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.
  • Biogen is known for its Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm.

    Biogen is known for medicines to treat multiple sclerosis in addition to Aduhelm

    It was founded in 1978 by a team that included Nobel Prize winners Walter Gilbert and Phillip Sharp

  • Dana Gas has received a payment of $39 million (AED143 million) from the Egyptian Government in December, the company announced...

    The payment reduced its receivables in Egypt below $30 million to its lowest levels since commencing operations there in 2007.

    Dana Gas has invested over $2 billion since first entering Egypt in 2007 and is currently the fifth-largest gas producer in the country.

  • The Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property (SAIP) has designated the National Intellectual Property Administration of China (CNIPA) as International Searching...

    The move allows international patent applicants in the kingdom to select CNIPA to issue international search reports for their applications.

    Saudi authorities see the development as an enhancement of cooperation between the two sides in the field of intellectual property.

  • The Turkish book industry pinpoints one of the flaws in the economic experiment Erdogan has unleashed on his nation of...

    The Turkish book industry pinpoints one of the flaws in the economic experiment Erdogan has unleashed on his nation of 84 million people in the past few months

    Turkish Publishers Association president Kenan Kocaturk said the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to book industry's problems by raising the price of unbleached pulp

  • Payment landscape in Gulf countries is headed for a significant change, Ralf Wintergerst, Group CEO of G+D tells the TRENDS....

    Payment landscape in Gulf countries is headed for significant change as it’s among the fastest-growing e-commerce markets, Ralf Wintergerst tells the TRENDS

    Many central banks in the GCC region are already testing in sandbox environments to simulate a digital currency under real-world conditions, Wintergerst added

  • The "robot chef", which is the size of a large oven, can make three different steaks simultaneously -- though a...

    It mixes ingredients including beans, potatoes and chickpeas to create a texture that resembles that of real meat, says CEO of an Israeli startup.

    Around five percent of Israelis say they are vegan and the market for meat alternatives is on the rise.

  • Dubai Chamber has announced that it will shift to a four-and-a-half day working week  from 3 January 2022. This is...

    The new working week is in line with the newly approved workweek for UAE federal government employees.

    The official working hours will be nine working hours per day Monday-Thursday, from 8am to 5pm, and four working hours on Friday, from 8am to 12pm.

  • Kuwait's leading Islamic bank, Warba Bank, celebrated the listing of the bank's $250 million perpetual Tier-1 Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai...

    This was the third listing after a $250 million and a $500 million instrument in Mar 2017 and Oct 2019 respectively.

    The new listing brings the total outstanding value of the bank’s Sukuk on the exchange to $898 million.

  • The total number of tourists coming to the Kingdom in the period has surpassed 2.1 million, while the number of...

    The total number of tourists coming to the Kingdom in the period has surpassed 2.1 million, while the number of overnight tourists has inched up by 8.9 percent

    Jordanian Minister of Tourism Nayef Al-Fayez said that the National Tourism Strategy is geared to attract more tourists than recorded in 2019, before the outbreak of the pandemic

  • The airline will work with the Henan Province Airport Group.

    The virtual MoU was signed during the virtual Zhengzhou Week event at the China Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai

    It is said to contain plans for Etihad’s potential operation of regular cargo services between Abu Dhabi and Zhengzhou