15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (646+ words) Good morning, all. It’s a tense start to the week, with the war closing in on the two arteries that have kept Saudi crude moving. The timing makes our second story read differently: S&P affirmed Saudi Arabia’s A+ rating…...

15+ hour, 28+ min ago   (143+ words) What about delayed delivery? El Sora’s Lamees El Hadidi highlighted the crisis of delayed unit deliveries, urging the government to publish an official real estate database tracking market size, active developers, total inventory, and distressed units. She argued that a…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago   (444+ words) The war had already dented the oil economy. S&P already expects real GDP to contract 0.9% this year, with the 2Q reading showing a 4.7% y-o-y fall, the steepest since Covid, on a 24.8% drop in oil activity and output tumbling to an…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (334+ words) Desaisiv started out in basic analytics and grew into an AI-backed InsurTech platform, helping companies manage ins. costs and portfolios while expanding into fleets, leasing, and property and casualty risk. Its services automate underwriting, policy benchmarking, negotiations, and claim audits....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1703+ words) Thursday, 10 Sep 2026 Good morning, folks. We’re covering a broad spectrum today, with stories in energy, fintech, and autos — each of which highlights an important data point in the country’s broader investment story. And in startups, Zeal has closed a USD…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (194+ words) Egyptian-UK fintech player Zeal has raised some USD 10 mn in a funding round, bringing its total funding to USD 14 mn, according to a company statement. The fresh capital will fund a rollout across more than 4 mn card machines over the…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (266+ words) Abu Dhabi is scaling Altair from a satellite constellation into AI infrastructure in orbit: UAE-based Marlan Space and Loft Orbital are leading a consortium investing USD 1 bn in France to build Altair-Next Gen, a 50-satellite AI-enabled constellation, according to a…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (679+ words) The regional conflict has gutted short-stay leisure bookings across the city, but short-term rental operators who'd already built out monthly-stay inventory came through largely unscathed, as demand held among those seeking flexible stays. Now, just as that flexibility has proven…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (889+ words) MoUs are multiplying, but migration isn’t Uzbekistan has signed 48 labor-migration agreements with 23 countries in total — 18 of them in 2025-26 — and has flagged the UAE (hospitality, tourism, aviation, logistics) and Saudi Arabia (construction, technical trades, mid-level healthcare) as priority destinations. But even…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (344+ words) The rest of the Bank’s scorecard is steady. The Bank still rates both the project’s progress toward its objective and its overall implementation “moderately satisfactory,” keeps overall risk at “substantial,” and opens its status note by calling the project “progressing…...