Etihad corporate travel programme: How it benefits business travellers

The programme offers businesses a range of benefits that scale with travel volume, including special corporate rates and priority services

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Accor executive says Middle East travel boom can weather tariff risks

Accor’s profit protection strategy is highly localised, enabling rapid response capabilities

UAE’s FAB profit beats estimates on strong growth in non-funded income

The results come as FAB undergoes a restructuring aimed at strengthening its business in the Gulf and boosting shareholder return

Saudi Arabia’s sports ambitions take off with Riyadh Air

Riyadh Air willing to buy Boeing planes from cancelled Chinese orders

The airline, which is aiming to launch in the fourth quarter, has hired 500 employees

AKI sets the stage for continued growth, launches next-gen fulfilment centre

The centre will serve more than 30,000 business customers, as well as support home delivery services for consumers across the UAE

WhatsApp just made language barriers disappear: Here’s how

Rules in Oman: TikTok use, WhatsApp calls explained

The country’s laws are carefully developed, considering feedback from international companies offering these services

Dubai property is booming: What every investor should know

While apartments remained a significant segment, the villa market emerged as a standout performer

Unlocking the future: Why Dubai is becoming a launchpad for AI startups globally

The UAE has achieved a remarkable position among the top 10 countries with the most AI companies per million people

Gulf Business tech panel: Dubai’s key players pave next frontier in innovation

The event brought together leading minds from telecoms, AI, cloud, and blockchain — fields rapidly becoming the foundation of the region’s economic future

Saudi Arabia’s ROSHN rebrands to signal strategy shift

Saudi’s business boost: Here are the latest tax exemptions

The campaign includes tax and customs exemptions, streamlined visa issuance, and financial equivalence exemptions for foreign professionals

Apple launches iPhone 16 as it bets on AI future

Apple’s China smartphone shipments slide 9% in first quarter

Market leader Xiaomi 1810.HK saws its shipments surge 40 per cent to 13.3 million while industry-wide shipments grew 3.3 per cent

Plan to start a business in Oman? This is what you need to know

Expatriates employed under contracts with government or private entities may establish a company under the Foreign Capital Investment Law

Kuwait unites oil giants: Merger of KNPC, KIPIC begins

The merger is based on well-studied legal and professional foundations aimed at strengthening Kuwait’s oil sector companies under KPC

iPhone 17: What you need to know about its features, price, release date

Trump’s move: iPhones, laptops exempted from China tariffs

For the Chinese imports, the exclusion of the tech products applies only to Trump’s reciprocal tariffs, which climbed to 125 per cent this week

ADNOC, OMV to establish $60bn global polyolefins entity

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC mulls bid for Aethon’s US natural gas assets

Deliberations regarding the US energy-focused investment firm’s assets also involve other parties

Trump tariff hike: China raises duties on US goods to 125%

The hike comes after the White House kept the pressure on the world’s No.2 economy by singling it out for an additional tariff increase

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Google lays off hundreds of employees in Android, Pixel group

Google had cut employees in its cloud division, adding that the round of cuts impacted only a few teams

Full list: The UAE’s 27 CEPA agreements and counting

The UAE’s CEPA agreements are aimed at lowering trade barriers with key global partners

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EU, UAE eye closer trade ties as CEPA talks set to begin

The talks will focus on trade in goods, services, investment and deepening cooperation in strategic sectors

Trump’s stunning tariff pause focuses trade war on China

The upheaval erased trillions of dollars from stock markets and led to an unsettling surge in US government bond yields

Oil prices rise after US and China reach trade-deal framework

Trade war: Oil suffers biggest 5-day drop since 2022

Oil prices dropped to their lowest in more than four years on looming demand concerns fuelled by the tariffs war between the US and China

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Trump’s tariffs kick in, triggering fresh market sell-off

US and China are stuck in an unprecedented, and expensive, game of chicken, and it seems that both sides are unwilling to back down

Trump administration: How has it affected Crypto markets

Trump’s tariffs: Global hedge funds suffer losses as market plunges

The S&P 500 and FTSE plunged over 10 per cent and 6 per cent respectively after Trump’s announcement

Oil backs off 7-week high: What's behind the pullback?

Saudi Arabia cuts May oil prices to Asia to four-month low

The drop marks the biggest decline in more than two years and is the second consecutive month Aramco has lowered its prices

Gold tops $4,300, set for biggest weekly surge since 2008

Gold hits 3-week low: Are investors driving the decline?

Spot gold was down 0.3 per cent at $3,027.90 an ounce as of 0331 GMT, after dropping over 1 per cent earlier in the session to its lowest

Saudi Arabia’s PIF completes acquisition of 23.08% stake in Saudi Re

Saudi Arabia opens doors to foreign investors in real estate

The ministry has outlined certain conditions for foreign investors to participate in these activities

Trump tariffs: Is your morning coffee about to get more expensive?

Sugar prices also fell, caught in the melee of tariffs as the US is also one of the world’s top sugar importers

Trump Inauguration: Dollar dips, stocks creep higher as his second term dawns

Trump tariffs: Your next iPhone could cost you $1100 more

The penalties announced by Trump on Wednesday triggered a plunge in world financial markets on Thursday and drew condemnation from other leaders

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Trump’s tariffs stoke global trade jitters as China, EU vow response

As Asia digested the news, Japan’s Nikkei share index slumped to an eight-month low, with US and European stock futures also diving

How will Trump’s reciprocal tariffs impact Indian exports?

The United States imposes a 2.5 per cent tariff on passenger vehicle imports, while India imposes 70 per cent, the White House said in a statement