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ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.

Empower okays $119.1m H2 2025 dividend

The dividend is equivalent to 43.75% of paid-up capital.

Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.

SAFEEN, Amaan Baghdad sign MoU

The agreement relates to fuel oil transport and storage.
  • SAFEEN Feeders, a subsidiary of SAFEEN Group, will manage the entire project, providing three Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) and one Medium Range (MR) tanker.
  • SAFEEN Feeders will transport fuel oil from terminals in Port of Khor Al Zubair and Umm Qasr South Port to Iraqi territorial waters using the MR tanker.

Tesla Q3 deliveries increase

The company delivered a total of 343,380 vehicles
  • While the Q3 results show a return to growth for Tesla deliveries, the total number was at the very bottom end of analyst estimates, which were between 343,000 and 370,000
  • The company said it was facing headwinds with regard to "vehicle transportation capacity," which it hoped to resolve with better distribution among its factories

Mawani, Tabadul to develop port community management systems

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia---Saudi Ports Authority (Mawani) and the Saudi Information Exchange Company (Tabadul) signed an MoU to develop new port...
  • The MoU aims to achieve the expansion of services provided in Saudi ports and doubling their number from 46 to 150 besides.
  • It also aims at enabling modern and emerging technologies in accordance with international best practices.

Emirates SkyCargo, United Cargo sign MoU

The two airlines will work on expanding cargo interline options.
  • United will have access to SkyCargo’s high frequency distribution network through the belly-hold of passenger flights to over 100 global destinations and 11 freighters.
  • Emirates SkyCargo will have access to over 200 cities in the US and 300 cities across five continents through United Cargo.

IHC buys 54% stake in Emircom

Firm buys stake for $68 million via its subsidiary IHC Digital
  • Emircom is the Middle East’s leading information and communications technology (ICT) provider.
  • This $68 million purchase comes as part of IHC’s strategy to grow its digital assets portfolio and expand into new growth areas.

ADNOC Distribution to pay $349m

This is the first payment of a full-year AED2.57 billion dividend.
  • The second and final dividend for 2022 expected to be paid in April 2023, subject to the Board of Directors’ recommendation and shareholders’ approval.
  • The 2022 full-year dividend would offer a 4.9 percent annual dividend yield (based on a share price of AED4.21 as of 27th September 2022).

Tabby, Paymob announce partnership

They will create a Buy Now Pay Later solution for retailers.
  • Tabby’s BNPL payment solution will be available to over 120,000 Paymob merchants.
  • Tabby is a payments and shopping app, and Paymob, an omni-channel payments facilitator in MENAP.

Masdar, REW sign collaboration pact

The two firms will explore developing offshore wind projects.
  • Masdar and RWE are shareholders in the London Array project, which has been operational since 2012. 
  • The wind farm has an operating capacity of 630 megawatts, powering more than half a million homes, while displacing almost 1 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year.

SAFEEN Feeders, Invictus sign deal

They will launch a new international dry bulk shipping service.
  • Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will purchase ships through Special Purpose Vehicles, owned 85 percent  by SAFEEN Feeders and 15 percent by Invictus Investment.
  • The two companies are expected to initially commit approximately AED463 million (US$126 million) for the investment in the vessels.

TotalEnergies, Qatar ink pact

TotalEnergies to invest $1.5bn in natural gas production.
  • Qatar Energy and TotalEnergies as partners will together work for the development of the North Field South gas project.
  • TotalEnergies will have 9.3 percent of the North Field South project, Qatar Energy Minister said, for which 25 percent will be reserved for foreign energy firms.

Mubadala invests in Manipal Health

Manipal Health offers multispecialty care through 30 hospitals.

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Borouge Q3 net profit up 22%

The rise in net profit was driven by 16% increase in sales.

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Elm net profit up 43%

The profit growth was driven by 27% revenue increase.
  • The rise in revenue resulted from a surge in digital business revenue by 42.70 percent.
  • The third-quarter net profit grew 22.2 percent to SAR 334 million, from SAR 273.36 million in Q3 2022.

Sulaiman Al Habib 9M profit $405m

The Group reported a nearly 16% year-on-year rise in revenues.
  • The higher revenues were driven the hospital and pharmacy segments, due to the increase in the number of patients and inpatients occupancy.
  • In Q3 2023, the net profit climbed 30 percent to SAR 544.8 million from SAR 420.6 million in Q3 2022.

Eni Q3 profit drops

This drop is smaller than the 31 percent fall in Q2.
  • Adjusted net profit -- a figure closely watched by the markets because it excludes exceptional items -- also fell, by 51 percent to US$1.9 billion (1.81 billion euros).
  • The group's turnover fell 40 percent in the three months to US$23.5 billion (22.31 billion euros), well below analysts' expectations of US$34.4 billion (32.58 billion euros).