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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.

Mubadala lists dollar, dirham bonds

This is Mubadala's seventh listing of a green debt instrument on ADX.

Evorra secures pre-seed investment

Investors include Area Tech Holdings and FirstPartyCapital.
  • The funds will be used to finalize Evorra's B2B SaaS audience marketplace.
  • Evorra offers a solution to the death of third-party cookies so that brands can be custodians of their customer’s marketing data.

ACWA Power listed on Saudi bourse

ACWA Power shares can be traded on Tadawul from Monday.
  • ACWA Power will be allowed a daily price fluctuation limit of 30 percent and a static price fluctuation limit of 10 percent both ways
  • After three days, the daily price fluctuation limit of 30 percent will come down to 10 percent, while the static price fluctuation limit will not apply

Fedex arm plans Saudi growth

FedEx Express is a subsidiary of FedEx Corp.
  • FedEx Express will invest more than SAR1.5 billion ($400 million) into the Saudi economy over the next 10 years
  • This investment will be through talent management as well as local operations and infrastructure

Samsung Q3 profit to soar 30%

The company expects its operating profits at 15.8 trillion
  • The world's biggest smartphone maker said it expected its operating profits to reach around 15.8 trillion won ($13.3 billion) in a regulatory filing, up 27.9 percent year-on-year
  • The conglomerate's overall turnover is equivalent to a fifth of the country's gross domestic product

Utico lands Hassyan project deal

The MoU was signed at the WETEX and Dubai Solar Show.
  • Utico and Siemens have signed an MoU for the engineering, supply, and services for an independent water project in Hassyan
  • By capacity, this will be Siemens’ largest desalination plant project to date in Dubai

Investcorp expands US holdings

Mubadala is biggest shareholder of asset manager Investcorp.
  • Bahrain-based Investcorp has acquired 89 industrial properties across four major US markets
  • The real estate acquired is approximately 2.2 million square feet, for a total of $380 million

Arkan-Emirates Steel merger complete

The merger creates the UAE’s largest steel and building material company.
  • The transaction provides significant revenue diversification for the Combined Group
  • Arkan issued to Senaat a convertible instrument, which converted into 5.1 billion ordinary Arkan shares

Apicorp green bonds fetch $750m

Apicorp is a multilateral development financial institution.
  • The five-year benchmark issuance was the first green bond in the Mena region issued by an energy-focused investment institution
  • It was nearly three times oversubscribed, garnering $2.2 billion in orders from more than 80 investors

Google lets users factor climate change into life

New features unveiled on Wednesday provide users with ways to help in the effort, whether it be driving routes that...
  • Artificial Intelligence used in Google's free Maps service in the US shows people fuel-efficient routes.
  • CO2 emission information is being added to a flights service for booking travel by air.

Fertiglobe plans IPO in Abu Dhabi

Fertiglobe is a fertilizer partnership of Adnoc and OCI.
  • This offering is open to UAE citizens and residents, as well as domestic and international institutional investors
  • The offer will open on October 13, subject to regulatory approvals and other relevant considerations

Mubadala lists dollar, dirham bonds

This is Mubadala's seventh listing of a green debt instrument on ADX.

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Adidas now expects to end the year with an operating loss of $492m.

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Acquisition aims to diversify and expand into several sectors.

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SABIC H1 net profit slumps 87%

The second quarter net profit fell 85 percent on weaker demand.
  • Year to date, SABIC's share in the results of non-integral joint ventures and associated companies decreased versus prior year.
  • Compared to Q1 2023, net profit climbed 78.8 percent from SAR 660 million, due to the re-measurement gains in option rights related to joint venture agreements.

DAE H1 profit up 13%

The company posted a 15% increase in revenue to $670 million.
  • The company acquired seven aircraft (two owned and five managed), while 16 aircraft were sold (10 owned and six managed), it added.
  • A total of 64 lease agreements, extensions and amendments were signed -- 48 owned and 16 managed -- while its customers were spread across 60 countries.

Mubadala invests in Aligned

Mubadala will become a minority partner with this investment.
  • Aligned offers both Scale Data Centers (colocation) and Build-to-Scale (build-to-suit) solutions to support global hyperscale and enterprise customers.
  • The investment is part of Mubadala’s expanding global digital infrastructure portfolio headed by its Executive Director, Mounir Barakat.