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Warner Brothers Discovery explores merger
Warner Brothers Discovery brands include CNN and HBO.
- Warner Brothers Discovery chief executive David Zaslav met with Paramount Global boss Bob Bakish for several hours to discuss the possibility of merging the companies
- Warner Brothers Discovery brands include CNN, HBO, and its eponymous film studios, while Paramount’s properties include its movie studios of the same name
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ADIB, Aldar close $272m financing deal
Aldar's total ESG financing facilities reach $1.30 billion.
- Aldar intends to utilize the proceeds to finance sustainable projects such as green buildings, property upgrades to enhance energy efficiency.
- The company also intends to use the proceeds to finance sustainable water management, pollution control measures and renewable energy sources.
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ADNOC signs LNG delivery agreement
The 15-year agreement was inked wit ENN LNG (Singapore).
- The LNG will primarily be sourced from ADNOC’s low-carbon Ruwais LNG project, currently being developed in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi.
- The Ruwais LNG project is set to be the first LNG export facility in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to run on clean power.
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Hyundai to sell Russian plant
Sales of Hyundai cars have tumbled in Russia.
- The war in Ukraine has sparked an exodus of foreign companies from Russia, including many major car manufacturers.
- Sanctions by the European Union, the United States and others have made it increasingly difficult to do business with Russia.
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Bayanat, Yahsat to merge
It will benefit from revenue synergies, economies of scale.
- The merger will create an AI-powered space technology champion in the MENA region with an implied market capitalization of over US$4 billion.
- The combined entity will be vertically integrated and optimally positioned to capture regional, global opportunities in geospatial and mobility solutions.
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Lufthansa orders planes for $9 bn
The airline ordered 40 planes each from Boeing and Airbus.
- The Airbus planes are intended to be used by Lufthansa's new regional carrier, City Airlines, which is due to start operating in summer 2024.
- The aircraft, the first of which will be delivered in 2026, will be deployed on short-haul routes from Frankfurt and Munich.
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Mubadala Energy makes gas discovery
This is the company's second successful well in the Andaman area.
- The latest discovery comies after the success of Timpan-1 in Andaman-II, which itself came after the success of Cengkih-1 in our SK320 in Malaysia.
- The well encountered an extensive gas column with a thickness of over 230 meters in an Oligocene sandstone reservoir.
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AviLease, SDH Wings Sign MoU
The MoU will expand SDH Wings' portfolio of aircraft.
- AviLease acquired a 10 percent share of SDH Wings as part of the recently completed acquisition of the aircraft leasing platform of Standard Chartered.
- AviLease and SDH Wings have already identified the first five new technology narrowbody aircraft from AviLease’s owned portfolio that are now under LOI.
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Japan’s Nippon to acquire US Steel
Nippon Steel will also assume the US firm's debt.
- Nippon Steel will acquire US Steel in an all-cash deal at $55 per share, a 40 percent premium above its closing price on December 15
- US Steel launched a strategic review in August after receiving several unsolicited offers for a partial or total takeover.
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Abu Dhabi fund CYVN invests $2.2bn in Nio
This follows an earlier investment of $738.5 million by CYVN in July.
- The investment for Nio, one of US-based Tesla's rivals in China, comes as the Shanghai-founded business remains largely loss-making.
- CYVN, an investment vehicle based in Abu Dhabi, had made an investment of $738.5 million by CYVN in July.
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The company's net profit increased by 81.5 percent in Q4 2024.
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DAE to acquire 17 aircraft for $1 bn
This portfolio comprises 100 percent next-generation aircraft
- Eighty percent of the aircraft are manufactured by Airbus, and 20 percent are manufactured by Boeing.
- These aircraft are expected to reduce DAE’s weighted average passenger fleet age to 6.9 years.
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DP World posts record $20bn revenue
The adjusted EBITDA rose by 6.7% to $5.5bn in 2024.
- DP World capacity exceeded 100 million TEU due to selective infrastructure investment in key growth markets.
- Capital expenditure of $2.2 billion ($2.1 billion in 2023) was invested across the existing portfolio.
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Meraas awards $544m contract
It has been awarded for construction of Design Quarter at d3
- It includes the first residential community within Dubai Design District (d3), a global creative and design ecosystem.
- Scheduled for completion by mid-2027, the Design Quarter at d3 comprises a collection of 558 apartments.