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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Walmart to buy TV maker Vizio
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stc 2023 revenues is $19.28bn
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HMG 2023 net profit $544m
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DAE to acquire 17 aircraft for $1 bn
This portfolio comprises 100 percent next-generation aircraft
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PureHealth offer price $0.89 per share
The IPO witnesses demand of over AED 265bn ($72.15bn).
- The offering will generate gross proceeds of AED 3.62 billion for the company. On listing, the company’s market capitalization is expected to reach AED 36.2 billion.
- Listing and trading commencement of PureHealth’s shares on ADX are expected to take place on 20 December 2023.
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ENEC, X-energy sign agreement
The firms will collaborate on nuclear energy technologies.
- The MoU was signed at COP28 and comes in line with ENEC’s recently announced ADVANCE Program.
- The central aim of ENEC’s ADVANCE program is to harness the latest advancements in nuclear energy technologies.
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Bosch to cut 1,500 jobs
The firm said the cuts will be completed by the end of 2025.
- Bosch is facing major structural changes when it comes to transmissions as the shift to electromobility gathers pace.
- The company stressed there would be no compulsory redundancies in the forthcoming cuts, in line with a recent agreement.
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Shell eyes $6bn in Nigeria
The investment opportunities are being explored in offshore gas projects.
- Nigeria, the continent's top economy and major oil producer, is seeking to attract more foreign investment since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu came to office in May.
- OPEC member Nigeria has seen its oil output on the decline in recent years due to widespread theft from pipelines and attacks and high operating costs deterring on-shore investors.
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KPMG to merge UK, Swiss ops
The UK unit employs about 17,000 staff and the Swiss over 2,600.
- KPMG UK said it is in discussion with Swiss firm to explore ways to bring greater benefits
- KPMG rival EY recently failed in a bid to split its audit and consulting units, causing its boss Carmine Di Sibio to retire a year early
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ROSHN, Retal sign $99m deal
363 single-family villas will be constructed in Riyadh.
- SEDRA, spanning eight phases over 35 million square meters, integrates nature and local heritage, creating a unique living experience.
- The latest agreement with Retal underscores the commitment to delivering a modern, upscale, and sustainable urban community, ROSHN said.
McDonald’s eyes big expansion
The company plans about $2.5bn in capital expenditures in 2024.
- McDonald's will seek to effectively grow its network of namesake sites by about one quarter in what it called the speediest expansion in the brand history
- For CosMc's - which McDonald's executives had teased in July - the company plans an initial store in Chicago in 2024 and nine others in Texas
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Volkswagen to reduce workforce
Volkswagen has some 675,800 employees worldwide.
- "Over the coming years, we will need to reduce our workforce in a socially responsible way," the group's human resources chief Gunnar Kilian said
- The focus would be on "partial retirement and early retirement schemes to the maximum extent possible," he added
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BAT takes shock $32bn hit
The impairment charge sent BAT shares sinking 7.6 percent.
- Companies like BAT face plunging demand for cigarettes in Western markets, where high taxes, smoking bans and health fears persuade many consumers to give up smoking
- The London-listed company added that its overall revenue growth for the current year was set to be at the "low end" of its previous guidance of between 3 and 5 percent
Musk’s AI startup to raise $1bn
He hopes it will compete with ChatGPT's Open AI.
- An official filing to US Securities and Exchange Commission said xAI artificial intelligence company had already gathered $134.7 million and plans to raise $1 billion overall
- The filing added that there was a firm agreement to raise the full funds needed to meet the target, indicating that Musk may have deals in place for the full billion
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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Salik revenue soars to US$574m
Toll usage revenue rose 11.7% YoY to US$502million.
- The total number of trips made through Salik’s eight toll gates grew by 10 percent over the course of the year.
- Salik’s registered active accounts increased 16.0 percent YoY to approximately 2.4 million at the end of 2023.
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GAS, SPPC ink two contracts
The duration of each contract is of 22 months.
- The two contracts entail the engineering, procurement and construction of Qassim and Taibah gas pipelines.
- The first contract is valued at $90 million (SAR341.09 million), while the second is worth $68 million (SAR256.1 million).
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ADIB 2023 net profit $1.4bn
The bank achieved a Return on Equity of 27.1 percent.
- ADIB achieved record-breaking performance in 2023, with significant growth across all its businesses.
- Enhancing its digital presence, the bank saw a rise in actively digital customers through improvements to its mobile app.