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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.

DP World 2025 revenue $24.4bn

The profit for the year up 32.2% to reach $1.96bn.

UAB net profit grows 65%

Total assets grew 25% in 2023 on strong growth in loans, advances.

Emirates NBD’s 2022 net profit $3.53 bn

The rise was driven by strong regional economic growth.
  • The bank's Q4 profit was particularly strong, at AED 3.9 billion, up 94 percent year-on-year.
  • The bank also proposed a 20 percent increase in the cash dividend to 60 fils per share.

Emirates Islamic 2022 net profit $337m

The profit was driven by funded and non-funded income.
  • The bank also reported a 36 percent increase in operating profit and a 15 percent increase in total assets to AED 75 billion.
  • The bank's total income went up 33 percent year-on-year driven by higher funded income and non-funded income.

Nokia 2022 net profit $4.7bn

The company's Q4 net profit surged to US$3.4 billion.
  • Nokia's annual net sales grew 12 percent to US$27.1 billion (24.9 billion euros)
  • The company is engaged in a major competition to install 5G networks around the world

Boeing posts Q4 loss of US$634m

Firm confirmed its 2023 outlook amid strong aviation demand.
  • Boeing said its commercial plane business was dented by "abnormal costs".
  • It said "labor instability and supply chain disruption" weighed on its defense, space and security unit.

ASML posts yearly profit of $6.1bn

The profit in year 2022 is 4.4 percent lower than in 2021.
  • The maker of lithography machines that print microchips, said it expects strong growth for 2023, with net sales rising more than 25 percent.
  • The United States restricted exports of semiconductor technology to China last year and wants the Netherlands and Japan to follow suit.

AD Ports, Tosyali sign MoU

They will collaborate in shipping, logistics and ports services.
  • Potential joint investment in new port facilities to support Tosyali's export operations is part of the MoU.
  • Tosyalı is one of Türkiye’s largest private steel producers, which has operations in three continents.

Gulf Warehousing reports $66mn profit

The company made a profit of $62 million in Q4 2021.
  • The company said in a statement that Earnings Per Share were QR 0.41 in 2022, compared to QR 0.38 in 2021
  • The company's board said that it proposed dividends of QR 0.1, subject to the approval of the General Assembly

Microsoft to invest in OpenAI

Microsoft has extended its partnership with OpenAI.
  • The tech giant announced a "multiyear, multibillion dollar investment to accelerate AI breakthroughs"
  • OpenAI's ChatGPT became an internet sensation when it was released without warning in November

Azizi sells 35% Creek Views II units

The 587-residence project is scheduled for handover by Q4.
  • Nearly 18 percent of the units have been acquired by UAE investors, 11.61 percent by Indian nationals, and 6.25 percent by both Jordanian and Russian investors.
  • Other nationalities who have invested in units at Creek Views II include German, English, Bangladeshi and Dutch passport holders, among others.

RIL posts Q3 profit of US$1.9b

Profit is 15 percent lower than in the same period last year
  • Revenue from operations at India's largest company by market capitalisation rose 15 percent year on year, to US$27 billion
  • Reliance's board also approved a plan to issue bonds to raise up to US$2.4 billion (200 billion rupees) to fuel further expansion across its diversified businesses.

Etihad Atheeb 9M profit $47m

Higher revenues from various segments boosted profit.

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EPI to make assembly parts for Raytheon

EPI is part of the Platforms Systems cluster within EDGE.

Tabreed 9M profit at $218m

This is due to the steady growth in its consumption volumes.

Siemens posts record profit

Its shares rose over 6 percent on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

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ADNIC reports $82m profit

This marks 16% increase compared to the same period last year.
  • The company's focus on market-leading underwriting and investment performance resulted in a net profit of AED 301.9 million
  • ADNIC's recently announced its intent to acquire a 51% stake in Allianz Saudi Fransi Cooperative Insurance Co

Emirates, Safran sign pacts worth $1.2bn

Latest generation Safran Seats for new Emirates Airbus fleet part of the deal.
  • The new seats will offer a host of enhancements that set a new standard for comfort, privacy and convenience.
  • Safran Landing Systems will be supplying high performance wheels and carbon brakes for the Emirates A350 fleet.

ADNOC Gas net income $3.37bn

The company's third-quarter revenue grew by 8% to $5.80 billion.
  • Net income for the quarter increased by 13 percent quarter-on-quarter (Q-o-Q) to $1.116 billion.
  • ADNOC Gas expects to pay its inaugural interim cash dividend of $1.625 billion with payments commencing on 14 December 2023.