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Shopping in Dubai. The improvement in the UAE's Purchasing Managers' Index was led by a strong recovery in demand growth across the non-oil sector, S&P said. Reem Mohammed / The National

UAE non-oil activity accelerates to 11-month high as hiring picks up

Employment rose at fastest rate since May 2024, but increased wage costs added to business expenses

Economy

Airbus jet deliveries decline in November as production issues increase pressure

Aviation

Oil prices set for weekly gain on Fed rate cut hopes and stalled Ukraine talks

Energy

AI and blockchain to rewrite global finance within decade, says Binance CEO

Money

ADQ pioneers model for infrastructure investment to drive UAE global ambition

Partner Content

Will markets be treated to the traditional Santa rally?

Money

UAE to produce 60 trillion AI tokens to become world's 'factory of intelligence'

Technology

Aldar and Mubadala Capital create platform to offer global investors Gulf opportunities

Markets

Gulf states must fast-track AI and reforms to sustain growth, World Bank says

Economy

The Inside Brief

Helima Croft on oil markets, sanctions, next year's scenarios and personal lessons

In this episode of The Inside Brief, Manus Cranny sits down with Helima Croft, RBC Capital Markets' managing director and global head of commodity strategy, and a former CIA economic analyst, for a rare, deeply informed conversation on geopolitics, oil markets and leadership

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Bitcoin's brutal month masks a far more resilient story

Five burning questions investors must face today

Saudi Arabia is reshaping its expat pay model for the long term

Five year-end financial moves every wealthy family should make

Weaponising energy: Khor Mor attacks expose Iraq’s power struggles

Africa’s energy future is taking shape through Gulf capital and new alliances

How women can participate better in family finances

Deforestation is the climate deal-breaker the world can't afford to ignore