04/29/2026 18:25
Estithmar Holding Reports 97% Surge YoY in Q1 2026 in Net Profit to QAR 333 Mn

Estithmar Holding Q.P.S.C. announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2026, reporting a net profit of QAR 333 million, marking a significant 97% increase compared to the same period last year. The results underscore the strength of the Company’s operating model and the successful execution of its expansion strategy. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260429718889/en/Estithmar Holding Reports 97% Surge YoY i...

05/14/2026 11:56
Eighteen48 Partners Announces First Close of Eighteen48 Private Equity Fund I at €175 million

Eighteen48 Partners today announced the first close of Eighteen48 Private Equity Fund I (the “Fund”) at €175 million. The Fund, which is targeting €350 million, is focused on European middle-market buyout transactions sourced through Independent Sponsors. Since 2020 Eighteen48 Partners have deployed more than €200 million into this strategy, which aims to provide investors with diversified exposure to off-market sourced transactions. The first close was supported by significant re-up commit...

AFP photographer Mahmud Hams wins top prize for Gaza coverage

Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'image Association announced Saturday.

Palestinian AFP photographer Mahmud Hams has won the prestigious Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza, the Visa pour l'image Association announced Saturday.
05/07/2026 13:30
Andersen Consulting Strengthens Organizational Transformation Capabilities with Afiniti

Andersen Consulting announces a Collaboration Agreement with Afiniti, a global business transformation consultancy headquartered in the United Kingdom that helps organizations deliver and sustain complex change programs. Founded in 2003, Afiniti is a global business change consultancy based in the UK and U.S., supporting clients through complex transformation across people, process, systems, and data, and bringing change to life through creative consulting services. The firm primarily serves ...

05/14/2026 12:00
Vista Equity Partners Establishes Abu Dhabi Office

Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), a global technology investor that specializes in enterprise software, today announced the opening of its new office in Abu Dhabi within ADGM, the city’s international financial center. VEPM Middle East Limited has received full authorization from ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), enabling the firm to advise on investments and arrange deals in investments across the region. The Abu Dhabi office reflects Vista’s expanded strategic presence i...

05/14/2026 12:00
Enterprise AI Hits the Wall: NTT DATA Research Reveals Growing Privacy and Sovereignty Barriers

NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today released new research showing that enterprise AI is outgrowing the architecture and infrastructure beneath it as data privacy and sovereignty requirements tighten. The research finds a widening split between enterprises that are redesigning AI for control, locality and security, and organizations still layering AI into environments that were not built to support these requirements. For years, enterprise architect...

05/14/2026 12:01
Mobix Labs to Acquire U.S. Rare Earth and Critical Minerals Company Powering Defense and National Security

Mobix Labs, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOBX) today announced it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent to acquire Special Project Delivery LLC ("SPD"), a strategic infrastructure platform building sovereign U.S. supply chains for rare earth elements, critical minerals, and energy storage. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260514342224/en/U.S.A F-35 Lightning II The proposed acquisition would expand Mobix Labs — already a supplier...

AFP held fact-checking trainings before the 2025 International Fact-Checking Day

Four AFP journalists from the digital investigation department travelled to Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest, in March and April 2025 to provide fact-checking training to journalists and journalism students.

Four AFP journalists from the digital investigation department travelled to Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest, in March and April 2025 to provide fact-checking training to journalists and journalism students.
03/23/2026 14:00
STOKR Appoints Subhankar Sinha as Senior Advisor

STOKR has appointed Subhankar Sinha as Senior Advisor. Sinha will work directly with STOKR's leadership team on fund tokenization with particular focus on money market fund (MMF) tokenization and on expanding STOKR's institutional presence in the U.S. market. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260323315236/en/Image, Subhankar Sinha A New York-based digital assets executive, Sinha brings deep expertise across blockchain i...

05/07/2026 14:00
UAE Commits $49bn to Local Manufacturers

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) pledged $49 billion in industrial procurement opportunities on Monday and announced plans to localize more than 5,000 products as the Gulf state doubled down on its industrial sovereignty agenda. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260507855698/en/UAE commits $49bn to local manufacturers (Photo: AETOSWire) Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, made the announ...