INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

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.

DIB H1 net profit $1bn

Gross revenue increased 10% year on year

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.
  • Oman has suffered a sharp decline in its total actual revenues, falling a staggering twenty percent to $22.1 billion in...

    Current expenditures, on the other hand, totaled $24.6bln in 2020

    The fall is being blamed on the Covid restrictions and a drop in oil prices

  • GASTAT announced this increase while making public the country’s GDP and National Accounts report for the second quarter of 2021....

    Compared to Q1 2021, seasonally adjusted GDP recorded a growth of 0.6 percent

    This increase resulted mainly from the increase in the oil sector by 2.4 percent

  • The Ras Al Khair plant produces 1.05 million cu m of desalinated water per day and generates 2.65 GW of...

    Saudi Arabia was planning to sell 60 percent stake in the Ras Al Khair plant and raise $2 billion

    However, bidders backed out after considering several factors, including the plant’s age and its waning technology

  • It has been a roller coaster ride for insurance companies in the GCC countries and the health care sector since...

    Experts see up to 40 percent rise in premiums in the next two to three years.

    Abu Dhabi-based Daman Insurance looking at new markets such as Kuwait and Bahrain.

  • The United Arab Emirates (UAE) intends to spend some $6.53 billion over the next five years in order to create...

    It has also unveiled a series of initiatives to extend financial support and aid career development for local residents

    Government monetary assistance will include pension fund or retirement contributions, training costs, child support and salary aid

  • Iran plans to improve the condition of the major freeways and highways, and expand the country’s freeways network to 10,000...

    Iran’s Deputy Transport and Urban Development Minister Kheirollah Khademi said the country needs $1.07 billion to improve 10 major freeways in the next two years

    The country also announced the construction of new freeway corridors as another part of infrastructure development programs for the coming years

  • Based on a survey done last year, 77 percent of Lebanese youth said they think about emigrating and seek it,...

    Based on a survey done last year, 77 percent of Lebanese youth said they think about emigrating and seek it, and this percentage is the highest among all Arab countries

    Many professionals, including doctors, academics, entrepreneurs, and designers, have left or are planning to go

  • The SWFs of Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar have underpinned the resilience of their sovereign ratings despite lower oil prices...

    The combined assets under managements of the GCC sovereign wealth funds rises to US$2.77 trillion

    The UAE has five sovereign wealth funds with a combined total asset of US$1.2 trillion

  • Political, economic and social crises in the Middle East countries has led to an implosion of negative emotions among their...

    Lebanon, Egypt and Tunisia follow Iraq, according to Gallup World Poll.

    Research has revealed that emotions usually drive bad investment decisions.

  • The Saudi Vision 2030 has unlocked investment opportunities worth SAR12 trillion (€2.7 trillion or $3.2 trillion).

    Germany is a key trade and investment partner for Saudi Arabia

    It was the fourth-largest source of imports to the kingdom in 2020