ABU DHABI / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has been recognised as the second most valuable Middle Eastern utilities brand and its brand value has risen by 30%, according to Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation consultancy. Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD and CEO of Dewa, has been ranked 3rd among the top CEOs in the Middle …

BLOOMBERG China property bulls are looking past what’s likely another disastrous earnings season for the nation’s embattled developers, betting on a recovery as green shoots emerge in sales. Sixteen of Hong Kong-listed Chinese real estate firms have so far flagged profit slumps for 2022 with the number expected to grow, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. The wave of warnings, …

BLOOMBERG Sri Lanka’s economic contraction probably worsened last quarter as borrowing costs at a two-decade high to quell Asia’s fastest inflation took its toll on a nation chasing a $2.9 billion bailout. Gross domestic product fell 13.4% in the three months to December from a year ago, according to a median estimate of economists in a Bloomberg survey. That would …