INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

flydubai Aleppo flights resumed

The flights were resumed after nearly 14 years.

Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.
  • Saudi Aramco is interested in investing in China, its President and CEO Amin H Nasser, said. He asserted that Aramco...

    Aramco is holding initial talks with partners, including the state-owned defense contractor Norinco.

    The talks were reportedly about the development of a $10 billion refining and petrochemicals complex in China. 

  • Singapore-based Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has closed an equity investment from Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) as a lead investor for...

    PDG is a leading Pan-Asia data center operator with a footprint across key Asian digital economies

    PDG has a portfolio of 20 data centers with over 600MW of secured capacity and spanning five countries

  • Music highlights included Filipina singing sensation Moira Dela Torre, who enthralled the audience at the Jubilee Stage last Monday.

    As of 21st February, total visitation stood at 14,719,277, days after Coldplay’s unforgettable concert on 15th February

    The international visitation is up 19 percent, primarily thanks to the popularity of the new AED50 Season Finale Pass

  • UAE reached the top spot globally as a rough diamond hub, trading over $22.8 billion worth of rough diamonds in...

    Dubai boasts direct flights to other diamond hubs across the world, including mining countries in Africa and manufacturing centers in India.

    Since 2015, the UAE has increased its rough diamonds trade by 76 percent, overtaking Belgium as the world’s leading rough trade hub

  • Dubai International Airport (DXB) continues to be the world’s busiest airport by international passenger numbers for the eighth consecutive year...

    Current forecasts indicate that traffic through DXB could reach 55.1m by the end of 2022.

     India retained its position as the top destination country for DXB by passenger volume, with passenger traffic for 2021 totaling 4.2m.

  • Demand for natural gas has shot up 23 percent during the last ten years, according to Secretary-General of the Gas...

    Speaking at the opening session of the 6th GECF Summit, Hamel stressed the importance of natural gas as a type of clean energy in promoting sustainable development

    He also underlined that the convening of the sixth summit in Doha is an indication of the importance that different countries attach to this forum

  • stc, Saudi Arabia's top telecom firm, has posted a three percent increase in net profit to $3 billion in 2021...

    Revenues during the year stood at SR63.4 billion, up from SR58.9 billion in 2020

    Separately, stc said it will distribute dividends of SR1.99 billion, or SR1 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2021

  • Fitch Ratings has upgraded to AA(mar)/Stable the rating of Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank (AWB), one of the five Moroccan banks whose...

    Fitch upgraded to AA(mar)/Stable the rating of Morocco’s Attijariwafa Bank (AWB).

    Five banks, which account for nearly 77 percent of Morocco's banking system assets were reviewed by the ratings agency.

  • The London-headquartered bank on Tuesday reported pre-tax profit of $18.9 billion in 2021, up $10.1 billion on the year before,...

    The London-headquartered bank on Tuesday reported pre-tax profit of $18.9 billion in 2021, up $10.1 billion on the year before, helped by lower bad loans and operating expenses

    The lender endured a tumultuous 2020 like the rest of the banking sector as the virus outbreak rocked the economy

  • Traffic remains "nowhere near pre-pandemic levels" despite rising to 29.1 million passengers last year, Dubai Airports chief Paul Griffiths said...

    Traffic remains "nowhere near pre-pandemic levels" despite rising to 29.1 million passengers last year, Dubai Airports chief Paul Griffiths said in an interview

    Passenger figures collapsed to 25.9 million in 2020, a drop of 70 percent, when Dubai airport was closed from March to July and fleets were grounded around the world