- Dubai, UAE -- OpenAI, the owner of the ChatGPT chatbot, lost Wednesday its appeal against the EU's refusal to register...
The US firm had sought to overturn a decision by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) that accepted protecting OpenAI's logo but not the name.
EUIPO had ruled that the combination of the two common words in English, "open" and "AI", could describe many business activities in the area of artificial intelligence.
- Dubai, UAE -- Abu Dhabi's Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) said young professionals now make up more than 30...
Utility expands graduate, AI and leadership training to build skills for UAE's energy transition.
EWEC said its two-year graduate development programme includes departmental rotations, technical training and mentoring.
- Dubai, UAE -- Sharjah's real estate transactions rose 9.3 percent year on year to about AED29.5 billion ($8.03 billion) in...
The Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department said it completed 59,460 transactions during the six-month period, up 23.7 percent from a year earlier.
Sales transactions totalled 16,426 across 202 areas, covering 85 million square feet, a 4.7 percent increase from the first half of 2025.
- Several major book publishers and authors have sued Google, alleging the technology company illegally copied millions of copyrighted books to...
The proposed class-action lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in a New York court by Hachette Book Group, Cengage Learning, Elsevier, author Scott Turow and his publishing company, S.C.R.
The lawsuit also alleged that Gemini can tailor its outputs to imitate the expressive style and creative choices of specific authors.
- Dubai, UAE -- Real estate transactions in Ajman totalled more than 10.8 billion dirhams ($2.94 billion) in the first half...
The department recorded 6,815 real estate transactions during the January-June period, according to the Ajman Real Estate Index.
Trading transactions accounted for 5,435 deals worth 7.64 billion dirhams, while 969 mortgage transactions totalled more than 1.88 billion dirhams.
- Dubai, UAE -- Turkey's exports to the European Union rose 4.7 percent in the first half of 2026 to $55...
EU-bound shipments accounted for a significant share of Turkey's total exports, which increased 3.6 percent year-on-year to $136 billion during the January-June period.
Germany remained Turkey's largest export destination, receiving goods worth $10.1 billion, followed by Italy at $6.8 billion and Spain at $5.6 billion.
- Total operating income rises 20.5 percent.
Total assets rose 4.7 percent to AED94.5 billion as Islamic financing portfolio expanded and customer deposits continued growing strongly.
Non-performing financing ratio improved to 3.6 percent while shareholders' equity increased following a AED2.6 billion capital strengthening exercise.
- Dubai, UAE -- Dubai's diamond trade rose to a record $41.7 billion in 2025, surpassing its previous high set in...
Natural diamonds remained the dominant segment, generating $39.9 billion in trade, or 95.8 percent of the total value.
Trade in natural polished diamonds rose nearly 25 percent year-on-year to $18.7 billion, while rough diamond volumes reached 205.2 million carats.





















