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The Hong Kong-listed payments company already holds a DFSA licence and settles payments for sellers on Noon and Amazon's UAE and Saudi marketplaces.
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The Abu Dhabi conglomerate, an investor in OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Cerebras, grew revenue 33.2% to Dh100.3 billion, with energy and mining sales almost quadrupling.
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In Abu Dhabi, the UBS Global Wealth Management chief economist said falling oil could tame inflation by mid-2027 and that a Democratic Senate could reshape the Federal Reserve.
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Chief executive Adnan Bu Fateem says the Midterm results will not change the Abu Dhabi company's plans, as Gulf energy firms look abroad for stability while war costs rise at home.
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Dubai's district cooling provider signed 94 new agreements this year and added deals with Meraas and Binghatti, though third-quarter profit growth slowed to 2.7%.
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At a Dubai family business panel, Binghatti's Qatr Al Nada Bin Ghatti also said the developer plans to grow into other emirates before looking abroad, possibly to the UK.
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The Abu Dhabi marine contractor's units agreed deals on digital operations, subsea surveying, local manufacturing of seabed protection and pipeline coatings.
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IEC Telecom's Alaa Alsadi says welfare internet for workers at sea must be kept separate from the networks that run critical offshore equipment.
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The A330neo service continues to Bangkok and takes flights between Germany and Abu Dhabi to 49 a week, following Condor's recent Berlin route.
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The energy business, part of The Kanoo Group, says sales have passed $700 million as it adds exports to North Africa and Iraq and opens offices in Uzbekistan.
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The federal fuel company will find commercial and city customers for natural gas and CNG, while Alfanar designs, builds and runs the supply infrastructure.
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UAE consumers are ready for AI shopping agents, but only 19% of merchants have product data those agents can read well, according to the Visa-backed research.
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The Abu Dhabi firm's diversified strategy, which offers limited quarterly redemptions, will be sold to qualified investors through iCapital's marketplace as both firms push into Middle East private wealth.
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The maker of the OnDemand agentic AI platform did not disclose the size of the investment but said it will build AI products with two Terra Invest portfolio companies.
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A fäm Properties report counts 11,974 sales deals in the month, and says 339,557 rental contracts so far this year put Dubai within reach of its 2025 record.
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Four new categories this year judged federal bodies on AI applications and future readiness, with medals for the officials who lead that work.
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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair told a central bank roundtable that boards must answer for risk controls and that innovation in AI and digital assets needs clear rules.
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Revenue grew 13% on handovers and a large backlog, but group property sales slowed and UAE hotel occupancy fell to 63% as fewer international visitors arrived.
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The Abu Dhabi AI company will pair its analytics platforms with SmartMast sensors that turn merchant ships into a monitoring network, starting in the UAE.
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Dubai's financial free zone also launched a 2027 internship for heirs to family businesses, citing an estimated $18.3 trillion in wealth set to change hands globally by 2030.
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Households hit by house fires will get a free, accredited damage record once firefighting ends, with Emirates ID the only information they need to supply.
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The Abu Dhabi energy AI company used the last day of ADIPEC to bring reservoir simulation onto its operating platform and lay groundwork for an autonomous-operations business.
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The Oaktree-backed operator, which runs a hyperscale campus on Abu Dhabi's Yas Island, says it has now raised more than $6.2 billion in 12 months.
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The invitation-only scheme relies on airlines, hotel groups and their loyalty programmes to pick members, who also get up to Dh2,000 in credit for hotels, attractions and retail.
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The convenience store at a service station opposite City Walk is the first result of the ENOC-Amazon partnership signed in October 2025.
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The Department of Energy says AI reviewed and decided 90% of the cases as it widens rules for gas networks and LNG supply to industry.
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Every signal in the emirate is being linked to the Al Barsha control centre by early next year, under an AI strategy the authority values at more than Dh300 million a year.
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The 16.67% stake in Australia's oldest LNG project is XRG's first Australian LNG asset, a year after its Santos bid collapsed. Completion is expected in 2027.
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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank says it is the first UAE lender to send Egyptian pounds to bank accounts in Egypt at any hour over Visa's network.
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The seventh funding cycle lists autonomous aircraft and models that combine physics with AI among its five priorities, with single grants of up to $1.5 million.
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The Swiss private bank now has two UAE entities: a DIFC wealth management arm opened in June and the new Abu Dhabi unit, which advises on digital assets.
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The agreement could give ADNOC Gas a new domestic buyer for its extra gas output and give the federal utility a local fuel source for new power plants.
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The amended federal rules, effective January 1, also tighten requirements for delivery riders and e-scooters, raising questions for taxi, bus and courier operators that authorities have not yet answered.
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The Emirates Drug Establishment received 10,962 reports of suspected side effects over 21 months and has set new reporting deadlines for serious cases.
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The 144-bed Medcare Royal Hills Hospital, due to open by 2029, will include a cancer centre, robotic-assisted surgery and cardiac care as Aster expands its UAE network.
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The London-based payments firm wants to offer merchant acquiring and card issuing in the UAE on one platform, but still needs final authorisation.
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Chief executive Jason Moo told the Dubai Fintech Summit that Dubai and Singapore are complementary wealth hubs and that Chinese and Gulf investors are increasingly moving capital between them.
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Acting chief executive Adnan Bu Fateem says growth will come from Malaysia, Indonesia, Egypt and the Commonwealth LNG project in the US, where construction has started.
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The four-week programme, run with Sharjah's human resources department, offers five courses for leaders, employees and technical specialists under the emirate's 2026–2028 digital strategy.
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Oliver Wyman's research shows UAE staff adopting AI faster than workers in North America and Europe, while few say their employers have explained what the technology means for their roles.
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Eligible tenants can spread residential rent over six or 12 months on Emirates NBD credit cards, with landlords paid upfront and tenants covering 2.5% in fees.
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The cash offer for the roughly 21% stake Emaar does not own would cost about Dh12.5 billion and needs approval from Emaar Properties' board.
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The polyolefins producer formed from Borouge, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals signed AI and digital deals with Microsoft, Emerson, Immensa and Cognite at ADIPEC.
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The ride-hailing company projects about 700 fully driverless vehicles worldwide by December, even as the Iran conflict weighs on its bookings in the region.
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The three projects at solar plants in Extremadura and Andalusia are the partners' first storage assets and are due to start operating by the end of 2027.
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The service, built on GTN's brokerage technology, charges from $1 per US trade, and the bank plans to add UAE equities later.
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The Abu Dhabi hospital operator's revenue grew 5.6% to AED4.329 billion, while operating cash flow more than tripled on better collection of receivables.
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Dubai Investments is selling 20% of the operator of Dubai Investments Park, valuing it at AED9.7 billion, with trading expected to start on November 11.
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The new chief executive of the Austrian energy group, a long-time partner of ADNOC, says depleted inventories mean supply disruptions will take time to work through.
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Revenue for the six months to September 30 fell to Dh66.2 billion from Dh75.4 billion a year earlier, with the group blaming regional disruption and high fuel costs.
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