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Dubai led the Masadir GCC Pulse after all five Gulf stock markets closed higher, lifting the regional benchmark by 0.28% amid broad-based gains.
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NVIDIA Invests in Ilya Sutskever's SSI, Announces Long-Term AI Partnership Built Around Vera Rubin Systems
NVIDIA invested in Ilya Sutskever's SSI, granting access to Vera Rubin AI systems and boosting SSI's compute capacity tenfold for safe AI research.
"Yalla" Receives Initial UAE Central Bank Approval for Category II Retail Payment Services License
Yalla gets initial UAE Central Bank approval for a Category II Retail Payment Services license, boosting its digital payment expansion plans.
UAE Credit Bureau Adds Tabby and Tamara Buy Now, Pay Later Data to Credit Reports
The UAE's Al Etihad Credit Bureau has begun including Buy Now, Pay Later account data from Tabby and Tamara in credit reports starting July 2026.
Brookfield Reaches First Close of Nearly $2 Billion Middle East Private Equity Fund Backed by Saudi PIF
Brookfield's new Middle East fund, backed by Saudi PIF, raises $2B to invest in high-growth sectors, with 50% allocated to Saudi Arabia.
UAE Investors Account for 50.6% of Sharjah Real Estate Transaction Value in H1 2026
UAE investors made up 50.6% of Sharjah's H1 2026 real estate deals, investing AED 14.9B, with rising roles for women and young investors.
UAE Central Bank Grants Checkout.com Initial Approval for Stored Value Facilities License
Checkout.com gets UAE Central Bank's initial SVF license approval, enabling unified payment and card issuing for merchants in the UAE.
South Korea Posts Third Straight Tourism Surplus as Foreign Visitor Arrivals Jump
Dollar Holds 40-Year High Against Japanese Yen as Oil Prices and US Treasury Yields Climb
Ireland Plans €1.5 Billion in Tax Cuts as Budget Surplus Boosts Fiscal Flexibility
Blackstone to Open Kuwait Office in Q3 2026, Expanding GCC Investment Presence
Saudi Arabia's Trade Surplus Surges to SAR 26.0 Billion in May as Oil Exports Rise
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Signs $16 Billion Pipeline Infrastructure Deal With Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR
Bank of Russia Cuts Rate to 14% as GDP Contracts in Q1 and Inflation Holds Near Target
UK Composite PMI Surges to 52.1 in July Flash Reading, Beating Forecasts as Services Recover
India Composite PMI Falls to Near 4-Year Low of 54.3 in July as Middle East Hostilities Weigh on Services
Critical Mineral Supply Concentration and Export Curbs Threaten Global Energy Security, IEA Warns
China's Power Grid Investment Reaches Approximately $45.63 Billion in First Half of 2026
European Natural Gas Surges to 4-Month High Amid Middle East LNG Supply Disruptions
Gold Climbs Above $4,100 as Pause in U.S.-Iran Fighting Eases Inflation Concerns
Brent Falls Below $90 as U.S. Pauses Iran Strikes for Second Straight Night, Easing Supply Concerns
Canada Raw Materials Prices Post Largest Monthly Drop Since 2022, Falling 6.9% in June
Bitcoin Holds Near $65,300 as ETF Outflows Offset Improving Risk Sentiment
Bitcoin Nears $67,000 as Prices Rally Despite Persistent "Extreme Fear"
Race Against Time: Will the U.S. Senate Deliver America's First Federal Crypto Market Framework?
China's Industrial Profits Rise 18.7% to Approximately $592.5 Billion in First Half of 2026
Intel Reports $2.2 Billion Non-GAAP Net Profit as Q2 Revenue Climbs 25%
First Abu Dhabi Bank Reports AED 10,765 Million Net Profit for H1 2026
NVIDIA Expands Agent Toolkit With PhysicsNeMo and CUDA-X to Build Autonomous AI Engineers
NAVER, NVIDIA and Brookfield Expand Korea's National AI Factory Infrastructure With Planned Investments Exceeding $10 Billion
NVIDIA, KAIST Launch $300 Million Joint AI Research Lab to Advance Agentic AI in South Korea
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