Economy - TRENDS MENA

The leadership’s vision to empower women has ensured that women are equal participants and major contributors to the UAE’s sustainable...
The UAE is being ranked first in the Arab world and 11th globally on the Gender Inequality Index of the United Nations Development Programme’s Human Development Report 2022
The country has jumped 38 positions on the Gender Inequality Index since the establishment of the UAE Gender Balance Council seven years ago
"We are all KAN," read placards at the demonstration, referring to the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN), as employees were...
Israel's new Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi warned earlier this month of potentially hefty budget cuts to KAN
Karhi has also taken aim at journalists, whom he said "should please the public" rather than working "to please their milieu"
Looking to develop offshore hydrocarbon sites, Libya's National Oil Corporation has signed an $8-billion deal with Italian energy company ENI....
Libya sits atop Africa's biggest oil reserves but has been engulfed by conflict since the 2011 revolt that toppled longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi
Italy has been scrambling to find alternatives to Russian energy since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set to visit Tripoli
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.
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani will travel to France on Thursday for energy and security talks with...
Sudani said he wants to "activate the agreements" between oil-rich Iraq and France "particularly in the transport, energy and investment sectors".
French giant TotalEnergies in 2021 signed a $10 billion contract with Baghdad, but work on the multiple projects is yet to begin.
Lebanese protesters blocked roads and burnt tires near the central bank in Beirut as the local currency plummeted to a...
Lebanese banks have imposed draconian restrictions on withdrawals since the country's economy collapsed three years ago.
Dozens of protesters gathered Wednesday near the central bank headquarters amid heavy deployment of security forces.
DUBAI, UAE - Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), received Christian Klein,...
DEWA MD and CEO highlighted the firm's projects and programs to anticipate and shape the future in line with the UAE Centennial 2071.
He emphasized on the importance of exchanging global best practices and experiences between the two sides.
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.
Dubai, UAE-- On the second day of the MENA IPO Summit Dubai 2023, many experts called for the creation of...
The summit, held at the Museum of the Future, aims to mobilize the various players of the initial public offering (IPO) value chain by providing a platform for dialogue
Investment experts and companies also discussed environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices
India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal highlighted the various prospects of cooperation including leveraging UAE and India’s startup...
India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal highlighted the various prospects of cooperation including the rupee-dirham trade, and India’s startup ecosystems
President and CEO of Dubai Chambers Mohammad Ali Rashid Lootah revealed that the number of new Indian companies that joined Dubai Chamber of Commerce in 2022 exceeded 11,000