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EMEA megadeals surge as AI reshapes global dealmaking strategy: Report
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Reading Dubai’s place on the UBS Bubble Index
UBS placed Dubai fifth on its 2025 Global Real Estate Bubble Index — behind Miami, Tokyo, Zurich and Los Angeles, ahead of Amsterdam and Geneva — and flagged it for the single largest rise of any city it tracks. For an institutional reader, the question is not whether the number is right. It is. The question is what it actually measures., writes Charles Philion, Co-Founder Pure Value.
The index scores the distance between current prices and their historic relationships with local rents, incomes and mortgage debt. A city climbs when prices pull away from those anchors quickly. That gauges imbalance well.
AI to cancer vaccines: Emerging technologies edge closer to large-scale adoption
World Economic Forum's Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026, developed alongside the Dubai Future Foundation, has identified 10 technologies that it says are likely to achieve significant real-world impact within the next three to five years.
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AI success in life sciences depends on people as much as technology: Bain
Organizations creating the most value from AI are not necessarily those deploying the most technology. Instead, they are redesigning workflows, modernizing operating models and preparing employees for new ways of working.
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Dubai property market cools speculation but retains underlying strength
After a record-breaking 2025, the Emirate’s market has found a new level and a new temperament., writes Charles Philion, founder...
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Saudi tourist spending rises to $22 billion in Q1 despite drop in foreign arrivals
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Middle East conflict: Trade tensions rise as oil jumps and tariffs shake markets
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Industry: Luxury Ocean Travel
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Abu Dhabi residential property sales hit record $19.9bn in 2025
Apartments dominated the sales market, accounting for 66% of transactions, reflecting strong developer activity in the segment
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Neil George
Partner & Co-CEO, Aleph Hospitality
Industry: Hospitality
China’s LNG ambitions take shape
The 344-meters-long QC-Max vessel, being built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, is designed for a major Qatari LNG expansion project.
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Supply chain attacks emerge as top cyber threat to businesses: Study
The study found that large enterprises are particularly vulnerable because of their extensive vendor networks.
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Khamenei laid to rest in Mashhad as clashes persist, Hormuz traffic recovers
Khamenei's flag-draped coffin was carried into the Imam Reza shrine in his hometown of Mashhad, where state television said he...
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EMEA megadeals surge as AI reshapes global dealmaking strategy: Report
The report warns that companies now face a new challenge: pursuing large acquisitions while simultaneously funding and executing AI transformations.
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AI success in life sciences depends on people as much as technology: Bain
Organizations creating the most value from AI are not necessarily those deploying the most technology. Instead, they are redesigning workflows,...
Business
China’s LNG ambitions take shape
The 344-meters-long QC-Max vessel, being built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, is designed for a major Qatari LNG expansion project.
Business
Dubai property market cools speculation but retains underlying strength
After a record-breaking 2025, the Emirate’s market has found a new level and a new temperament., writes Charles Philion, founder...
Analysis
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Several ports suspended operations in the Middle East after drone strikes. DP World said operations at Jebel Ali port in...
Economy
Abu Dhabi residential property sales hit record $19.9bn in 2025
Apartments dominated the sales market, accounting for 66% of transactions, reflecting strong developer activity in the segment
Economy
Supply chain attacks emerge as top cyber threat to businesses: Study
The study found that large enterprises are particularly vulnerable because of their extensive vendor networks.
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Funeral procession for Khamenei begins, mourners carry anti-US and anti-Israel messages
Organizers said the procession is expected to last between 10 and 12 hours along a roughly 10-kilometre route passing through...
- The procession had begun from Tehran's Grand Mosalla mosque, where Khamenei's body had lain in state for two days.
- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on February 28 in US-Israeli air strikes that launched the conflict between Iran and Israel.
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The producer group approved another increase of 188,000 barrels per day for August, signaling confidence that Gulf oil output can...
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EMEA megadeals surge as AI reshapes global dealmaking strategy: Report
The report warns that companies now face a new challenge: pursuing large acquisitions while simultaneously funding and executing AI transformations.
- Global M&A value rose 41% year-on-year to $2.4 trillion in the first five months of 2026. Source: Bain & Company. See line 4.
- Bain says companies are pursuing scale, resilience and AI-related capabilities through acquisitions.
Achille Staiano
Chief Commercial Officer, Explora Journeys
Industry: Luxury Ocean Travel
Liliana Paraipan
Wellness Director at ZEM Wellness Clinic Altea
Industry: Hospitality Industry
Neil George
Partner & Co-CEO, Aleph Hospitality
Industry: Hospitality