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Alkesh Sharma

Alkesh Sharma

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Based out of Toronto, Alkesh Sharma is a Technology Correspondent reporting for The National from North America. With an experience of over 15 years in journalism to his credit, he has worked across Asia and the Middle East and globe trotted to cover important technology events from the East to the West end of the world. He has been covering the Big Tech companies, consumer tech and telecoms for The National since 2018. Prior to joining The National, he has worked with leading media outlets across India and the UAE.

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Bank of America's revenue increased 11 per cent on an annual basis to $25.2 billion in the past quarter. AP
Bank of America profit surges 19% on higher interest income

Net income jumped to $7.4bn as revenue, net of interest expense, increased 11% to $25.2bn

BankingJuly 18, 2023
The global gaming market is expected to reach about $340 billion by 2027. Reuters
Dubai's Scalo leads $3.5m funding round for mobile game publisher Hexacore

Warsaw-headquartered company will use the new capital to fuel its expansion

TechnologyJuly 18, 2023
Nearly half of women business owners in the UAE face challenges in raising capital, according to a recent survey. Getty
More women-led funds 'will boost female entrepreneurship in the UAE'

The Emirates is seeing more female representation in boardrooms, experts say

EconomyJuly 18, 2023
JP Morgan's revenue soared 34.4 per cent to $41.3 billion in the second quarter. Reuters
JP Morgan profit soars 67% on higher interest rate income

US lender's net income surged to $14.5bn in three months to end of June

BusinessJuly 14, 2023
Launched in February, Google's Bard focuses on creating innovative ways to engage with information, from language and images to videos and audio. Reuters
Google’s Bard expands to 59 new markets and adds 43 languages

The Alphabet-owned company has also added additional features to Bard and new languages included Arabic, Chinese, German, Hindi and Spanish

TechnologyJuly 13, 2023
Twitter has experienced a challenges in the past few months – including the launch of Meta rival Threads. Bloomberg
Twitter reportedly down in Canada, India and parts of Europe

Nearly half the problems reported were related to uploading the app

TechnologyJuly 12, 2023
Agthia Group reported a roughly 6 per cent increase in its first-quarter net profit. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
Agthia launches $54m fund to boost innovation

Company working to transform operations under a five-year growth strategy to become region's top food and beverage company by 2025

EconomyJuly 12, 2023
Microsoft is expected to announce its last quarter’s profits on July 25. AP
Microsoft to lay off more employees on top of 10,000 January job cuts

Company to cut 276 permanent staff in its home state of Washington

TechnologyJuly 11, 2023
There was an unprecedented growth in the UAE's non-oil foreign trade last year. Victor Besa / The National
UAE ranks seventh globally in per capita national income

The figure in the Emirates jumped to $87,729 based on purchasing power parity in July last year, Wam reports

EconomyJuly 10, 2023
Dubai is seeking to cement its position as a global capital of the digital economy. Reem Mohammed / The National
Sheikh Hamdan launches Dubai Digital Cloud project to boost tech infrastructure

Agreements signed between Digital Dubai, Microsoft and Moro Hub to carry out the project

TechnologyJuly 10, 2023
Invictus Investment listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange Growth Market in June last year. Photo: ADX
Abu Dhabi-listed Invictus to invest $272m for expansion into North and East Africa

The company will seek acquisitions and joint ventures with local entities

EconomyJuly 10, 2023
The Abu Dhabi Global Market is an international financial centre and free zone located on Al Maryah Island in the UAE's capital Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
ADGM publishes hotel and tourism rules to boost regulatory framework

Department of Culture and Tourism will take on all regulatory responsibilities relating to hotels and tourism establishments in financial hub

EconomyJuly 10, 2023
Threads marks the highest-profile attempt so far to challenge the primacy of rival social media platform Twitter. EPA
Meta apps reportedly down in US, India and Europe

Meta's newest app Threads had more than 30 million sign-ups in less than 24 hours of its launch this week

TechnologyJuly 07, 2023
A sticker advertising Dogecoin on a cryptocurrency automated teller machine at a laundromat in Hong Kong. Bloomberg
More than 100 countries consider central bank digital currencies

Eleven countries have already launched CBDC projects, according to UK's financial news platform Finbold

TechnologyJuly 07, 2023
Meta's new app allows people to post threads, reply to others and follow profiles that they are interested in. EPA
Meta stock jumps after Threads launch

Threads sign-ups grow to 30 million in less than 24 hours, Mark Zuckerberg says

TechnologyJuly 06, 2023
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