Bloomberg The epic fight over who controls the future of the car industry is about to get a whole lot more interesting. Tesla Inc, the pioneer and pacesetter, has dominated the early rounds of the new-energy age, capturing investors’ imaginations with a vision for what the next generation of vehicles looks like and seizing the nascent market for fully ...
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Apple pays $180,000 bonuses to retain engineering talent
Bloomberg Apple Inc has issued unusual and significant stock bonuses to some engineers in an effort to retain talent, looking to stave off defections to tech rivals such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. The company informed some engineers in silicon design, hardware, and select software and operations groups of the out-of-cycle bonuses, which are being issued as restricted ...
Read More »Sony reveals PlayStation VR2 and a new Horizon game
Bloomberg Sony Group Corp announced an exclusive game for its next-generation virtual reality (VR) headset, dubbed PSVR2, charging up the platform’s appeal just as metaverse hype intensifies. The Japanese entertainment and electronics giant introduced a teaser video for the title, from hit in-house franchise Horizon, while unveiling PlayStation VR2 with an upgraded headset and VR2 Sense controllers. Promising increased ...
Read More »Samsung’s profit climbs by 50%
Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co’s quarterly profit climbed more than 50% after chip prices stabilised and sales of smartphones surged, reinforcing hopes the memory industry will emerge from its downturn this year. South Korea’s biggest company posted operating income of $11.5 billion for the three months ended December, missing estimates after it distributed special bonuses to employees. But revenue jumped ...
Read More »Green Universe showcases its plan for more sustainable UAE
Dubai / WAM Green Universe showcased its initiative titled “Creative Solutions for a Sustainable Green Connection of UAE”, in which it has addressed in detail the environmental, economic, health and social effects of the benefits generated from implementing the initiative. The function was attended by Ermal Dredha, ambassador of Albania in the UAE, Xhabir Hamiti, ambassador of Kosovo in ...
Read More »DGCX trades nearly $150bn in gold, commodities during 2021
Dubai / WAM The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) on Friday reported its full-year market statistics. During 2021, the exchange recorded a yearly AOI a sum of 1,985,584 contracts and traded 7,076,350 contracts during the year – with the total value of the contracts amounting to $149.676 billion. The DGCX’s best performing product in 2021 was its Indian ...
Read More »Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum to be held on March 28
ABU DHABI / WAM The Atlantic Council announced on Friday that the 2022 Global Energy Forum will now be held alongside Expo 2020 in Dubai from March 28-29. The forum, which is part of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, will also be hosted in conjunction with the 2022 World Government Summit a major global convening focused on the tools, policies, and ...
Read More »M1 surges to AED686bn at end of November 2021
Abu Dhabi / WAM The central bank announced that the money supply aggregate M1 increased by 2.1%, from AED671.6 billion at the end of October 2021 to AED686.0 billion at the end of November 2021. The money supply aggregate M2 increased by 1.3%, from AED1,498.3 billion at the end of October 2021 to AED1,517.1 billion at the end of ...
Read More »Oil set for third weekly gain as market tightens on outages
Bloomberg Oil was poised for a third weekly gain as demand remained resilient while supplies are frayed across the Opec+ coalition and beyond. Futures increased again on Friday to trade near $80 a barrel in New York, bringing this week’s increase to almost 7%. Kazakhstan’s biggest oil producer has altered output at the giant Tengiz field following protests in ...
Read More »Taiwan’s 2021 exports soar to $446bn on tech demand
Bloomberg Taiwan exports extended their double-digit growth for a tenth month, with shipments from the island in 2021 smashing all records due to soaring demand for technology products and components. Overseas shipments in December grew 23.4% from a year earlier to $40.7 billion, according to a statement from Taiwan’s Ministry of Finance Friday. Exports in 2021 were a record ...
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