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.
  • Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) has started operating the first phase of its new District Cooling plant in Za’abeel,...

    The total cooling capacity of the plant will be 50,000 RT upon completion

    It will be interconnected with the company’s existing district cooling plant in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) to deliver total cooling energy of 112,000 RT

  • MoU aimed at enhancing cyber skills training in UAE schools.

    HP and the Cyber Security Council will launch various initiatives nationwide and expect to work with more than 500 students a year.

    The partnership with the Cyber Security Council has three separate elements that support schoolchildren, university students, and graduates.

  • Unilever has revealed ongoing interest in a consumer healthcare unit owned by GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer after a bid of £50...

    GSK said it had received three unsolicited offers from Unilever for GSK Consumer Healthcare, but they were rejected for being too low

    The unit's products include Sensodyne toothpaste, pain-relief drug Panadol, and cold treatment Theraflu

  • Facebook has been mired in global controversies for its ad policies.

    The most prominent Facebook ads controversy was when Cambridge Analytica targeted political ads at users after collecting their data without consent

    The results were advertisement that led to Donald Trump winning the US presidential election, and Britain voting to exit the EU

  • The year 2022 would “offer a more comprehensive acceptance of remote working policies, as more companies are allowing employees anywhere,”...

    Around 76% of the UAE respondents chose Zoom as their preferred platform

    Zoom is working hard to accelerate the UAE’s digital development across various sectors

  • Deposits at banks in the UAE grew 80 percent to AED1,884 billion ($513 billion) in 2020 from AED1,049 billion ($285.64...

    The number of commercial banks operating in the UAE totaled 58 in 2020 against 51 in 2010

    The licensed insurance companies increased from 238 in 2010 to 314 in 2015 to 406 in 2020

  • Oxfam said the men's wealth jumped from $700 billion to $1.5 trillion, at an average rate of $1.3 billion per...

    Oxfam said in its report that the pandemic has plunged 160 million people into poverty

    Non-white ethnic minorities and women bore the brunt of the impact as inequality soared, it added

  • The exports of the Amman Chamber of Industry (ACI) increased last year in 2021 to "high" levels, compared to 2019,...

    The United States, India, Saudi Arabia and Iraq accounted for the majority of the Chamber's exports last year, with a value of JD3.111 billion.

    ACI exports rose during the same year to many Arab and foreign countries, most notably Indonesia, Egypt, Brazil, Algeria, Turkey, Sudan, Yemen and Malaysia.

  • Middle East’s largest breakbulk and project cargo event Breakbulk Middle East will host the ‘Women in Breakbulk Breakfast’, as part...

    A 2021 survey conducted by Gartner Inc shows that women comprise 41 percent of the supply chain workforce in 2021, up from 39 percent in 2020.

    The primary aim of BBME is to bridge the gender gap in the breakbulk and project cargo industry.

  • During the course of last year, Dubai real estate saw a momentous growth, resulting in deals worth close to $41.1...

    The total number of deals last year reached 61,241, the largest number since 2013, according to media reports

    Of these deals, ready made properties accounted for 60 percent of total real estate transactions in Dubai in 2021, while the rest was made up of off-plan properties