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‘Wadeem’ sold out for $1.49bn

This is the highest Abu Dhabi real-estate release to date.

Tesla Q2 sales down 13.5%

Shares rally after the disclosure, better than some forecasts.

TomTom cuts 300 jobs

The firm said it was realigning its organization as it embraces AI.

Aldar nets $953m in sales at Fahid

Aldar said 42 percent of the buyers are under the age of 45.

Qualcomm to Alphawave for $2.4 bn

The deal makes Alphawave the latest tech company to depart London.

UAE tops globally in tertiary education

  • The 2022 GII says it tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of the pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges.
  • It looks at whether stagnation and low productivity growth are here to stay, or whether we are about to enter a new era, where new innovation spurts.

Dubai, UAE—The 2022 edition of the Global Innovation Index says it tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges. This edition’s thematic focus on the future of innovation-driven growth provides a perspective on whether stagnation and low productivity growth are here to stay, or whether we are about to enter a new era, where new innovation spurts – the Digital Age and the Deep Science Innovation waves – bring about an economic uplift. TRENDS takes a look at how the Arab world fares in terms of human capital and research: