Saudi Arabia and the UAE are leading the gaming surge with world-class ecosystems and youth-driven expansion. Across the region, governments...
Florin Vasvari of London Business School says a knowledge economy requires educated local talent, global expertise and supportive regulation, tax...
The country is among the most attractive markets for skilled global professionals and talent, thanks to its competitive advantages, including...As 2025 begins, the UAE is expected to see a growing demand for highly skilled professionals, particularly in AI and fields leveraging AI technologies across various industries
A 2024 report by Deel, a global HR management company, highlighted the UAE as the top choice for workers seeking work visas worldwide
Muscat, Oman - The population of the six GCC countries reached 57.6 million in 2023, compared to 56.6 million in...The population density was 23.9 people per square kilometre, with the total area of the GCC countries amounting to 2.4 million square kilometres
The Atlas revealed that the total workforce in the GCC countries reached approximately 33.1 million in 2023, compared to 30.3 million in 2022
Five of seven GCC equity market indices under coverage ended 2024 on the rise, according to an in-depth report on GCC equity...DFM led its peers, wrapping up 2024 with an annual rise of 27 percent
GCC traded values rose at an annualized rate of about 29 percent in 2024,
- Dubai’s real estate market has had a record-breaking year, with new milestones being set throughout 2024, culminated in an all-time...
First sales from developers climbed by 30 percent year-on-year to US$91 billion
The year marked a 42 percent year-on-year increase in the volume of apartment sales
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia’s trade balance recorded a 30% monthly growth, achieving a surplus of SAR 20.769 billion...The Kingdom's total international trade volume reached SAR 164.794 billion ($43.51 billion) in October, reflecting a 2% growth
Non-oil exports in October totaled approximately SAR 19.413 billion ($5.24 billion), representing 21% of total exports
Manufacturers see AI as critical for decarbonization (66%), improving ESG scores, energy monitoring (55%), advancing digital twins (68%), and enabling...The study, conducted by S&P Global Market Intelligence, surveyed over 120 digital transformation leaders from the utility, data center, building, and manufacturing sectors
It reveals that only 23% of respondents in 2024 identified legacy technology as a significant impediment to digitalization, a notable decrease from 33% in 2022
Paris, France - Despite political upheavals, stock markets and bitcoin smashed records in 2024, fuelled by investor enthusiasm for Artificial Intelligence (AI),...Wall Street's three main stock indices blew past record highs to set new peaks in 2024, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing above 45,000 points
Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election gave Wall Street even more of a boost on hopes he will follow through on pledges of deregulation and tax cuts
The "Santa Claus rally" got off to a good start but US stocks then fell across the board on Friday,...S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both dropped more than one percent
Jeju Air shares tumbled more than eight percent after one of its planes crashed in South Korea
- Indians, long employed in Israel as caregivers, diamond traders, and IT professionals, are now increasingly recruited for the construction sector...
Israeli researchers believe the number of Indians working in construction still does not match the number of Palestinians who did so before the war
Before the Hamas attack, around 80,000 Palestinians were employed in construction, along with some 26,000 foreigners, Eyal Argov of the central Bank of Israel said
- Asian stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday after a tech rally on Wall Street, but their gains remained modest in...
Hong Kong stocks were "consolidating before the long holiday"
Honda shares soared 16 percent after announcing a buyback of up to $7 billion
