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8 Money Principles From the Psychology of Money That Build Real Wealth

8 Money Principles now

The psychology of money decides more about a person’s finances than their salary ever will. Two people can earn the same and land in different places because the beliefs steering their choices differ. Financial psychologists have studied these patterns for decades. Some form in childhood. Others come from fear wired into the brain across thousands […]

Mahmoud Bartawi: The Entrepreneur Building a New Generation of Business Stories

Mahmoud Bartawi The Entrepreneur

From banking to entrepreneurship, Mahmoud Bartawi, a Dubai-based entrepreneur, investor, and business storyteller known for his journey from corporate banking to building successful companies. After gaining experience in the financial sector, Bartawi transitioned into entrepreneurship and co-founded Under500, a healthy food brand that grew into a recognized regional business before becoming part of Kitopi. His […]

Stripe to buy PayPal in a $53B offer signals a new era in global payments

Stripe to buy PayPal

Stripe to buy PayPal in a $53B offer now sits at the center of global payments. Payment processing firm Stripe and Advent International submitted the bid to PayPal earlier this month. They offered $60.50 per share for PayPal Holdings, a company facing real market pressure. The offer price sits about 28% above PayPal’s closing share […]

e& exits Vodafone Group in $5.95 billion sale to Niel family group Vega

e& exits Vodafone Group

e& exits Vodafone Group after selling its entire stake for roughly $5.95 billion today. The Abu Dhabi firm ended its Vodafone role following a full international portfolio review. Investors watched as the Niel family group Vega vehicle agreed to take the shares. This e& Vodafone stake sale covers about 16.21 percent of the British telecom […]

TotalPay obtains SAMA approval to join Saudi Arabia digital payments race

TotalPay obtains SAMA approval

TotalPay obtains SAMA approval to become the first Indian firm cleared for this role in the Kingdom. The Saudi Central Bank granted the license so the company can serve merchants across Saudi Arabia. You now watch an Indian fintech enter one of the region’s fastest digital payment markets. Regulators approved TotalPay as an e-commerce payment […]

AI-Generated Music Startup Suno Battles Labels As Millions Create Songs

AI-generated music startup

AI-generated music startup Suno now reaches more than 100 million people who make songs online. The Cambridge company lets users type short prompts and receive full songs within seconds. CEO Mikey Shulman built Suno to change how ordinary people interact with music daily. His platform turns simple text ideas into finished tracks with real vocals […]

China’s EV Industry Dominance: Market Leaders, Cost Advantage, and Global Disruption in the Electric Vehicle Economy: ICN.live Report

China’s EV Industry Dominance

China’s electric vehicle industry has evolved into the most powerful force shaping the global automotive landscape. What began as a state-supported industrial push has transformed into a hyper-competitive ecosystem where scale, speed, and cost efficiency redefine market leadership. Today, Chinese manufacturers are not only dominating domestic sales but actively compressing global EV pricing structures through […]

OpenAI’s custom AI chip is on the way to cut heavy reliance on Nvidia gear

OpenAI's custom AI chip

OpenAI’s custom AI chip is on the way, and it targets the high cost of running models. The company built the processor with Broadcom to serve ChatGPT and its coding agent Codex. Named Jalapeño, the chip handles inference, the step where models answer your everyday requests. Early tests point to far better performance per watt […]

Social media viewership climbs to new highs during the 2026 NBA Finals run

Social media viewership

Fans set new online records while the league celebrated its strongest ratings in decades. Social media viewership reached record highs during the 2026 NBA Finals between New York and San Antonio. The Knicks won their first championship in 53 years, and millions of fans watched everywhere. Games drew 20.6 million average viewers on ABC and […]

Dubai Airport eyes 3 Million Passengers in July as Travel Demand Grows

3 million passengers in July

3 million passengers in July will move through Dubai International Airport this month, Dubai Airports data shows. Officials expect the airport to handle the total figure within the first two weeks alone. Daily traffic will cross 200,000 travelers starting on July 2, based on new Dubai Airports figures. July 12 stands out as the single […]