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Image credit: Dubai Media Office/Website Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under the Dubai Chambers umbrella, has revealed its key achievements during the first nine months of 2025, highlighting its growing role in positioning Dubai as a premier destination for foreign direct investment (FDI) and global business expansion. The chamber successfully attracted 261 companies to Dubai between January and September 2025, a 65 per cent increase from 158 companies during the same period in 2024. Of these, 44 were multinational corporations, reflecting a 10 per cent rise compared to 40 in the previous year. Small and medium-sized…
A candid debate on global energy security, investment, and technological disruption unfolded at ADIPEC 2025 as four of the world’s most influential energy executives joined US Deputy Secretary of Energy James Danly for a high-level panel moderated by Hadley Gamble of IMI. In a session that cut through market speculation to focus on long-term fundamentals, panellists from ADNOC, Eni, Petronas, and the US Department of Energy agreed that the industry faces a looming supply crunch, not an oil glut, driven by chronic underinvestment, volatile policy frameworks, and competing energy transition narratives. When asked whether an oversupply could emerge by 2026,…
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.China is the “engine of stability and demand” that has led to global trade being surprisingly resilient despite US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, said the boss of the world’s second-largest container shipping line.Vincent Clerc, chief executive of AP Møller-Maersk, told the Financial Times that the Danish group was lifting its financial guidance to the top end of its range due to the strength of consumer demand and confidence that any durable upending of existing supply chains would take decades.“The resilience of consumer…
Image: Getty Images Turkish Airlines THYAO.IS has reached an agreement with GE Aerospace to procure engines, spare engines, and engine maintenance services for 75 B787 planes that it is buying from Boeing, the company said. Its overnight statement to the Istanbul stock exchange followed Turkish Airlines’ announcement in September that it had decided to buy the 75 aircraft from Boeing BA.N, consisting of 50 firm and 25 option orders for B787-9 and B787-10 models with deliveries scheduled between 2029 and 2034. Source link
Image: Space42 Space42, the UAE-based AI-powered space technology company listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange, reported consolidated revenue of $363m for the first nine months of 2025, down 15 per cent year on year as the company continues a strategic and operational transformation of its Smart Solutions business. The revenue decline reflected a refocus of Smart Solutions on programmatic engagements aligned with its core capabilities in Earth observation, geospatial analytics and AI. Space Services, its largest business unit, increased third-quarter revenue by 11 per cent versus the previous quarter, driven by a new $700m, 15-year government contract that began…
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Image: Supplied Tensor, the Silicon Valley–based AI company behind the world’s first personal Robocar, is making its debut in Abu Dhabi at DRIFTx 2025, the flagship event of the Smart and Autonomous Vehicle Industries (SAVI) cluster hosted by the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO). The event, taking place from 10 to 12 November at Yas Marina Circuit, brings together global innovators shaping the future of intelligent, connected, and sustainable mobility. Part of the inaugural Abu Dhabi Autonomous Week, DRIFTx is the Middle East’s leading platform for smart and autonomous transport technologies spanning air, land, sea, and robotics. Following acclaimed appearances…
Image: Getty Images State-owned Qatar Airways has decided to sell its entire stake in Cathay Pacific Airways 0293.HK for about $897m (HK$6.97bn), marking its complete exit from Hong Kong’s flagship airline after eight years. Cathay said late on Wednesday that the Doha-based carrier had approached it about selling its entire 9.7 per cent stake, and it would repurchase the shareholding through a buyback at HK$10.8374 per share, roughly a 4 per cent discount to its last closing share price. The Gulf carrier had bought the stake in November 2017, making it the third-largest shareholder in Cathay after Swire Pacific 0019.HK and Air China 601111.SS. Cathay is…