INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

DEWA posts record H1 profit

Revenue reaches record $4.04 billion.

Tabreed H1 revenue $308m

Blurb: Profit reaches $52 million in H1

ADNOC L&S to expand fleet

It will acquire 11 carriers for $1.3bn.

Empower profit climbs 16%

Dubai district cooling demand lifts earnings

Burjeel profit nearly doubles

Healthcare demand drives stronger earnings.
  • Davos, Switzerland -- In the next five years, millions of jobs will be created. Governments, employers, and education institutions, therefore,...

    The key report findings highlighted that there will be 78 million new job opportunities by 2030 but urgent upskilling is needed to prepare workforces.

    The fastest-growing skills by 2030 will include technological skills alongside human skills, such as cognitive skills and collaboration.

  • Davos, Switzerland -- Some of the biggest problems in the world today are systemic problems, which cannot be resolved with...

    From 200 organizations in 2020, Catalyst Now has grown to 3,800 organizations working in 140 countries.

    It's for the first time that there's a Social Innovation House in Davos. There is a commitment to do it again next year.

  • The newly inaugurated president remarked that he would “like to meet with President Putin soon” and “get the war ended,”...

    The newly inaugurated president said he would reduce the US corporate tax rate from 21% to 15%, with foreign companies manufacturing goods in the US benefiting directly

    Trump also indicated that lowering oil prices could be a key step towards ending the Ukraine-Russia war, urging Saudi Arabia and OPEC to reduce the cost of oil

  • Davos, Switzerland -- The transformation seen in the labor market brought about by green transition and new technologies has raised...

    Nilsson said that in the green transition, the new jobs that have been created are of lower quality and workers are less protected.

    AI can reduce discrimination in hiring but the technology itself can be rigged to increase discrimination, she warns.

  • Davos, Switzerland -- The world labor market is nearing the pre-Covid levels but gender gap and other concerns remain, International...

    Houngbo said he saw the unemployment gap between young women and young men to the disadvantage of women.

    The most important thing is that the private and public sectors need to step up investment in reskilling, he said.

  • Davos, Switzerland - The world is grappling with challenges that demand collective action, but rising nationalism and geopolitical tensions are...

    The world faces problems that can only be solved if people and countries come together, Dr. Masood said

    He pointed to US-China tensions as a major barrier to addressing shared global challenges

  • Gaza, Palestine - The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), confirmed today that the reconstruction process...

    UNRWA said that the agency can contribute to rehabilitating the infrastructure in the camps and returning employees to work inside them, and operating their wells.

    The agency emphasized that locating the missing—numbering in the thousands beneath the rubble—requires meticulous planning and the expertise of specialized teams

  • Trump vowed to be a “peacemaker and unifier,” citing the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release as key steps toward peace,...

    "My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier. That’s what I want to be," Trump declared after taking the oath of office

    He highlighted the ceasefire and hostage release agreement between Israel and Hamas as a significant step toward peace

  • The 42-day truce's first phase involves prisoner exchanges and hostage releases, but the future remains uncertain as both sides navigate...

    In Gaza, Palestinians returned to homes reduced to rubble, checked on missing relatives, and prepared to bury their dead

    Humanitarian relief efforts also resumed, with more than 600 trucks carrying essential supplies entering the battered enclave

  • As the first phase of the ceasefire takes effect, the world watches to see whether this temporary reprieve will be...

    The complex deal consists of three phases, each lasting 42 days, and it will see both sides release prisoners and hostages in exchange for a temporary halt to the violence

    Netanyahu’s warning that Israel retains the right to resume fighting and Hamas’s insistence on a complete Israeli withdrawal and a lasting ceasefire make the road to lasting peace