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SRC, Riyad Bank sign $133m deal
This is the second largest mortgage refinancing deal in the kingdom.
- Tareq Al-Sadhan, CEO of Riyad Bank, said the long-term partnership with SRC will provide housing finance solutions that fulfill the needs and requirements of Saudi families.
- Saudi Vision 2030 aims to raise the percentage of residential ownership of Saudi families from 47 percent to more than 60 percent within four years.Â
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DP World H1 net profit $721m
Growth was supported by higher revenue from acquisitions.
- The global port operator said this was a 51 percent year-on-year and added that it expects growth rates to moderate for the rest of the year.
- The company said its H1 revenue was $7.93 billion, a rise of 60 percent, supported by acquisitions, strong performance of feedering services and growth in high margin cargo.
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Walmart Q2 revenue $152.9bn
The retail giant sales surged, partly due to inflation.
- Revenues for its second fiscal quarter ending July 31 were $152.9 billion, up 8.4 percent from the year-ago period
- Profits rose 20.4 percent to $5.1 billion, with some of the increase connected to the accounting for an asset sale in Brazil
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Agthia 2021 acquisitions worth $630m
The Group is planning a new acquisition in Egypt.
- Agthia aims to expand geographically in markets such as Egypt and Pakistan, noting its 60 percent acquisition of Abu Auf Group in Egypt.
- The group's products are currently available in more than 45 markets in North America, Europe, Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.
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Malaysia Airlines to acquire 20 planes
The airline will buy 10 planes and lease the 10 others from Avolon.
- The plane was worth $296.4 million according to the last published catalogue prices in 2018.
- The A330neo will gradually replace 21 older-generation A330neo planes in the Malaysia Airlines fleet.
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GIG H1 net profit $48.9 million
Improvement in underwriting and investment push profits up.
- The company said the rise in net profit was due to the improvement in the Group’s underwriting and investment performance compared to the same period last year.
- The total assets for the first half of the current year reached KD 1.34 billion, compared to KD 0.8 billion, an increase of 67.3 percent.
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AD Ports Group Q2 net profit $81.67m
The year-on-year growth in net profit was 59 percent.
- Capex reached AED 1.6 billion, in line with the Group’s capital investment plans to spend more than AED 15 billion across all clusters over the 2022-26 period, the statement said.
- Container volumes grew by 30 percent YoY while Ro-Ro and cruise passenger volumes continued their healthy recovery post COVID-19 disruptions.
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Emaar H1 revenue 3.69 billion
H1 2022 EBITDA up 66 percent $1.6 billion.
- Q2 EBITDA up 53 percent to reach $798 million compared to $523 million in the same period of 2021.
- Emaar’s international real estate operations recorded property sales of $661 million in H1 2022 and contributed revenue of AED2.068 billion ($563 million
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Julphar Q2 sales $114m
Net profit for the period reached AED5.2m (AED73.4 million in Q2 2021)
- EBITDA reached AED 44.2 million in Q2 2022 and the quarter marks a return to a double digit margin of 10.5 percent of net sales.
- The drug manufacturer said the gross profit margin was 34 percent in Q2 2022.
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Al Dahra, CLAAS sign deal
The two firms will cooperate in agriculture sector.
- Al Dahra Holding Company and the German company "CLAAS" signed an MoU for the cooperation.
- The MoU oversees the purchase of new machines, and maintain appropriate level of after-sales service.
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General Motors Q3 profit surge
Revenues rose five percent to $44.1 billion, the company said.
- The big US automaker reported third-quarter profits of $3.1 billion, down seven percent from the year-ago period but better than analyst estimates
- GM notched higher vehicle sales in the United States amid still-strong pricing trends for popular truck and sport utility vehicles
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Stora Enso posts loss again
Stora Enso registered a loss of $272m euros in Q2 2023.
- The Finland-based company said it lost 34 million euros in the third quarter, down from the 367-million-euro net profit during the July to September period last year
- After experiencing sales growth in 2021 and 2022, Stora Enso saw sales tumble by 28 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, to 2.1 billion euros
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DEWA okays H1 dividend of $843m
The company had reported a net profit of $540 million for Q2.
- The Board of Directors of DEWA authorized the payment of H1 2023 dividend on 10th August 2023.
- On 26th October 2023, the dividend will be paid to all shareholders via Dubai CSD.