Renewable Energy UAE’s Masdar expands renewable energy footprint Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar invested nearly AED30 billion ($8.2 billion) in equity last year and secured more than AED16.5 billion in project financing across nine countries. The company, which is targeting a renewable energy portfolio capacity of 100 gigawatts by 2030, has developed and partnered in projects in more than 40 countries, the […] March 24, 2025
Opinion Trade Why Gulf investors are betting big on Trump’s America Now 'their man' is back in the White House, Gulf states are backing him with their huge capital reserves March 24, 2025
Finance UAE commits to $1.4trn investment framework in US The United Arab Emirates has committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion investment framework in the United States after top UAE officials met President Donald Trump this week, a White House official said on Friday. The new framework will “substantially increase the UAE’s existing investments in the US economy” in AI infrastructure, semiconductors, energy and American manufacturing, the […] March 21, 2025
Education Dubai Holding is a buyer of UK’s Nord Anglia schools Dubai Holding, the personal investment portfolio of the ruler of the emirate, is among a group of companies that bought the UK school operator Nord Anglia Education for $14.5 billion. Other investors include the Swedish investment group EQT and Neuberger Berman from the US. Nord Anglia operates more than 80 schools in 33 countries, educating […] March 21, 2025
Oil & Gas Iran sanctions help push oil prices to second weekly gain Oil prices rose on Friday and were heading for a second consecutive weekly gain as fresh US sanctions on Iran and the latest output plan from the Opec+ producer group raised expectations of tighter supply. Brent crude futures were up 12 cents, or 0.2 percent, at $72.12 a barrel by 08:50 GMT. US West Texas […] March 21, 2025
Opinion Sustainability The Woodlands, a Texan experiment in sustainability The US idyll is an example of how to organise a comfortable urban life in a hydrocarbon environment March 21, 2025
Finance Gulf Islamic Investments makes US expansion a priority Gulf Islamic Investments, Dubai’s financial services company which has more than $3.5 billion of assets under management, is aiming to more than double the value of its business in the United States. GII’s US assets total $750 million and include an 80 percent share in ZSpace, a virtual reality education technology company with a market […] March 21, 2025
Energy ADQ and ECP of the US bet on data centre projects Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has formed a partnership with Energy Capital Partners, a US private equity company, to build power generation and energy infrastructure, primarily in the US. The goal of the prospective $25 billion, 50-50 tie-up is to support growing energy demand by data centres, large cloud providers, and other so-called hyperscalers – […] March 20, 2025
Artificial Intelligence More US companies join UAE-backed AI project Nvidia and Elon Musk’s xAI have joined a consortium backed by Microsoft, UAE investment fund MGX and BlackRock to expand artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure in the US, the companies said on Wednesday, as a global race to dominate the nascent technology intensifies. The group, formed last year with a goal to initially invest more than $30 billion in AI-related projects, is one of the biggest efforts to bankroll data centres and energy facilities […] March 20, 2025
Leisure & Hospitality Kuwait’s Action Real Estate enters US hospitality sector Kuwait’s Action Real Estate Company and Malta-based Corinthia Group have acquired two boutique hotels in a prime location in the US with a 100 rooms, the companies said in a statement. The acquisition of Maison 140 and the nearby Mosaic Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, by the Action-Corinthia joint venture is part of a broader […] March 20, 2025
Markets Gold climbs to record high as Fed signals rate cuts in 2025 Gold soared to a record high on Thursday, as the US Federal Reserve hinted at a possible easing of interest rates by half a percentage point by the end of the year. The news further fostered bullion’s appeal amid ongoing geopolitical and economic woes. Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $3,052.92 an ounce as of 00:30 […] March 20, 2025
Economy UAE and US leaders discuss economy and tech tie-ups Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi’s deputy ruler and UAE national security advisor, met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, holding talks on economic and technological cooperation. “Discussions included ways for our countries to increase our partnership for advancing our economic and technological futures,” Trump said in a Truth Social […] March 19, 2025
Manufacturing US maker of ‘flying ferries’ builds on UAE backing A US developer of electric passenger sea planes backed by UAE defence company Edge Group expects to secure more orders for its prototype from the UAE and Egypt before the end of May. Rhode Island-based Regent has developed an all-electric sea plane prototype, which the company calls a seaglider, capable of carrying 12 people at […] March 18, 2025
Opinion Oil & Gas Trump sees the ‘Big Three’ as the coming force in global oil markets Could Saudi Arabia, the US and Russia be pursuing shared interests in oil and geopolitical matters? March 17, 2025
Opinion Oil & Gas Gulf LNG faces a bearish headwind from US energy dominance Trump’s LNG expansion is reshaping global energy trade and redrawing geopolitical power dynamics March 17, 2025
Tech Sheikh Tahnoon to lobby US to ease UAE microchip controls The UAE’s national security adviser, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is to travel to Washington to try to convince the Trump administration to ease export controls on advanced semiconductors. Sheikh Tahnoon, the brother of the UAE’s president, will press US cabinet officials for easier access for the UAE to American technology and discuss further […] March 17, 2025
Opinion Energy CERAWeek 2025: triumphalism, agnosticism, and a touch of fear It started with Elvis and finished with Fink – there was plenty to chew over in Houston March 14, 2025
Opinion Economy Trade wars and oil woes fuel market uncertainty Two years of unusual stability, post-Covid and Russia’s war on Ukraine are at an end March 14, 2025
Manufacturing UAE aluminium exports to US jump ahead of tariffs The UAE’s exports of aluminium to the US jumped in the first 11 days of March, data from the US Department of Commerce showed, as buyers stocked up on shipments from their second-biggest supplier before the US tariffs took effect on Wednesday. So far in March, the UAE exported 68,560.29 metric tonnes of aluminium to the […] March 14, 2025
Gaming ‘Pokémon Go’ maker to sell game division to Scopely Niantic Labs has said it would sell its video game division to Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely for $3.5 billion as the US augmented reality company shifts focus to geospatial technology after failing to recreate the success of its 2016 smash hit Pokémon Go. The deal, announced on Wednesday, also advances Saudi Arabia’s ambitions to become the “ultimate […] March 13, 2025
Real Estate Dar Global expands Trump-branded project in Oman Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development is upgrading a Trump Organisation golf course in Oman to championship level and expanding an adjacent $4 billion luxury gated community project. Dar Global, the London-listed international arm of Dar Al Arkan, said it added nearly one million square metres of beachfront land to its Aida Muscat […] March 13, 2025
Oil & Gas Turkey ties up with US to develop its shale fields State-backed Turkish Petroleum Corporation and US energy companies Continental Resources and TransAtlantic Petroleum will jointly develop unconventional oil and natural gas resources in the Diyarbakir Basin in the east of Turkey, according to a statement. “This cooperation will greatly contribute to our goal of bringing Turkey’s oil and gas resources to our economy,” energy minister […] March 13, 2025
