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- UAE
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, French President attend UAE-France Business Dialogue
H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, have attended the UAE-France Business Dialogue at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. The UAE-France Business Dialogue gave both governments a platform to convert long-stated ambitions into concrete commitments across energy, artificial intelligence […]
- Majid Al Futtaim
Majid Al Futtaim Partners with Sunset Hospitality Group to Launch Maravelle
Majid Al Futtaim today announced a strategic partnership with Sunset Hospitality Group (SHG), one of the world’s leading lifestyle hospitality companies, to operate Maravelle, a flagship wellness and lifestyle destination at Ghaf Woods, Dubai’s first forest-living community. The collaboration brings together Majid Al Futtaim’s expertise in developing distinctive destinations with Sunset Hospitality Group’s specialist expertise […]
- Elon Musk
SpaceX shares for US children: Musk pledges one stock per kid
Musk said each child in the US would receive a single share. There were 72 million children under 18 in the country as of July 1, 2025, based on census figures. One share each across that group is where the $10.5 billion estimate comes from, using Friday’s close. A share is a small piece of […]
- Cybersecurity
What the PHP vulnerability affecting websites means for your data
The vulnerabilities were uncovered by researchers at OpenAI, the cybersecurity company Wiz, and another security firm. The underlying weaknesses had been present in PHP for more than ten years, but turning them into a working attack demanded a chain of steps that sat, as Wiz put it, close to the edge of what human researchers […]
- Mubadala
Lilly and Mubadala Bio announced a landmark agreement
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, 20th October 2026 – Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) and Mubadala Bio today announced a strategic collaboration to advance the localized packaging and logistics of Lilly’s GLP-1 medicines in Abu Dhabi, marking an important step in a shared commitment to advancing the Emirate’s growing life sciences ecosystem. The partnership was […]
- Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD is the first MENA bank to deploy OpenAI inside the UAE
Here is your banking that already runs on AI, and you may not notice when that changes. Emirates NBD has become the first MENA bank to deploy OpenAI, running the company’s GPT models on computing infrastructure based inside the UAE. The bank and OpenAI announced the enterprise collaboration on Monday. It makes Emirates NBD the […]
- RAKBANK
Rakbank delivers D 2.5B profit after tax, up 21.3% YoY powered by diversified growth and strong momentum
Exceptional earnings growth. Built on 50 years of customer trust Rakbank delivered D 2.5B of profit after tax in 9M’26, up 21.3% YoY, reflecting growth across our core businesses, a diversified income stream and disciplined execution. The results also include the AED 473M gain on sale of the merchant acquiring business. Momentum broadening across every […]
- TAMM
How Abu Dhabi’s TAMM became the best government initiative EMEA for 2026
Consider it done. That is what TAMM means in Arabic, and in October 2026, a panel of global judges agreed. TAMM has been named the best government initiative in EMEA at the Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards 2026, placing Abu Dhabi’s public services platform ahead of every other government entry across Europe, the Middle East […]
- UAE
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, French President attend UAE-France Business Dialogue
H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, have attended the UAE-France Business Dialogue at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. The UAE-France Business Dialogue gave both governments a platform to convert long-stated ambitions into concrete commitments across energy, artificial intelligence […]
- Majid Al Futtaim
Majid Al Futtaim Partners with Sunset Hospitality Group to Launch Maravelle
Majid Al Futtaim today announced a strategic partnership with Sunset Hospitality Group (SHG), one of the world’s leading lifestyle hospitality companies, to operate Maravelle, a flagship wellness and lifestyle destination at Ghaf Woods, Dubai’s first forest-living community. The collaboration brings together Majid Al Futtaim’s expertise in developing distinctive destinations with Sunset Hospitality Group’s specialist expertise […]
- Elon Musk
SpaceX shares for US children: Musk pledges one stock per kid
Musk said each child in the US would receive a single share. There were 72 million children under 18 in the country as of July 1, 2025, based on census figures. One share each across that group is where the $10.5 billion estimate comes from, using Friday’s close. A share is a small piece of […]
- Cybersecurity
What the PHP vulnerability affecting websites means for your data
The vulnerabilities were uncovered by researchers at OpenAI, the cybersecurity company Wiz, and another security firm. The underlying weaknesses had been present in PHP for more than ten years, but turning them into a working attack demanded a chain of steps that sat, as Wiz put it, close to the edge of what human researchers […]
- Mubadala
Lilly and Mubadala Bio announced a landmark agreement
