Mashreq prices Dim Sum bond

UAE bank raises offshore renminbi funding

Aldar buys Sharjah homes

Deal adds 1,100-plus rental units

SIB profit up 9%

Higher income from financing and investment drive growth.

Masar signs $82m land deal

Agreements signed with Abdulmohsin Al Rossais & Sons Group.

Borouge okays $656m dividend

The company said dividend reflects its resilience
  • China cannot relax its zero-Covid policy just yet despite the low fatality rate of Omicron, say medical experts.

    Authorities in China have reported 2,300 new covid cases across the country on Monday

    China cannot relax its zero-Covid policy just yet despite the low fatality rate of Omicron, say medical experts

  • Saudi Arabia and UAE, two biggest economies in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, rely heavily on retail industry.

    UAE and Saudi Arabia witnessed growth, albeit low, in the retail sector even during the pandemic.

    Professional services network Deloitte has said that 2022 offers an opportunity for the long-overdue retail reset.

  • Jordan’s trade balance deficit with the European Union countries expanded by 12.9% in 2021 compared to 2020.

    Total trade deficit reached about JD2.671 billion ($3.77 billion) in 2021

    The value of national exports to EU countries increased by 29.9 per cent during 2021

  • Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has completed the construction of the first stage of the Aquifer Storage and Recovery...

    The full scale of the ASR project can store up to 6,000 million imperial gallons of water once completed by 2025 as a strategic reserve.

    The production capacity of desalinated water of DEWA is currently 490 MIGD, including 63MIGD using Sea Water Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) technology.

  • Jordan has seen several factors affect its economy, such as the conditions brought on by the Covid-19 and the Syrian...

    The US Congress has approved a new aid package for Jordan for 2022, estimated at $1.65 billion

    The aid is expected to support Jordan’s development and reform programs during 2022

  • The meeting was attended by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology Abdullah Al-Sawaha, as well as the heads of...

    During the meeting, the governor was reportedly briefed on the work carried out by the Ministry of Communications to contribute to the transformation

    Chief of these is the development of digital infrastructure, as the number of 5G towers reached around 4,000, and the average speed reached 155 Mbps

  • "When are we going to talk about it?" read a sign at demonstration in France where thousands came out to...

    Around 80,000 protesters took to the street of France to call for more attention to the climate crisis

    During the election campaign in France, climate crisis took up only 1.5 percent of talking points in media coverage

  • The key trading link is setting new records, said the government, quoting the Suez Canal Authority.

    About 10 percent of global trade, including 7 percent of the world’s oil, flows through the Suez Canal

    First opened in 1869, the canal is a source of national pride and foreign currency to Egypt

  • Tunisia, Morocco, and Libya, along with several other Arab countries, import much of their wheat from Ukraine and Russia.

    Tunisia imports almost half of the wheat used to make bread from Ukraine, and authorities say it has enough supplies to last three months

    Oil-rich Libya gets about 75 percent of its wheat from Russia and Ukraine, and Morocco too relies heavily on the same source for supplies

  • Saudi Arabia, the world's second-largest oil producer that produced more than 10 million barrels of crude per day before the...

    Saudi Arabia, the world's second-largest oil producer, plans to produce 13.5 million barrels by 2027, as well as 23 billion cubic feet of gas by 2030

    Despite its national policy to diversify the economy and lessen reliance on fuel, the Kingdom continues to increase its oil and natural gas production