fields of manufacturing, construction, oil and gas and technology
East Pipes of KSA gets $133m financing
East Pipes of Saudi Arabia has secured a Shariah-compliant working capital financing of $133 million from Bank Albilad.The capital will be used to “finance the working capital of one the company’s projects”, the Dammam-based company said in a bourse filing
East Pipes, which joined the Saudi stock exchange earlier this year, was established in 2010 and specializes in manufacturing steel pipes