Opinion Finance If you’re looking for bad news, DIFC is not the place It was another record year for the company, including a mind-boggling 68 percent leap in net profits February 18, 2025
Opinion Food & Drink In sober spring, what better than ‘Wisewell on the rocks’ When you forsake the demon drink, perhaps purified, plastic-free water is the ideal replacement February 14, 2025
Opinion Economy Musk in Dubai? Start queuing now The World Governments Summit was all abuzz with talk that Trump's right hand man might put in a show February 11, 2025
Opinion Infrastructure Dubai’s urban masterplan to build ‘soul and identity’ The scale of the emirate's transformation is hugely ambitious February 7, 2025
Opinion Oil & Gas Canada oil tariffs could weigh heavily on global markets Most respectable economists believe it is also bad news for the US economy February 3, 2025
Opinion Artificial Intelligence Did DeepSeek cause the market crash? I ask the accused The AI app evades difficult questions but proves to be congenial company January 31, 2025
LUNCH WITH FRANK KANE Media & Advertising Nayla Tueni: ‘I am a journalist, a journalist, a journalist’ Nayla Tueni is as close as you get in the Middle East to media aristocracy. She is the fourth generation of a family that, for the best part of a century – through wars, assassinations, man-made disasters and economic crises – has kept publishing Annahar, a Lebanese broadsheet described by Time magazine as “the newspaper […] January 31, 2025
Opinion Artificial Intelligence DeepSeek sell-off gives Gulf investors plenty to think about The arrival of a Chinese AI chatbot has implications for geopolitics, markets and Mena wealth funds January 28, 2025
Opinion Oil & Gas He came in like a wrecking ball but how will oil markets react? Donald Trump's slew of 'emergency' orders will have a huge impact on the region's oil producers January 21, 2025
Opinion Real Estate On the 19th hole with Trump and Damac What better place than Trump International Golf Course to watch the inauguration January 17, 2025
Opinion Mining Riyadh seeks to become ‘rule shaper, not rule taker’ in mining Saudi Arabia's ambitions for a super-region will be on display at this week's Future Minerals Forum January 13, 2025
Opinion Lifestyle Dry January in Dubai – renew, reset and resist temptation After the excesses of December, I found myself looking forward to eschewing alcohol January 10, 2025
Opinion Banking & Finance Despite ‘greenlash’, UAE banks will stick to net zero commitment US banks may have withdrawn from the Net Zero Banking Alliance, but FAB and ADCB should stay put January 7, 2025
Opinion People & Lifestyle The marina walk bike ride – ‘Hell is other people’ Cycling offers a perfect combination of exertion and time efficiency January 3, 2025
Opinion Finance Gulf investors must look out for the American ‘bubble’ Trump's re-election has turbocharged US equities but his unpredictability adds to global risk factors December 30, 2024
Opinion Energy DP World, energy and AI: five predictions for 2025 Let the guessing game begin – but no promises... December 27, 2024
Opinion Economy The state of the Russian economy in 2025 should be a concern for the Gulf Soaring defence expenditure means the Russian economy is overheating at a rapid rate December 23, 2024
Opinion Finance My humble submission for the 2025 Pulitzer Prize Our editor-at-large reviews his year in columns and finds his triumphs abound December 20, 2024
Opinion Construction Dubai has no plans to give up its crown. Now DIFC 2.0 is coming The masterplan for the next two decades of Dubai International Financial Centre is being implemented December 16, 2024
Opinion Aviation How to flaunt it with the Dubai jet set The world of private jets is changing – but the clients are very much the same December 13, 2024
Opinion Oil & Gas Seismic events in Syria will not affect oil markets. Here’s why Syria does have some oil but has been a footnote in global markets December 9, 2024
Opinion Real Estate Dubai home renovations: enough to drive a man to drink Real estate may be peaking if the work in my apartment block is anything to go by December 6, 2024