ADNIC okays 45% dividend for 2024
The company achieved its highest ever revenue and net profit.
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ADNOC L&S 2024 net profit $756m
The company's revenue increased by 29 percent to $3.54 billion.
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GFH acquires housing portfolio
The acquisition is in partnership with GFH subsidiary Student Quarters.
- Student housing assets are considered among the safest given prevailing inflation climate
- The sector has exhibited strong performance throughout and following Covid lockdowns
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AD Ports Group, SEG sign MoUs
A logistics and freight business and food trading hub will be built in Uzbekistan.
- The logistics venture will deploy new technology and specialised processes to address the challenges caused by Uzbekistan's double-landlocked geographical location.
- Based upon the 'Regional Food Hub – Abu Dhabi' currently under development in KIZAD, AD Ports Group will share their expertise towards the food trading hub.
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Shell joins Qatar gas project
Shell is the fifth and final international partner in the North Field expansion.
- The British-based company took a 6.25 percent stake for an undisclosed sum, joining TotalEnergies, Eni, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil in the North Field East project.
- The North Field expansion is the biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project ever seen, Qatar Energy said. It comes at a time of intense geopolitical tensions over energy supplies.
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Siemens writes off $2.8 billion
The move came after share price of its former energy unit fell sharply.
- The drop in the value of Siemens Energy meant the parent company's 35 percent holding in the spin-off at "significantly below the book value".
- Siemens Energy's wind-energy subsidiary Siemens Gamesa has struggled to turn a profit despite surging demand for renewable energy.
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AD Ports acquires stake in IACC
AD Ports Group's cash reserves to fully fund the deal.
- It is the first international acquisition by AD Ports Group.
- IACC wholly owns two Egypt-based maritime companies, Transmar International Shipping Company and Transcargo International S.A.E.
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DP World, NIIF expand ties
NIIF Master Fund will invest $300m in DP World subsidiary HPPL.
- With this transaction, which is also the Master Fund’s single largest investment, NIIF’s investment under this partnership will reach around $500 million.
- HPPL is one of India’s leading container terminal platforms with a proven track record of growth over the long-term.
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Drydocks World, KANFA AS sign contract
This is the first collaboration between Drydocks World and KANFA AS.
- Under the contract, the M10 module will be placed on the main deck of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel.
- It will be used to process crude oil received from oil wells, which will be dewatered and stabilized to meet export quality specifications.
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Invictus listed on ADX’s Growth Market
Invictus Investment specializes in agro-food commodities, raw materials.
- The company was established in Jebel Ali Free Zone in 2014 to manage raw material import requirements for large manufacturers in Sudan.
- The company also operates Invictus Trading FZE, a fully owned subsidiary whose activities include non-manufactured precious metals trading.
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Schneider, ADH sign MoU
They will collaborate on a number of projects within Egypt and beyond.
- Utilizing and building EcoStruxure platforms will be the cornerstone of these collaborations, said a Schneider executive.
- He said these platforms are designed to enable the use of innovations like the Internet of Things.
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SAFEEN acquires two Supramax vessels
The firm says there is high demand for maritime services.
- Since being acquired, these ships have been deployed as part of a collaboration between SAFEEN Feeders and Saif Powertec Limited.
- SAFEEN Feeders provides feeder and dry bulk services linking Abu Dhabi to ports serving the UAE, the broader Gulf region, and the Indian Sub-Continent.
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MIS net profit $7.1m in 9M 2023
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Al Moammar Information Systems Co. (MIS) recorded a net profit of SAR 26.7 million ($7.1 million) in the...
- The lower profit was attributed to an increase in impairment loss on contract assets and trade receivables during the quarter, Argaam reported.
- In Q3 2023, the company swung to a net loss of SAR 69.4 million against a net profit of SAR 25 million in Q3 2022.
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Emaar 9M net profit $1.1bn
This is due to the successful launches of new projects.
- Emaar Development’s property sales increased by 25 percent, reaching US$7.9 billion in the first nine months of 2023.
- In the first nine months of 2023 (January to September), Emaar Development reported an EBITDA of US$1.2 billion.
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AstraZeneca Q3 profit swells
The profits nearly doubled on solid demand for cancer treatments.
- Net profit soared almost 90 percent to $1.26 billion in the three months to the end of September compared with a year earlier
- While overall sales grew, revenue from its Covid jab Vaxzevria slumped 98 percent in the first nine months of the year compared with the same part of 2022

