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Aramco signs $11bn deal

The deal involves its Jafurah gas facilities.

TAQA H1 net income $1bn

The group's revenue reached $7.73 billion.

ADNOC L&S H1 net profit $420m

The company’s revenue reached $2.43bn

SEC H1 net profit $1.67bn

Revenue grew by 24% to $7.38 billion.

DEWA profit after tax $789m

It will pay $843m in H1 dividend.
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    Extremists are abusing its new photo-sharing rule.

    Twitter has noted that its teams have made errors in enforcing its new policy that disallows posting images of people without their consent

    It said it has corrected those, errors and is undergoing an internal review to make certain that this policy is used as intended

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    The deal with members including the US, EU, and Saudi Arabia agreeing to new ways to help businesses.

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    Such regulations would ‘improve the business climate, lower trade costs, and cut red tape so as to facilitate services trade worldwide’

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  • Shell exits North Sea oilfield project

    Royal Dutch Shell has exited the planned Cambo oilfield project off the Scottish coast because of insufficient financial gain, as...

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    The Louvre Abu Dhabi's license has been extended by 10 years to 2047, the French presidency said Friday during a...

    The French president and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed agreed to the "extension for 10 years of the partnership over the Louvre Abu Dhabi

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    The Rafale order is the biggest made internationally for the aircraft since it entered into service in 2004.

    The UAE has also agreed to buy 12 Caracal military transport helicopters

    The Middle-Eastern country is one of the French defense industry's biggest customers

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    Gopinath will succeed Geoffrey Okamoto as first deputy managing director, serving under IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva.

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