Zawya

Thomson Reuters Zawya.com
New Media Publishing
Founded 2000
Headquarters Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Area served
 Middle East
North Africa
Key people
 Nadim Najjar | James Angus | Amit Chopra | Ghaida Ghantous
Services Business & Finance News | Tax & Government Policy News | Legal News | Economy News | Life & Sports News
Parent Thomson Reuters
Website www.zawya.com

Thomson Reuters Zawya.com is a service that provides news regarding Business & Finance, Economy, Tax & Government Policy and Legal matters, focused on the Middle East and North Africa regions. It is headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[1]

History

Zawya was founded in 2000 in London by British-Iraqi investment banker Ihsan Jawad. In 2001, Dubai investment company Saffar Holding bought a 60% cut of Zawya. In 2006, the company moved to Dubai and started a partnership with Dow Jones Newswires.[2][3]

In June 2012, Thomson Reuters acquired Zawya from Saffar Holding for $40 million dollars.[2][3] In November 2015, Thomson Reuters announced the integration of Zawya Financial in its Eikon package.[4]

Activity

Zawya means perspective or angle in the arabic language.

Thomson Reuters Zawya.com delivers a global standard news service with a middle eastern perspective.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hall, Camilla & Wigglesworth, Robin (14 October 2011). "Zawya stake up for sale". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  2. 1 2 Derhally, Massoud (17 May 2012). "EXCLUSIVE: Zawya close to US$40m sale". Arabian Business. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Kane, Frank (26 June 2012). "Thomson Reuters buys business information service Zawya". The National. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Jeff Paterson (23 November 2015). "Thomson Reuters Assimilates Zawya Financial into Its Eikon Solutions Suite". Financemagnates.com. Retrieved 17 March 2017.


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