INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

EasyLease H1 profit $12.2m

Revenue rises on stronger operations.

FAB profit edges higher

Income growth supports steady earnings.

UAB H1 profit climbs

Income, lending drive first-half growth

Sanad posts record revenue

Growth driven by global demand for services.

Bank of Sharjah profit up 39%

Bank's total assets grow 10% to $14.4 billion.
  • Rich countries stand accused of failing at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to deliver much-needed finance to vulnerable states at...

    Rich countries accused of failing to deliver much-needed finance to vulnerable states at risk of drought, rising seas, fire and storms

    The European Commission said the deal has "kept the Paris targets alive".

  • Libya has seen several political and security crises since Muammar Gadaffi was overthrown a decade ago.

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged national unity in Libya

    He has also called for people to overcome differences ahead of landmark presidential and parliamentary elections next month

  • World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley has warned that more people in Syria are in the grips of hunger...

    Some 12.4 million people — almost 60 percent of the population — apparently do not know where their next meal will come from

    This is said to be a 57 percent increase since 2019 and the highest number ever recorded in the history of Syria

  • UAE officials "recognise reality", delegation member and House of Representatives Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said after talks with Dubai ruler...

    Both the UAE and Saudi Arabia, the number one oil exporter, have announced net zero carbon goals

    Hoyer said the UAE's hosting of COP28 in 2023 shows it is committed to clean energy

  • Lebanon's government, formed in September, has yet to take serious action to stop its downward spiral.

    The price of essential foodstuffs has almost quadrupled in just one year, according to latest data from the Lebanese government

    Inflation rate averaged 131.9 percent over the first six months of 2021, the World Bank has said

  • Airlines are still deep in the red, with losses expected to extend by another $51.8 billion this year.

    Air traffic has bounced back since the easing of restrictions, though it was still 53 percent lower in September than its pre-pandemic levels.

    Airbus will show off its A321neo -- the latest model in Airbus's A320 narrow-body series -- and its twin-aisle A350.

  • The global food trade should hit a record high in both volume and value, according to a new report by...

    The bill is 14 percent higher than last year and 12 percent higher than the previous forecast.

    The increase is also driven by higher price levels of internationally traded food commodities.

  • A respite in the crisis surrounding troubled Chinese developer Evergrande also provided some much-needed support to the region.

    A respite in the crisis surrounding troubled Chinese developer Evergrande also provided some much-needed support to the region

    Analysts said dealers remained hopeful that the inflation spurt would not be long-lasting and flatten out as supply chains normalise

  • Some people conflate the target of zero carbon emissions with the notion that the era of oil, gas, coal, and...

    Carbon emission targets are sometimes misunderstood with the end of oil, gas, and coal

    Oil and gas are still the primary drivers of the global economy, and will continue to be so for decades

  • The draft Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change report is scheduled for release early next year.

    Helping vulnerable nations cope with the multiplier effect of climate change will require trillions of dollars, according to a draft UN report

    The failure of rich countries to deliver the promised $100 billion a year for vulnerable nations has become a flashpoint at COP26