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Aldar nets $953m in sales at Fahid

Aldar said 42 percent of the buyers are under the age of 45.

Qualcomm to Alphawave for $2.4 bn

The deal makes Alphawave the latest tech company to depart London.

Equinor signs $27 bn gas deal

The 10-year contract was signed with Centrica.

ADNOC Drilling secures $1.15bn contract

The contract for two jack-up rigs begins in the second quarter.

Etihad Q1 profit $187 million

This is a 30% YoY increase over Q1 2025.
  • Oman and Etihad Rail Co, Al Jazeera Steel sign MoU for raw materials

    Sohar, Oman -- Oman and Etihad Rail Company (OER), the developer and operator of the UAE-Oman Rail Network, and Al...

    Under the terms of the agreement, OER will leverage the UAE-Oman Rail Network to support Al Jazeera Steel in optimizing inbound and outbound logistics from its factories in Oman.

    Once fully operational, the UAE-Oman Rail Network will unlock efficiency in freight movement by reducing travel time between both countries.

  • Ras Al Khaimah witnesses rise in issue of valid business licenses in 2023

    RAS AL KHAIMAH, UAE - The economic growth of the Emirate continued to accelerate in 2023, with the Department of...

    The industrial sector in Ras Al Khaimah achieved a 5.3 percent annual growth rate in valid licence capital.

    Commercial licences experienced a 14.4 percent annual increase, bringing their total capital to $1.3 billion.

  • Schneider Electric, Charge&Go ink pact

    The aim is to develop EV charging facility in the UAE.

    Demand for electric vehicles in the UAE market has steadily increased over the past few years.

    The collaboration also aims to deliver on the demand for sustainable transportation in the UAE.

  • 25,647 new economic licenses issued in Abu Dhabi in 2023, says ADDED report

    ABU DHABI, UAE - The Abu Dhabi's “Business Activity Report” for the year 2023, issued by the Abu Dhabi Department...

    24,143 commercial sector licences were issued in 2023, comprising 94.1 percent of the total.

    Active licences in Abu Dhabi rose to 143,617, a growth of 10.9 percent compared to the year 2022.

  • Robots save UAE’s finance ministry 39,000 working hours

    Dubai, UAE -- UAE's Ministry of Finance has saved 39,000 hours of human labor by using bots, software applications that...

    The Ministry has just completed phase two of embedding robotic process automation (RPA) into many of its internal processes.

    By 2022, it had more than 50 bots working unattended, delivering great results, and it expects to save an additional 12,000 working hours in 2023.

  • KEZAD to build new warehouses

    It will invest US$169m to develop new capacity.

    The building of new warehousing was spurred by strong demand for such capacity in both free zone and domestic industrial areas

    The group since the third quarter of 2022 has thrown open more than 270,000 sq metres of additional warehousing space in Abu Dhabi

  • Saudi Aramco halts plan to raise production capacity

    Tuesday's announcement was not expected to have an immediate effect on production or exports. After a series of oil supply...

    Riyadh announced the planned production capacity increase in October 2021, the same month it pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2060

    That applies to emissions that are produced directly by Aramco's industrial sites, but not the CO2 produced when clients burn Saudi oil in their cars

  • Toyota sells record number of vehicles in 2023

    It is the world's top automaker for the fourth year in a row.

    The automaker consolidated its position as the world's top-selling automaker for the fourth successive year

    Toyota said that by next year it plans to have an electrified version for every Toyota and Lexus model globally

  • Hong Kong court orders liquidation of China’s Evergrande

    Evergrande's demise has been closely watched as it was once a pillar of China's economy, with the construction and property...

    The order kickstarts a long process that should see Evergrande's offshore assets liquidated and its management replaced

    The company's executive director vowed the Hong Kong court's decision would not impact its operations domestically

  • Bahrain and Hungary aim to boost trade, investment ties

    Budapest, Hungary--Bahrain and Hungary have held discussions to boost economic and trade ties between the two countries.In this regard, Khalid...

    Chairman of Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry said the Bahraini-Hungarian Business Forum aimed to boost trade, investment ties between the two countries

    According to Gabor Jenei, the CEO of Hungarian Export Promotion Agency (HEPA), Hungary's exports to Bahrain reached $15m and Bahrain's exports to Hungary at $8m