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Eni profit falls due to dip in oil prices

Q2 net profit fell by 18% to $637 million.

Emirates NBD H1 profit $3.40bn

Total income rose by 12 percent in the same period.

ADIB H1 pre-tax profit $1.08bn

Q2 pre-tax net profit increases by 14 percent.

AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in US

Bulk of funds to go into a Virginia manufacturing center.

UAB net profit up by 50% for H1

Total assets increase by 11 percent.

G20 nations agree central bank independence ‘crucial’

The statement came after months of escalating attacks by US President Donald Trump on Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell. The...

World’s longest diamond necklace set to break Guinness record at Sharjah show

Sharjah, UAE – Exhibitors at the 55th Watch and Jewelry Middle East Show, scheduled from May 28 to June 1,...
  • The piece incorporates more than 600 lab-grown diamonds, precisely set in 18-karat rose gold, representing a fusion of luxury aesthetics and cutting-edge production techniques.
  • The official Guinness assessment is set to take place on the first day of the 55th Watch and Jewelry Middle East Show.

ADNOC’s listed companies post over $2.3 billion net profit in first quarter

Abu Dhabi, UAE -- ADNOC Group's publicly traded portfolio companies combined to deliver over $2.3 billion (AED8.4 billion) in first...
  • ADNOC Distribution delivered first quarter net profit of $174 million (AEDAED639 million), up 16 percent year-on-year.
  • Borouge reported strong Q1 2025 results with net profit of $281 million, driven by year-on-year increases of 10 percent for sales volumes and 7 percent for production volumes.

Real estate transactions in five UAE emirates reach $65 billion in Q1

Abu Dhabi, UAE -- Real estate transactions across five emirates in the UAE surged to over AED 239 billion ($65...
  • More than 94,719 sales, purchase, and mortgage deals were recorded from January through March in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, and Ras Al Khaimah.
  • Dubai accounted for the largest share, with AED 193 billion in real estate transactions, resulting from 58,039 transactions, a growth of 16.2% in value and 31.5% compared to 2024.

Trump expands Apple tariff threat to all smartphones

Washington, United States -- US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened Apple and other smartphone manufacturers with a 25 percent...
  • Trump initially said the tariff would apply only to Apple -- an unusual move to single out a specific company in trade policy.
  • While Apple designs its products in the United States, most iPhone assembly occurs in China, which remains embroiled in a trade war with the United States.

Anthropic’s Claude AI gets smarter — and mischievious

San Francisco, United States -- Anthropic launched its latest Claude generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models on Thursday, claiming to set...
  • "Claude Opus 4 is our most powerful model yet, and the best coding model in the world," Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei said.
  • Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 were described as "hybrid" models capable of quick responses as well as more thoughtful results that take a little time to get things right.

Trump threatens Apple with a 25% tariff if iPhones aren’t made in US

Washington, United States -- US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened Apple with a 25 percent tariff if the iPhones...
  • Trump's sweeping tariffs on major US trading partners have roiled global markets and upended international commerce.
  • Trump's comments Friday echo statements he made last week while on a trip to Qatar, urging Apple to bring iPhone production to US shores.

TOURISE 2025: Riyadh to host premier summit for sustainable tourism

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia's Minister of Tourism, Ahmed Al-Khateeb, has officially unveiled TOURISE, a groundbreaking global platform set...
  • The inaugural TOURISE 2025 event will take place in Riyadh from November 11-13, bringing together public and private sector leaders, experts, and investors.
  • Nominations will be accepted via an online portal, with winners announced at a dedicated ceremony during the platform.

Trump administration refocuses US-China chip war on AI and Huawei

Beijing, China -- The United States has taken aim at China's Huawei over the cutting-edge chips powering artificial intelligence (AI),...
  • The Trump administration is seeking to change the ways the US limits China's access to state-of-the-art semiconductors needed to develop AI.
  • Chinese firms like Alibaba and Xiaomi have announced huge investments in AI in what experts say feeds into a national goal to cut reliance on foreign suppliers.

Xiaomi launches new advanced in-house mobile chip

Beijing, China -- Tech giant Xiaomi unveiled a new advanced in-house mobile chip on Thursday, a significant milestone for the...
  • With the XRING O1, it becomes only the second smartphone brand globally after Apple to mass produce its own 3-nanometre chips, among the most advanced on the market.
  • Xiaomi took early steps into semiconductors for smartphones with the launch of the firm's first in-house chip, the Surge S1, in 2017.

May 2025 Islamic Treasury Sukuk auction attracts bids worth $1.88bn

Abu Dhabi, UAE -- The Ministry of Finance (MoF), in its capacity as the issuer and in collaboration with the...
  • The total bids received reached AED 6.93 billion ($1.88bn), reflecting an oversubscription rate of 6.3 times.
  • The auction results highlighted competitive, market-driven pricing with a Yield to Maturity (YTM) of 3.99 percent for the May 2027 tranche and 4.06 percent for the May 2030 tranche

AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in US

Bulk of funds to go into a Virginia manufacturing center.

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Eyeing early release, prison inmates produce Bulgaria’s coveted dairy products

Smolyan, Bulgaria -- At a prison nestled deep in Bulgaria's southern Rhodope mountains, Georgi Filyanov stirs a large tank of...

AI robots pluck weeds in California fields, make up for shortage of laborers

Los Banos, United States -- Oblivious to the punishing midday heat, a wheeled robot powered by the sun and infused...

‘Wadeem’ sold out for $1.49bn

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Microsoft laying off several thousand employees

San Francisco, United States -- Microsoft on Wednesday said it was slashing a little less than four percent of its...
  • The cloud computing tech giant did not disclose the total amount of lost jobs but as of June 2024 it employed 228,000 people, bringing the latest layoffs to about 9,000 people.
  • The job cuts follow a round in May that saw about 6,000 positions culled from its global workforce.

Tesla Q2 sales down 13.5%

Shares rally after the disclosure, better than some forecasts.
  • The sales figures released Wednesday, which are global, reflect the more contested nature of the EV market, which Tesla once dominated.
  • Musk's political activism on behalf of right-wing figures has also made the company a target of boycotts and demonstrations, weighing on sales.

Eight-country coalition aims to tax luxury air travel

Seville, Spain -- Countries including France, Kenya, Barbados and Spain on Monday launched a coalition to push for taxes on...
  • The coalition said it would work to increase the number of countries taxing plane tickets, including business-class travel, and private jets.
  • Greenpeace welcomed an "important step" to raise more money from "the most elite and polluting form of travel", which has remained "undertaxed".