INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

SIB H1 profit up 15.3%

Total operating income rises 20.5 percent.

flydubai Aleppo flights resumed

The flights were resumed after nearly 14 years.

Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.
  • Sharjah, UAE-- The emirate of Sharjah has seen a 22 percent growth in population to 1.8 million inhabitants, as against...

    The census revealed that the emirate's working population has shot up to 1.1 million from 856,000, a growth of 22 percent

    Out of the total population of 1.8 million, the number of expatriates living in the emirate is 1.6 million, and the rest are the local citizens

  • "Only a few cases of child abandonment" were officially documented before the war broke out in 2011, according to the...

    Health department official said that 53 abandoned newborn babies had been registered in government-controlled areas in the first 10 months of last year

    Syrian President this year issued a decree creating dedicated facilities for the children, who would be automatically registered as Arab, Syrian and Muslim

  • Tehran, Iran-- Iran seeks economic integration and multilateralism in international relations, according to the Islamic Republic's President Ebrahim Raisi. The...

    The president told reporters at the airport in Tehran that Iran's relationship with different countries is based on regionalism and neighborhood policy

    The Islamic Republic, according to the president, signed agreements with Indonesia in energy and economic fields, in addition to signing other MoUs

  • Abu Dhabi, UAE--Abu Dhabi Housing Authority has joined hands with Q Holding to build new housing projects in West Baniyas...

    Nearly 1,500 residential villas will build in the West Baniyas, besides other infrastructure such as gardens, public facilities, services, mosque and commercial buildings

    The other housing project in Al Samha will see the construction of 242 residential villas, mosques and retail units and would cost close to US200 million

  • The contribution of the non-oil sector to the growth of the economy is the strongest in the Gulf region, which...

    Qatar pledges 20 percent of its Special Drawing Rights to support countries with low growth and climate risks, says IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva in Doha

    Despite global economic slowdown predicted for 2023, Qatar's diversified economy is expected to outperform global growth rates, she adds during Qatar Economic Forum

  • Dubai, UAE -- Dubai's real estate market recorded real estate deals worth AED 5.1 billion ($1.38 billion) on Tuesday and...

    A total of 500 sales transactions worth AED1.21 billion were recorded on Wednesday, in addition to 103 mortgage deals totaling AED267.86 million.

    On Tuesday, the market recorded 612 sales transactions worth AED2.51 billion, in addition to 126 mortgage deals of AED 613.53 million.

  • International markets have been unnerved by the battle between US President Joe Biden and opposition Republicans on US borrowing limits...

    But she added that the Washington drama was "unnecessary for a world economy that is in such high uncertainty".

    Kristalina Georgieva told the Qatar Economic Forum that central banks must keep interest rates high to tame inflation but there should be improvement in 2024.

  • Dubai, UAE -- A 22 percent drop in net profit was reported by Tadawul-listed companies in the first quarter of...

    Argaam reported the decline in net profit was due to a drop in Saudi Aramco’s first quarter earnings by more than 17 percent, as well as lower earnings of petrochemical companies. 

    The first-quarter results included SAR 5.87 billion one-off gains generated by Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) from selling half of its stake in Four Seasons Holding.

  • Sharjah, UAE--In order to create a competitive and diversified economy, the Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) has reorganized many economic...

    The department said that trading in used auto spare parts in the emirate will be "reorganized" by amending the geographical areas permitted to practice the business

    The reorganization is part of the strategey to promote economic growth and consolidating the emirate's posiiton as the key global trade and economic center

  • The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent recent weeks cutting deals with his ultra-Orthodox and extreme-right coalition partners, to meet a...

    Thousands of Israelis marched through Jerusalem on Tuesday to protest the government's plans to hand more cash to the ultra-Orthodox minority

    The 2023-2024 budget of Israel was ultimately passed early Wednesday with the support of all 64 coalition lawmakers in the 120-seat parliament