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 minister is visiting Rabat, economic capital Casablanca, and tourist hub Marrakesh as well.

    Israel Economy Minister Orna Barbivai arrived in Morocco for a visit aimed at developing economic and trade ties

    Rabat purchased Israeli defense technology after an a visit by the Israeli defense minister in November 2021

  • The deal they signed is expected to support the development in various activities and events in the field of marine...

    DIMC is the government entity responsible for organizing marine sports activity in the emirate

    Dubai-based marina operator and yacht destination P&O Marinas is a subsidiary of DP World

  • A cross-border media investigation broke Sunday claiming that Switzerland's second-largest bank had held tens of billions of dollars of ill-gotten...

    A cross-border media investigation broke Sunday claiming that Switzerland's second-largest bank had held tens of billions of dollars of ill-gotten funds

    Credit Suisse rejected the "allegations and insinuations" in a statement Sunday, saying that many of the issues raised were historical, some dating back as far as the 1940s

  • Now, the fastest-growing job profiles in the GCC include a mix of both pandemic-resultant and non-pandemic-resultant positions.

    Traditional jobs such as healthcare personnel and core corporate operations are still in high demand around the world

    Employment rates in the Gulf region have risen by 40% annually, thanks to the UAE and Saudi Arabia

  • While biometric identity management systems have helped improve the pandemic-like situation to some extent by enabling officials at border gates...

    Adoption of advanced technologies for border control management have their share of risks. Also, the integrity of data sets can be corrupted through targeted attacks.

    The biometric identity management systems have helped improve the pandemic-like situation to some extent by enabling officials at border gates to identify passengers at faster rate

  • A workshop held by the JCC and working meetings with a number of ministers and representatives of official entities, universities...

    The joint cooperation is to support economic cooperation, scientific research and joint business development

    The delegation met King Abdullah, and was briefed on trade and investment opportunities in the Kingdom

  • The Jeddah-based pharma retailer plans to float 30 percent of its capital.

    The Jeddah-based pharma retailer made revenues of SR8.6 billion ($2.3billion) during the year

    Nahdi currently operates over 1,150 pharmacies across the Kingdom and a rising number in the UAE

  • Digital economy has driven the startup investment upsurge in the MENA region in 2021.

    In 2021, more than 50 per cent of the world’s private investment funding went to startups in the United States.

    The other four top countries with the most private funds invested are China, the UK, India and Germany.

  • Thousands of Iranian teachers have protested in more than 100 cities against delays in salary and pension reforms, a local...

    The teachers have for months demanded that the government speed up the implementation of reforms that would see their salaries better reflect their experience

    The demonstrators have also demanded that their pensions be aligned with those of other public sector employees

  • Total revenue nearly doubles to reach $99.5m in 2021.

    Revenues from fees and commissions increased by 34.3 percent compared to 2020 to reach KWD20.2m.

    The company said it raised over $1.1 billion for several products and transactions, distributed around $235mn to clients.