ACWA Power to sign $2.4bn wind power project deal in Uzbekistan
ACWA Power Company will join hands with Uzbekistan in order to enter into a $2.4 billion deal for a 1,500-megawatt wind project, a bourse filing disclosed.BHP posts 40% jump in profit
The gains were due to high demand for coal and copper.Saudi agriculture sector grows 7.8% to value at $19.23bn
The agriculture output in 2017 was estimated at $17.41 billion, around $17.48 billion in 2018, and $17.65 billion in 2019, and $18 billion in 2020.Egypt to issue international bonds worth $6 billion
More than a year after it issued bonds for the Japanese market, Egypt intends to issue another tranche of international bonds worth $6 billion this year, according to media reports quoting a government official.SEIC buys stakes in Egypt firms
The Saudi Egyptian company bought stakes worth $1.3bn.Elon Musk sells about $7bn worth of Tesla shares
Amid a high-stakes court battle with Twitter over a $44 billion buyout deal, Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to legal filings published Tuesday.SABIC profit surges to $2.1bn
The Saudi firm's net profit was fueled by higher sales volume.Jordan real estate trade grows by 20% to $4.41 billion
Jordan has posted a twenty percent rise in real estate trade to $4.41 billion during the first seven months of 2022.Pfizer to make $5bn acquisition
US drugmaker is in talks to buy Global Blood Therapeutics.Elon Musk accuses Twitter of fraud as court battle heats up
The court battle between Elon Musk and Twitter heats up as the billionaire Tesla boss accuses it of fraud, alleging the social media platform misled him about key aspects of its business before he agreed to a $44 billion buyout. The entrepreneur said he has been deceived by the company.stc profit jumps to $1.6bn in H1
The Saudi Telecom Co. will pay $532m in quarterly dividend.Saudi, UAE to receive $5bn worth missile systems from US
Two weeks after US President Joe Biden made the visit to the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and the UAE will receive billions of dollars worth missile defense systems from the US to shoot down incoming enemy missiles or aircraft. The kingdom has been attacked by missiles fired by Houthi rebels...Aramco buys Valvoline’s petro unit
The Saudi oil giant acquired the company for $2.65bn.Saudi Arabia to pour in $5bn in poultry industry
Saudi Arabia will pour in $5 billion in the poultry industry in order to boost production as the kingdom looks to achieve self-sufficiency in the sector. The Saudi Minister of Environment, Water and Agriculture Abdulrahman Al-Fadley said that in targeting 1.3 million tons of broiler chickens per year, the ministry...Saudi construction contracts jump to $12.3 billion in Q1
Saudi Arabia has seen a staggering increase in the award of construction contracts to the tune of $12.3 billion in the first quarter of 2022.Twitter takes a dig at Elon Musk for bad results
Twitter blamed disappointing results Friday on "headwinds," including the uncertainty imposed on the company by Elon Musk's chaotic buyout bid. The firm is locked in a legal battle with the mercurial Tesla boss over his effort to walk away from a $44 billion deal to purchase the platform, leaving the...UAE equities gain, Saudi market posts losses
Abu Dhabi and Dubai stock markets climbed up, while the Saudi index tanked down by more than 1.1 percent this week, after being shut to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha.Middle East startups raise $1.8 billion in first half of 2022
During the first half of the current year, startups in the Middle East have succeeded in raising $1.8 billion, according to a MAGNiTT report. The fintech sector remained the most capital attracting sector, raising nearly $1.7 billion and accounting for 34 percent of the total funding secured across all markets....With $833bn in output, Saudi continues to be largest Arab economy
Saudi Arabia has consolidated its position in the Arab world as the largest economy, posting a domestic output of $833.5 billion last year, the equivalent of 29.7 percent of the entire Arab region.GCC and UK aim to boost trade beyond current figure of $34bn
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the UK began negotiations in Riyadh to boost trade, which stands at $34 billion.Qatar Airways terms Airbus a ‘bully’ as paint dispute continues
The head of Qatar Airways on Tuesday accused plane-maker Airbus of acting like a "bully" as their billion-dollar dispute over peeling paint looked no closer to a resolution.Pakistan unveils $47bn budget, 40% of it to service debt
Pakistan's new government, grappling with soaring inflation and political unrest, unveiled a 9.5 trillion rupee ($47 billion) budget Friday, earmarking more than 40 percent to service the country's massive foreign and domestic debt.Twitter agrees to share data with Musk to end standoff
Twitter will yield to Elon Musk's demand for internal data central to a standoff over his troubled $44 billion bid to buy the platform, US media reported on Wednesday. The news comes just days after the Tesla chief threatened to back out of his deal to purchase Twitter.UAE is determined to disrupt organized crime: Minister of Justice
A day after the arrest of a British national in Dubai over a $1.7 billion dividend tax fraud case in Denmark, the UAE has said it will continue to pursue people involved in financial crime. Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, Minister of Justice said: "International crime requires an...Egypt looks to rake in $3.5bn in revenues from Suez Canal in H1
Egypt is expecting to rake in $3.5 billion in revenues from the Suez Canal during the first half of 2022, according to Osama Rabie, the chairman of the Suez Canal authority.Saudi personal finance market posts 4.4% jump to $18.96bn
Saudi Arabia's finance companies have provided a whopping $18.96 billion in personal finance loans to the kingdom's citizens during the first three months of the current year, posting a 4.4 percent jump over the previous quarter.Saudi central bank net foreign assets climb by $1.07bn in April
The net foreign assets of Saudi central bank rose by SR4.0 billion ($1.07 billion) to SR1.63 trillion in April, according to the data published on the website of SAMA. The kingdom's net foreign assets increased by 0.2 percent from SR1.63 trillion in March. Over the same period, the central bank's...Egypt looks to double exports to $100bn: PM
