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Boeing to check undelivered 787s due to fastener issue
New York, United States - Boeing said Thursday it is examining fasteners on some undelivered 787 jets after discovering problems with...
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Tesla recalls 128,000 cars
The company said the fault could increase the risk of vehicle collision.
- It is the latest hitch for the US electric vehicle giant that is hugely popular in China, but has also faced complaints from consumers and been hit by Covid-19 lockdowns.
- Tesla sold a record 70,847 cars in China in December, facing stiff competition from homegrown brands such as Nio and XPeng.
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Toshiba pauses spin-off plan
The Japanese firm will now weigh the possibility of going private.
- It was the latest setback for the engineering giant, which was once a symbol of Japan's tech and business prowess
- Toshiba has since then faced a series of scandals, financial troubles and shock high-level resignations in recent years
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Amazon tactics under US scanner
Amazon is accused of using merchant info for its own products.
- Former Amazon employees have said the online retail titan used data of other sellers on its platform without their permission
- Amazon gathered information about sales trends by third parties at its website to develop private-label products, said reports
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Aramco, Saudi varsity sign MoU
An Artificial Intelligence center will be set up at King Abdullah University.
- The center will support research, development and marketing of advanced artificial intelligence technologies.
- It will combine leading innovations of digital transformation adopted by Saudi Aramco and the globally accredited academic excellence at KAUST.
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AUB to acquire Citi Bahrain unit
The acquisition includes retail banking and credit card.
- Citigroup expects to close the transaction by the second half of this year, after which no changes will apply to the services provided to Bahraini customers.
- Citigroup plans to exit operations in 13 markets, including Bahrain, Australia, China, India, Indonesia and South Korea.
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Amazon inks satellite deals
Satellites in low orbit to provide internet service to people below.
- Amazon said that its contracts with Arianespace, Blue Origin and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are the largest commercial procurement of launch vehicles in history.
- The overall cost and timing of launches booked to make Amazon's Project Kuiper a reality were not disclosed.
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Elon Musk buys 9.2% Twitter stake
The investment is worth $2.9 billion based on Friday's share price.
- Musk became Twitter’s largest shareholder following the purchase of 73.5 million shares or 9.2 percent of common stock
- The Tesla founder is currently the world's richest man, with a net worth of $287.6 billion, according to various sources
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Captagon trade tops $5b in MENA, raises health risk concerns
Exponential growth in the trade of the amphetamine-type stimulant captagon poses an increasing health and security risk to the region
- The figure is a jump from an estimate of around $3.5 billion in 2020 and only reflects the retail value of the pills seized last year
- The real amount of seized pills is likely higher and still only a fraction of the total amount of captagon produced
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Gulf Air, Texel Air sign MoU
They will explore charter agreements, engineering and maintenance activities.
- Texel Air is a Bahraini registered airline and maintenance repair organization (MRO) formed in 2013.
- It is dedicated to providing third party cargo charter operations to a wide range of customers with diverse requirements.
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Kuwait’s CGC signs deal
The $125m deal includes engineering works for PAHW.
- The contract was signed ALARGAN National General Trading and Contracting Company to execute a project in Jaber Al-Ahmad City.
- CGC was established in 1965 in Kuwait and was listed on the Kuwait stock exchange in 2006.
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Borouge Q3 net profit up 22%
The rise in net profit was driven by 16% increase in sales.
- The company has committed a dividend of $1.3 billion (15.9 fils per share) for the 2023 financial year, which equates to a 6.3 percent current dividend yield.
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Arab Bank posts net profit
It posted a profit of $630 million in January-September 2023.
- The Group maintained its strong capital base with a total equity of $10.8 billion.
- Excluding the impact of devaluation of several currencies against the US dollar, loans grew by 4 percent.
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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.