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 ...