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Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue

The deal is valued at $48.7 billion.

BYD Q3 profit down 33%

This was a 33% year-on-year decrease.

Alphabet posts first $100 bn quarter

The growth was powered by cloud division buoyed by AI

Nvidia to take stake in Nokia

Nvidia share price soars 20%.

Nestle to cut 16,000 jobs

The company's shares shoot up 8%.
  • Rockstar Games confirms Grand Theft Auto 6

    More than 230 million copies of Grand Theft Auto, referred to as GTA, have been sold overall.

    New York-based Rockstar Games did not say when Grand Theft Auto 6 would hit the street

    It also did not reveal how it would be different from the previous edition, released in 2013

  • Growth picks up as MENA drives into EV market

    Rising prices of metals, elements, and compounds used in EVs could be a headache, but the MENA region and the...

    EVs use more than the 1,400-odd chips that normal cars use has not helped matters

    Chip shortage and supply-chain bottlenecks could hamper EV adoption in the MENA region

  • Policy reforms help Saudi FDI inflow rise 326%

    The Kingdom seeks to increase its net FDI inflow by 1,816 percent between 2021 and 2030, raising it to $103.5...

    The Kingdom is likely to witness an increase in net FDI by 1,816 percent between 2021 and 2030

    The country’s wholesale and retail sectors issued more than 44 percent of new FDI licenses in Q4, 2021

  • Aldar Properties of Abu Dhabi put on sale 182 boutique flats

    Aldar Properties has announced that all 182 apartments at the second tower of its boutique Reflection project are now available...

    Reflection II is located at the heart of Reem Island, overlooking Abu Dhabi's mangroves, and with all units ready to move in during Q2 2022

    The second tower is being brought to the market to cater to specific demand from both home buyers and investors for high quality

  • UAE lifts curbs on travel to 12 African countries

    The United Arab Emirates has lifted curbs on travel to twelve African countries for citizens fully vaccinated and who have...

    It is okay now to travel to Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe

    The authorities specified the categories of citizens who are allowed to travel to these countries

  • Dubai South attracts 700 new companies by end of 2021

    The total number of companies operating out of Dubai South reached 4,600, attracting more than 700 new companies by the...

    The total number of people working out of Dubai South was expected to reach 20,848 individuals by the end of 2021.

    Dubai South Properties handed over almost all its units at The Pulse, an urban mixed-use development comprising 1,400 apartments and 240 townhouses.

  • Emaar EC reschedules SR976m loan with SABB

    Emaar EC has signed a rescheduling agreement with the Saudi British Bank revising the terms of SR976.25 million Shariah-compliant outstanding...

    The amended terms of the facility also include a grace period up to June 2023 and a repayment starting from June 2023 until December 2029

    Before rescheduling, the financing period was from September 2014 until September 2021

  • Facebook looks for answers as user numbers fall

    Founder Mark Zuckerburg has told investors that people have a lot of choices for how they want to spend their...

    The company has been battling regulatory issues, negative headlines around bullying and disinformation.

    It lost one million daily users in the last quarter of last year but still has almost 1.9 billion, figures that dwarf every other platform.

  • Sanofi posts strong sales

    French pharmaceutical group's overall sales rises 4.8% to $43.3bn in 2021.

    While Sanofi has yet to produce a jab against Covid, its Dupixent drug, which also treats eczema, has been a huge success

    The company posted overall sales of 37.8 billion euros ($43.3 billion) in 2021, a 4.8 percent increase

  • Dubai hosts 7m tourists in a ‘remarkable turnaround’

    More than seven million foreign tourists visited Dubai last year, marking a "remarkable turnaround", the government of the Gulf city...

    The figure was up 32 percent on 2020, the first full year of the coronavirus pandemic, Dubai's economy and tourism department said in a statement

    This year, however, missile attacks since last month by Yemeni rebels on the United Arab Emirates of which Dubai is a member have prompted US and UK travel warnings