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ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

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

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.

Emirates Steel Arkan Q3 net profit $28m

The net profit for the first nine months of 2022 was $104m.
  • Revenues for the first nine months of 2022 rose to AED7.12 billion, while the revenues rose 29 percent to AED2.51 billion in the third quarter.
  • The Group's Q3 2022 EBITDA gained 224 percent year-on-year (YoY) to AED269 million. The Group reported EBITDA of AED863 million. 

BP underlying Q3 profit at $8.2bn

BP, flush with cash, revealed a $2.5 billion share buyback.
  • Profits were weaker than the second quarter due to a dip in oil prices.
  • BP is meanwhile seeking to pivot towards cleaner energy and away from fossil fuels.

Banque Saudi Fransi net profit up 15%

The bank’s profit for the nine-month period peaked at $719m.
  • The hike in profit was driven by boost in total operating income, partially offset by an increase in total operating expenses by 20.18 percent.
  • The bank said the increase in total operating income was driven by higher net special commission income, exchange income, net as well as other operating income.

Nedaa, Nokia ink 5G deal in Dubai

5G network will help Nedaa provide better services.
  • With the introduction of 5G, Nedaa will be able to support enhanced services for public safety and management of vital operations.
  • The MoU sets a framework for upgrading the existing network capabilities and introducing agile and advanced services.

Empower IPO priced AED1.31-1.33 per share

The total offering size expected between $357m and $362m.
  • On Oct. 24, Empower announced it will list 10 percent stake in its IPO and list a portion of its ordinary shares for trading on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM).
  • Empower said that 1 billion shares, each with a nominal value of AED0.10 (ten fils) will be made available in the offering.

QLM profits fall by 33 percent in first nine months of 2022

The company had reported a net profit of $12.27mn for H1.
  • The gross written premium for the six-month period that ended on June 30, 2022 had increased by 33 percent to QR742mn.
  • QLM Life & Medical Insurance Company was established in 2018, and was listed on Qatar Stock Exchange last year, with a capital of QR 350 million. 

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed meets CEOs of INPEX, BP

Energy security, enhancing partnerships were discussed.
  • The meeting discussed ways of harnessing opportunities in renewables and hydrogen.
  • The meetings deliberated on ways of expanding existing relationships to enable a more sustainable future.

ConocoPhillips buys 6.25% in Qatar’s North Field South project

Project is part of the world's biggest natural gas reserves.
  • Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi said Qatar was talking with Asian nations over a share in its campaign to increase annual production by 60 percent.
  • France's TotalEnergies and Britain's Shell both have 9.37 percent stakes in the field, while state-owned Qatar Energy has the remaining 75 percent.

Arab Bank Group net income up 49 percent in first nine months of 2022

Compared to $271.7m in 2021, the net income at Sept end was $405.8m.
  • At the end of September 2022, loans were up by 4 percent from September 2021 level to reach $35.6 billion.
  • The deposits reached $47.8 billion, up by 3 percent from the 2021 level.

Octopus Energy acquires Bulb

Firm said it was paying the government a nine-digit sum.
  • Bulb, Britain's seventh-biggest supplier, collapsed in 2021 due to soaring wholesale prices
  • The government will give financial support to buy energy for Bulb customers over this winter.

Novartis to buy MorphoSys

The deal gives Novartis access to new blood cancer treatment.

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GASCO 9M 2023 profit up 16%

Operating expenses and financing cost edged lower.

Luberef’s 9M profit up 2%

The company's third-quarter net profit dropped 28 percent.

Empower 9M revenue $618m

Firm paid cash dividend of US$115 million.

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SAIC 9M net profit 38%

The third quarter net profit increased by 76 percent.
  • This figure marks a leap from the SAR 80.4 million recorded in the same period the previous year.
  • Revenues surged by 36.6 percent, from SAR 91.49 million in 9M 2022 to SAR 124.97 million in 9M 2023.

Ducab, Somagec ink MoU

The MoU will enable UAE-based firm to enter Angolan market.
  • Ducab Group already supplies its “Made in the UAE” products to 15 countries in Africa.
  • It is constructing over 400 kilometers of 220kV transmission lines in Angola.

Lufthansa Q3 profit $1.3bn

38 million passengers travelled with the group's airlines in the third quarter.
  • The group said sales rose by eight percent to 10.3 billion euros, delivering "the strongest quarter in its history in revenue terms".
  • The surge in profit is driven by "strong demand, higher capacity" and more expensive ticket prices, the aviation firm said.