Egypt has set its eyes upon doubling exports to $100 billion in the next few years, and building a 'strategic stockpile' of all major commodities to cope with emergencies. Speaking to media Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt, said : "Today, we witness, through the launch of Industrial partnership for...With $22bn in bilateral trade, UAE-US economic ties set to grow
The UAE and US economic ties are expected to grow in healthcare, energy sustainability, space, and digital economy, with the bilateral trade touching $22 billion between the two countries.Non-oil exports of Saudi Arabia surge 12.8% in March
Saudi Arabia's non-oil exports surged to $7.52 billion in March 2022, according to the General Authority for Statistics, also known as GASTAT. Non-oil exports excluding re-exports rose by 22.4 percent year-on-year. On a monthly basis, non-oil exports also grew by S3.2 billion, or 12.8 percent. Oil exports, which includes crude...Filing says Elon Musk to borrow less for Twitter bid
Elon Musk notified US regulators on Wednesday that he will rely less on loans in his bid to buy Twitter, as he and partners put $33.5 billion into the deal. Musk has been courting major Twitter investors in the hope of getting them to partner with him in taking the...WEF calls for new partnerships to save fragile communities
The World Economic Forum has pleaded for a new partnership between various stakeholders in order to make a difference to people living in fragile zones of the world. In a paper released by the WEF, it calls for a new collaboration between humanitarian and development organizations, businesses, investors and entrepreneurs...UAE tea exports increase to AED1.2bn in 2020
The UAE has found its way into an exclusive club of top five tea-exporting countries in the world, with total exports of about AED1.2 billion in 2020.NFTs, like cryptocurrencies, lose their sheen
A slew of celebrity endorsements helped inflate a multi-billion dollar bubble around digital tokens over the past year, but cryptocurrencies are crashing and some fear NFTs could be next.Musk says no Twitter deal without clarity on spam accounts
Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday his bid to buy Twitter won't proceed unless he gets proof of the number of spam accounts plaguing the platform, adding more uncertainty to his roller-coaster pursuit of the social media giant. Hours after Musk's early morning tweet over bots, Twitter insisted the deal push...GCC IPOs raise $4.8bn in 2022, outpacing Europe
May Nasrallah, founder of deNovo, tells TRENDS the new listings on GCC bourses have spawned a new chapter in regional listings, ending years of drought.Dubai lures world investors with promise of big returns
Defying grim expectations of economic recession battering the world economy, Dubai has burnished itself by attracting a heavy dose of foreign investment to the tune of $7bn in 2021.e& buys stake in Vodafone
It bought a 9.8% stake for $4.4bn in the British firm.Iraq strikes deal with Iran to secure summer gas imports
Iraq has agreed to pay $1.6 billion in debt to Iran by June 1 to secure a steady gas supply for power generation through the summer, its electricity minister said.SABIC posts 33% rise in profit
The chemical giant of KSA has posted SR6.47bn profit in Q4.SoftBank posts record loss as tech shares nosedive
Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group on Thursday logged a record annual net loss after a bruising year that saw its assets hit by a US tech share rout and a regulatory crackdown in China. The company reported losses of 1.71 trillion yen ($13.2 billion) in the year to March 2022.Boehly consortium to buy Chelsea for record $5.2bn
Chelsea confirmed on Saturday that a consortium led by LA Dodgers co-owner Todd Boehly has won the battle to buy the Premier League club in a £4.25 billion ($5.2 billion) deal.Sell seized Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine: EU chief
The EU should confiscate and sell Russian assets it has seized and use the proceeds to rebuild war-scarred Ukraine, EU chief Charles Michel said in an interview published Thursday. He was the first high-ranking EU official to propose the confiscation of oligarchs' assets.Pfizer posts 77% jump in Q1 revenues to $25.7bn
Pfizer reported another quarter of huge revenues growth because of its Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, but lowered the company's full-year profit forecast due in part to shifts in foreign exchange. The major American drugmaker reported revenues of $25.7 billion for the first quarter, up 77 percent from the year-ago period.DEWA aims to earn $2bn profit next year, not to sell more stock
DEWA has no intention to sell more stock, after having raised $6.1 billion in a record initial public offering, the CEO of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Saeed Al-Tayerm, told the media. It is also eyeing 7.4 billion dirhams ($2 billion) in 2023 profit, amid a prospective IPO of...Saudi non-oil exports jump 31 percent
The exports were driven mainly by chemical products which jumped 80 percent year-on-year with a share contribution to total non-oil merchandise exports of 35.7 percent.ADX launches $17bn ‘Growth Market’ for private sector listings
ADX, Abu Dhabi stock exchange, has rebranded its Second Market into a newly launched Growth Market, with a market cap of 62 billion dirhams ($17 billion), in a push for more privately-owned business listings. ADX said in a statement that as it replaces the Second Market, the Growth Market will...Saudi Re endorses capital hike
The hike to SR1.336bn will be used to fund expansion plans.DEWA raises $6.1bn for GCC’s second-largest IPO
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority said Wednesday it had raised $6.1 billion for the Gulf's second-largest IPO since 2019. Some nine billion shares will be listed from April 12 on the Dubai stock exchange, with the price set at $0.68.IDC forecasts Saudi ICT spending to touch $33bn in 2022
The International Data Corp. has predicted Saudi spending on information and communications technology to touch $33 billion in 2022, a growth of 2.3 percent.




















































