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August 4, 2020
Female entrepreneurs excel behind Middle East’s most loved brands
DUBAI — Forbes Middle East has unveiled its second annual Women Behind Middle Eastern Brands list for 2020, featuring 40 of the most successful female entrepreneurs that have created and scaled some of the most loved brands in the Middle East.It has also released a Women Behind Middle Eastern Tech Brands list for the first time, highlighting 10 female founders of innovative and successful technology startups and established brands.The fashion ...
August 4, 2020
Equities rise on good economic data, Nasdaq renews record
By Ipek OzkardeskayaGENEVA — US and European stock markets advanced on the back of promising economic data on Monday. Technology stocks led gains. The DAX rallied 2.71% and Nasdaq (+1.47%) renewed record as investors continued piling into technology stocks favorable for the stay-home business conditions.Meanwhile, US policymakers are discussing on the next fiscal stimulus package, and there is a chatter that Monday talks were productive. We expect a new fiscal ...
August 4, 2020
South Florida attracts Middle East real estate investors
DUBAI — For Middle Eastern commercial real estate funds and investment firms, the US market is still the most desirable investment destination for foreign real estate properties.Roxanne Kosberg said: “Investors from the Middle East remain active buyers in the global real estate market and continue to target core assets in safe-haven locations. The recent decline in oil price only strengthened the case for investors to diversify their income streams, both ...
August 3, 2020
China manufacturing PMI at record, equities mixed
By Ipek Ozkardeskaya,GENEVA — Equities in Tokyo (+2.10%) and Shanghai (+1.08%) kicked off the week on a positive note on the back of promising economic data. The Japanese GDP printed 2.2% y-o-y contraction in the second quarter versus -4.4% expected by analysts and the manufacturing PMI, 45.2, revealed a softer slowdown in activity in July.Meanwhile, Caixin’s Chinese manufacturing PMI printed 52.8 in July, the highest figure on record, surpassing the ...
August 3, 2020
Bucheeri: A quantum leap in Bahrain digital banking services
MANAMA — The Bahraini Technology and Business Society (TBS) in partnership with the NGN International, an IT system integrator and consultant headquartered in Bahrain, organized a webinar that reviewed the effectiveness of performance and productivity during and post the COVID-19 era.The webinar also discussed the various effects of the pandemic on the government and business landscape, such as working remotely and changing methods of providing services and products to reduce ...
August 3, 2020
DIFC Academy, LexisNexis MENA strengthen strategic partnership
DUBAI — The DIFC Academy and LexisNexis MENA are strengthening their strategic partnership with two new initiatives: "The Annual Technology Adoption Index” and "The Legal Tech Glossary."These projects follow five years of fruitful collaboration, including the publication of the official DIFC Law Commentaries and Law Reports book collections. Through a joint training program, the DIFC Academy and LexisNexis MENA have co-hosted hundreds of courses and trained thousands of legal practitioners ...
August 3, 2020
UAQ FTZ and UBC forms strategic business alliance
DUBAI — A delegation from the Ukrainian Business Council (UBC), led by Chairman Denis Bandura, signed an MoU for business cooperation with UAQ FTZ to tap the potential of the Free Zone for the benefits of the Ukrainian business community in UAE. The agreement marks a new phase in UAE-Ukraine relationship, as it permits UBC members to enjoy special benefits while establishing companies with UAQ Free Zone.Ukrainian Business Council, which ...
July 31, 2020
US shale Chapter 11 and M&A review: Investment opportunities in low-cost assets
OSLO — Several large and small independent US oil and gas producers have filed for bankruptcy this year as their debt burden peaked and hopes of cash flow recovery plunged due to the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.At the same time, the market for distressed assets has created opportunities for both institutional investors and supermajors to buy into discounted shale acreage, a Rystad Energy analysis shows.Our analysis looks at ...
July 31, 2020
Big tech companies shine despite record GDP contraction
By Ipek OzkardeskayaGENEVA — The US GDP fell 32.5% in the second quarter, the highest on record but slightly less than analyst estimates. The US dollar index slid below the 93 mark as the 10-year yield dipped to 52.5%.The US equities were mostly down, as energy stocks led losses. But tech stocks gained as Amazon, Apple and Facebook beat the strong market expectations. Nasdaq futures (+0.77%) advanced in Asia, as ...
July 30, 2020
Biden’s Clean Energy Plan: Engineering jobs to benefit but project costs will rise
OSLO — US presidential contender Joe Biden’s Clean Energy Plan aims to achieve “net-zero” greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, a feat he proposes to bring to reality through the investment of $2 trillion across a multitude of sectors.Jobs will be created, and the plan would shift domestic labor supply and demand fundamentals, a Rystad Energy analysis reveals.“Regardless of the political implications, this ambitious strategy would cost the domestic upstream oil ...
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