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Al Rajhi Bank 9M profit up

Revenue growth lifts earnings despite higher provisions

Mashreq prices Dim Sum bond

UAE bank raises offshore renminbi funding

Aldar buys Sharjah homes

Deal adds 1,100-plus rental units

SIB profit up 9%

Higher income from financing and investment drive growth.

Masar signs $82m land deal

Agreements signed with Abdulmohsin Al Rossais & Sons Group.

Emaar marks sukuk listing with bell

Emaar Chairman rings Nasdaq Dubai bell to celebrate $500m Sukuk listing.

Virgin Galactic falls back to Earth

Virgin Galactic has filed documents to sell as much as $500 million in shares.

Saudi food giant Savola acquires UAE’s Bayara

Saudi Arabia’s Savola Group has signed a deal to acquire UAE’s Bayara Holding for $260 million.

Dubai’s Shuaa plans SPACs worth $600 million

Shuaa Capital plans to set up three blank-check companies of around $200 million each.

Bezos to exit as CEO of Amazon

Bezos, 57, was set to hand over the job of Amazon chief executive on Monday to Andy Jassy He will...

UAE kitchen firm Kitopi’s valuation crosses $1 billion

The Dubai-based cloud kitchen company Kitopi has crossed $1 billion in valuation, its CEO has said Its valuation went up...

DP World acquires US-based logistics provider

DP World has announced the acquisition of 100 percent of syncreon for an enterprise value of US$1.2 billion. This transaction...

TikTok users can now post videos up to 3 minutes

Option to post longer videos will roll out in the coming weeks TikTok has more than 1 billion users worldwide;...

Travelport agencies won’t have to pay Emirates’ GDS surcharge

Emirates NDC content will be distributed via Travelport+ platform GDS booking surcharge ranges between $14 and $25  Travel agencies connected...

Logistics company Shipsy sets up Dubai HQ

The firm plans to recruit for leadership and mid-level management roles in the sales department and build new channel partners...

HMG 2023 net profit $544m

The rise was due to the hospitals and pharmacy segments.

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Yalla Group H1 revenue $152m

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KIB posts $19.5m net profit

The bank's total operating income reached approximately $115 million.

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Estithmar opens branches in Iraq

Two subsidiaries of the Qatari firm open two branches.
  • Elegancia Healthcare, established a branch in Iraq in line with the memorandum of understanding that was signed recently to manage and operate several soon-to-be-opened hospitals.
  • Estithmar Holding told Qatar News Agency that it signed agreements with the Iraqi investment authority worth $7 billion that includes real-estate and tourism development.

AD Ports Q2 revenue grows 66%

The company attributed growth to increased volume across key sectors.
  • On a like-for-like basis (LFL), which excludes the impact of M&A activity, the revenue growth was still significant, reaching 44 percent YoY
  • The growth drivers were primarily the Maritime Cluster with a substantial 208 percent YoY increase, followed by the Digital Cluster with 26 percent

Ma’aden, BADC ink agreement

Firm to supply 600,000 tons of fertilizers to BADC.
  • The renewal is further proof of the company’s commitment to meet global market demand for phosphate fertilizers.
  • Ma’aden supplies approximately 42 percent of Bangladesh’s estimated requirement of diammonium phosphate.