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2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.

Mashreq Q1 profit rises

Total revenue increased 10% year-on-year.

TECOM profit climbs

High occupancy across assets boosts earnings.

Emirates Stallions Q1 revenue up 11%

The rise helped by strong demand in real estate

ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Aramco net income $28bn

Capital investment during Q3 2025 $12.9bn on investments in energy projects.

TSMC first-quarter net profit soars

Its net revenue for the quarter soared nearly 42%.
  • TSMC is the world's largest contract maker of chips that have become the lifeblood of the global economy, powering everything from smartphones to missiles.
  • Demand for chips has soared in recent years with the growth of AI, but there are fears that Trump's far-reaching tariffs could drive up consumer prices and hurt chipmakers.

Tesla’s first Saudi showroom opens

The opening in Riyadh comes with Tesla sales dropping.
  • Saudi Arabia is a key regional ally of Washington, and US President Donald Trump forged close ties during his first term with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
  • However, demand for EVs is relatively low in Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter which enjoys bargain-basement fuel prices, with a liter costing just $0.62.

Mubadala Energy enters US energy market

Acquires a 24.1% interest in US firm Kimmeridge’s SoTex
  • Through SoTex, Kimmeridge is building America’s first integrated gas independent to deliver low-cost natural gas from wellhead to water.
  • The deal bolsters Mubadala Energy's growth plans to invest across the gas value chain in key energy hubs around the world.

Borouge to increase dividend from 2025

The company okayed $650 million final dividend for 2024.
  • At the current Borouge share price, this would give investors a 40 percent minimum cumulative dividend return from 2025 to 2030, the highest in the UAE.
  • The AGM also approved a share buyback of up to 2.5 percent of outstanding shares via open-market transactions, subject to market conditions and regulatory approvals.

TikTok’s US future uncertain

It must find non-Chinese owner to avoid ban.
  • In the hours before that deadline, TikTok temporarily shut down in the United States and disappeared from app stores, to the dismay of millions of users.
  • Much of TikTok's US activity is already housed on Oracle servers, and the company's chairman, Larry Ellison, is a longtime Trump ally.

Tesla Q1 sales sink 13 percent

The dip occurred amid lower production during factory upgrades.
  • Musk's electric vehicle company delivered 336,681 autos in the quarter ending March 31, missing analyst expectations.
  • Tesla shares fell more than six percent in early trading after the deliveries fell by more than expected from the year-ago stretch. Shares later partially rebounded.

AD Ports Group 2024 revenue $4.70bn

The Group's EBITDA increased by 69 percent YOY.
  • All of the Group’s business segments — Ports, Economic Cities and Free Zones, Maritime and Shipping, Logistics, and Digital — contributed to the record-breaking revenue.
  • The Group successfully integrated two major acquisitions and accelerated its international expansion strategy, boosting profitability.

Tesla sales tumble in Europe in Q1

The company suffered from boycotts against the policies of Elon Musk.
  • Sales of Tesla's electric cars in France fell 36.8 percent in March from a year ago amid a slight drop in the overall electric car market
  • In Sweden, Tesla sales declined 63.9 percent in March and 55.2 percent in the first three months of the year, according to Mobility Sweden

Ford’s US Q1 auto sales dip

But its Q1 figures exceed a forecast by Edmunds
  • The automaker reported a 1.3 percent dip in sales in the world's biggest economy, to 501,291 vehicles, compared with the same period in 2024.
  • This was mainly due to the discontinuation of certain vehicle models and rental fleet sales timing, the company said.

Vanke reports annual loss of $6.8 bn

The property giant attributes loss to falling sales and shrinking profit.
  • Beijing has in recent years grappled with a prolonged crisis in the country's vast real estate sector, once a key pillar of the economy but now beset with sprawling debt.
  • Hong Kong-listed Vanke is part-owned by the government of Shenzhen and was China's fourth-largest real estate firm by sales last year, according to research firm CRIC.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

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EGA H1 revenue $4.11bn

Net profit before GAC $445 million.

Borouge to pay $660m H1 dividend

Its net profit for H1 was $474 million.

TAQA secures $2.31bn loan

It will be utilized in a phased manner.
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TAQA H1 net income $1bn

The group's revenue reached $7.73 billion.
  • This growth was led by higher pass-through costs in the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) segment.
  • The group reduced its gross debt position to AED61.7 billion, enabled by scheduled repayments and the maturity of a corporate bond.

ADNOC L&S H1 net profit $420m

The company’s revenue reached $2.43bn
  • ADNOC L&S’s Q2 revenue increased by 40 percent year-on-year (YoY) to US$1.258 billion (AED 4.618 billion)
  • In H1 2025, the company’s revenue was $2.439 billion (AED 8.9 billion), a 40 percent YoY increase.

SEC H1 net profit $1.67bn

Revenue grew by 24% to $7.38 billion.
  • Revenue for Q2 grew by 24 percent to reach SAR 27.7 billion ($7.38 billion), while gross profit rose by 42 percent to SAR 7.4 billion.
  • Operating profit increased by 21 percent to SAR 6.8 billion, and net profit reached SAR 5.3 billion-marking a 22 percent year-on-year increase.