DEWA okays $843m in H2 2024 dividend
DEWA had posted a net profit after tax of $1.96 billion for the full year 2024.
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Chevron to acquire Hess
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Invest AD to launch debt fund
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Nedaa, Dubai Customs ink MoU
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Yansab 9M net loss $134 million
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Multiply Group buys 80% of IEH
Firm aims to expand its utilities, energy investments.
- Multiply Group had recently invested US$2.7 billion in a 7.3 percent stake in the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company.
- Other investments include 100 percent ownership of PAL Cooling Holding, one of the top players in the UAE’s district cooling industry.
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Arada awards two contracts
Under the $123m project, nine apartment blocks will be built.
- Consisting of 740 homes in total, the buildings include the five Sokoon blocks, two new apartment blocks located close to Aljada’s museum and the two Gate buildings.
- Valued at AED377 million, the contract to build the five Sokoon apartment buildings and the two apartment blocks located next to the museum was won by Airolink Building.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.Â
- 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.
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Nedaa, Dubai Customs ink MoU
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Masdar, Taaleri acquire 8 energy projects
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Alaska Airlines to buy Hawaiian Airlines
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Zain KSA expands 5G network
The company launched the first zero-emission 5G network.
- The network expansion supports Zain KSA’s strategic goal of accelerating the nationwide digital transformation by providing high-speed digital services
- The 5G network expansion complements Zain KSA's growing portfolio of bespoke 5G applications and pioneering solutions in artificial intelligence (AI)
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Pure Health announces IPO
The company will offer 1.11bn shares at AED3.26 per share.
- The subscription period will open on 6th December 2023 and will close on 11th December 2023 for both the Tranches.
- The company intends to list its shares on ADX on 20th December 2023.
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Mumtalakat, Investcorp ink pact
The firms have jointly launched a climate investment platform.
- The platform will make investments in businesses where they have matured past many of the risks that face earlier stage ventures.
- They must manage and minimize the execution risks associated with expansion in middle-market investments.