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TikTok’s US future uncertain

It must find non-Chinese owner to avoid ban.

Tesla Q1 sales sink 13 percent

The dip occurred amid lower production during factory upgrades.

AD Ports Group 2024 revenue $4.70bn

The Group's EBITDA increased by 69 percent YOY.

Tesla sales tumble in Europe in Q1

The company suffered from boycotts against the policies of Elon Musk.

Ford’s US Q1 auto sales dip

But its Q1 figures exceed a forecast by Edmunds
  • Work on $6.5 billion green hydrogen project in NEOM to begin in H1 2022

    The work on a $6.5 billion green hydrogen plant in Saudi Arabia's planned futuristic city NEOM is likely to begin...

    ACWA Power expects to finalize financing in Q1 2022. The project is a joint venture with NEOM Co. and American industrial gas company Air Products.

    The plant will need around 4.3 GW of clean energy to power it and ACWA plans to use solar in the day and wind in the night.

  • SIB profit up 30 percent in nine months

    The bank said it continued hedging policy despite corona recovery.

    Operating profits increased by 29.3 percent to reach AED 652.9 million.

    The bank's board has approved a proposal to allow foreign investors to trade in 40 percent of the bank’s shares.

  • Oman takes centre stage as T20 World Cup gets underway

    Originally scheduled to take place in Australia and then India, before being chased out of both by Covid-19, the seventh...

    Oman are playing in their second T20 World Cup having shocked Ireland at the 2016 tournament

    The eight teams in the first round of qualifying are chasing four places in the Super 12 round-robin stage

  • SODIC lands $100m loan

    This will finance SODIC’s West Cairo flagship project.

    The Arab African International Bank and Banque Misr is providing this facility to SODIC

    SODIC is expected to use this facility to finance its West Cairo flagship development known as SODIC West

  • Slovakia debuts its first Hydrogen car at Expo 2020

    The car has an aerodynamic design and is a sports model, and does not produce dangerous emissions.

    The vehicle, called the MH2 Hydrogen car, has been designed by Branislav Mauks

    He is a Slovakian designer who since 2007 has contributed in designing each of Ferrari’s models

  • PIF of Saudi Arabia to launch tourism on ‘THE RIG’

    Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia has announced the launch of ‘THE RIG,’ a new tourism project on oil offshore...

    “THE RIG” will span a combined total area of more than 150,000 square meters

    It will provide a multitude of hospitality offerings, adventures, and aquatic sporting experiences

  • US sees boom in cyber-extortion in 2021

    New data out Friday showed $590 million in ransomware-related payments were reported to US authorities in the first half of...

    Washington has sought to crack down on a sharp rise in attacks, including issuing its first sanctions against an online exchange

    The heists involve breaking into a company or institution’s network to encrypt its data, then demanding a ransom,

  • Iran ex-central bank chief gets 10-year jail term

    An Iranian court has sentenced the former governor of Iran’s central bank to 10 years in prison for violating the...

    Zabihollah Khodaeian, judiciary spokesman, told state TV that besides violating the currency system, Valliollah Seif also had a role in smuggling foreign currency

    State TV said they were involved in violations of the currency market in 2016

  • Bahrain central bank issues e-cheques

    The e-cheques will retain all the basic functions, legal validity, and benefits of paper cheques while providing a paperless payment...

    The e-cheques will come into effect on October 19, and will be available through two apps

    They are expected to complement traditional paper cheques, which are a popular payment instrument in Bahrain

  • Putin of Russia says crypto has value but not for oil trading

    Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled tolerance of cryptocurrencies, but is still not convinced they can replace the US dollar in...

    Russia has sought alternatives to trading in dollars since being slapped with sanctions in 2014 following the annexation of Crimea

    “It is legitimate and can be used in settlements, no doubt about that, but it is too early to use it for trading in oil"

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