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Bahrain-based Investcorp, which counts Mubadala Investment Company as its biggest shareholder, announced today that it will invest $1 billion in the GCC real estate market. It follows Investcorp’s first real estate purchase in Saudi Arabia. The investment consists of a new, state-of-the-art, 215,000

The Engineering Export Council (EEC) of Egypt announced that the sector’s exports were up by 10% to $3.32 billion from January through November of 2022, compared with $3 billion in the same period last year. As reported in the EEC’s

As the dollar strengthened ahead of a closely watched U.S. jobs report that could provide more insight into the Federal Reserve’s interest rate-hike plans, gold prices advanced on Friday after a sharp drop in the previous session. As of 1008

ADNOC, a reliable and responsible provider of energy with low carbon intensity, announced today a bold new strategy to decarbonize its operations globally. In November 2022, ADNOC’s Board of Directors approved its Net Zero by 2050 ambition and accelerated delivery

Markets fell Monday evening ahead of the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes and a flurry of economic data. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 72 points, or 0.2%. Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.44% and S&P 500 futures lost 0.28%. In

Dnata, a global air and travel services provider, has broken ground on its new 20,000 m2 cargo warehouse, which will expand its operations at Erbil International Airport (EBL). Up to 50 additional jobs will be created by the facility, which

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva warns that this year will be tougher on the global economy than last year. In a CBS Sunday interview, she said the US, EU, and China are all slowing down simultaneously. “One

There is a rapid increase in wages in the Euro zone. The European Central Bank should take steps to prevent this from adding to already high inflation, according to ECB President Christine Lagarde. The ECB has raised interest rates by

It has been reported by the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) that the UAE ranked first in the Arab world in terms of the value of manufactured exports in 2021, with a total value of $142.5 billion. According to the AMF’s

Gold futures settled unchanged at $1,826.2 on the last trading day of 2022, while spot gold rose 0.2% to $1,818.70. The yellow metal rose on Friday, as the non-yielding metal is on track to close the quarter at its highest