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, 20th October 2026 – Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) and Mubadala Bio today announced a strategic collaboration to advance the localized packaging and logistics of Lilly’s GLP-1 medicines in Abu Dhabi, marking an important step in a shared commitment to advancing the Emirate’s growing life sciences ecosystem. The partnership was […]
- Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD is the first MENA bank to deploy OpenAI inside the UAE
Here is your banking that already runs on AI, and you may not notice when that changes. Emirates NBD has become the first MENA bank to deploy OpenAI, running the company’s GPT models on computing infrastructure based inside the UAE. The bank and OpenAI announced the enterprise collaboration on Monday. It makes Emirates NBD the […]
- RAKBANK
Rakbank delivers D 2.5B profit after tax, up 21.3% YoY powered by diversified growth and strong momentum
Exceptional earnings growth. Built on 50 years of customer trust Rakbank delivered D 2.5B of profit after tax in 9M’26, up 21.3% YoY, reflecting growth across our core businesses, a diversified income stream and disciplined execution. The results also include the AED 473M gain on sale of the merchant acquiring business. Momentum broadening across every […]
- TAMM
How Abu Dhabi’s TAMM became the best government initiative EMEA for 2026
Consider it done. That is what TAMM means in Arabic, and in October 2026, a panel of global judges agreed. TAMM has been named the best government initiative in EMEA at the Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards 2026, placing Abu Dhabi’s public services platform ahead of every other government entry across Europe, the Middle East […]
- UAE
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, French President attend UAE-France Business Dialogue
H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, and Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, have attended the UAE-France Business Dialogue at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi. The UAE-France Business Dialogue gave both governments a platform to convert long-stated ambitions into concrete commitments across energy, artificial intelligence […]
- Majid Al Futtaim
Majid Al Futtaim Partners with Sunset Hospitality Group to Launch Maravelle
Majid Al Futtaim today announced a strategic partnership with Sunset Hospitality Group (SHG), one of the world’s leading lifestyle hospitality companies, to operate Maravelle, a flagship wellness and lifestyle destination at Ghaf Woods, Dubai’s first forest-living community. The collaboration brings together Majid Al Futtaim’s expertise in developing distinctive destinations with Sunset Hospitality Group’s specialist expertise […]
- Elon Musk
SpaceX shares for US children: Musk pledges one stock per kid
Musk said each child in the US would receive a single share. There were 72 million children under 18 in the country as of July 1, 2025, based on census figures. One share each across that group is where the $10.5 billion estimate comes from, using Friday’s close. A share is a small piece of […]
- Cybersecurity
What the PHP vulnerability affecting websites means for your data
The vulnerabilities were uncovered by researchers at OpenAI, the cybersecurity company Wiz, and another security firm. The underlying weaknesses had been present in PHP for more than ten years, but turning them into a working attack demanded a chain of steps that sat, as Wiz put it, close to the edge of what human researchers […]
- Mubadala
Lilly and Mubadala Bio announced a landmark agreement
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, 20th October 2026 – Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) and Mubadala Bio today announced a strategic collaboration to advance the localized packaging and logistics of Lilly’s GLP-1 medicines in Abu Dhabi, marking an important step in a shared commitment to advancing the Emirate’s growing life sciences ecosystem. The partnership was […]
- Emirates NBD
Emirates NBD is the first MENA bank to deploy OpenAI inside the UAE
Here is your banking that already runs on AI, and you may not notice when that changes. Emirates NBD has become the first MENA bank to deploy OpenAI, running the company’s GPT models on computing infrastructure based inside the UAE. The bank and OpenAI announced the enterprise collaboration on Monday. It makes Emirates NBD the […]
- RAKBANK
Rakbank delivers D 2.5B profit after tax, up 21.3% YoY powered by diversified growth and strong momentum
Exceptional earnings growth. Built on 50 years of customer trust Rakbank delivered D 2.5B of profit after tax in 9M’26, up 21.3% YoY, reflecting growth across our core businesses, a diversified income stream and disciplined execution. The results also include the AED 473M gain on sale of the merchant acquiring business. Momentum broadening across every […]
- TAMM
How Abu Dhabi’s TAMM became the best government initiative EMEA for 2026
Consider it done. That is what TAMM means in Arabic, and in October 2026, a panel of global judges agreed. TAMM has been named the best government initiative in EMEA at the Gartner Eye on Innovation Awards 2026, placing Abu Dhabi’s public services platform ahead of every other government entry across Europe, the Middle East […]
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