10+ hour, 20+ min ago   (330+ words) Why it matters for the Gulf: Brics accounts for roughly a quarter of global nominal GDP — nearer 40% on a purchasing-power basis — and about half the world's population, spread across 10 full members after last year's addition of Indonesia and 2024's intake…...

10+ hour, 20+ min ago   (444+ words) The war had already dented the oil economy. S&P already expects real GDP to contract 0.9% this year, with the 2Q reading showing a 4.7% y-o-y fall, the steepest since Covid, on a 24.8% drop in oil activity and output tumbling to an…...

10+ hour, 20+ min ago   (303+ words) The pressure on Saudi Arabia’s oil export routes increased over the weekend, with a Houthi advance up Yemen’s Red Sea coast and drones from Iraq striking the country’s main oil pipeline. This comes as the Kingdom’s crude output is already…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1693+ words) Wednesday, 9 Sep 2026 Good morning, friends. Every headline number in today’s issue is a good one, but not one of them means what it looks like on the surface. The question we’ll carry through the rest of the issue is what…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (679+ words) The regional conflict has gutted short-stay leisure bookings across the city, but short-term rental operators who'd already built out monthly-stay inventory came through largely unscathed, as demand held among those seeking flexible stays. Now, just as that flexibility has proven…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (145+ words) SOUND SMART- The two are routinely confused. PCH is entirely state-run and subsidizes loans written by commercial banks. BDH is a bank in its own right, 80% owned by private banks and insurers and 20% by the state. Gulf money is still…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (122+ words) Syria closed its Damascus International Fair with more than 10x the booked value of agreements compared to last year — from a crowd nearly 40% smaller. Organizers put preliminary output at SYP 150 bn (c. USD 1 bn), against SYP 935 bn (c. USD 95 mn) at…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (282+ words) Fitch Ratings affirmed Qatar’s sovereign rating at AA and removed it from Rating Watch Negative, citing reduced risk to LNG facilities since the March attack on Ras Laffan. The outlook remains negative as “the impact of the war on the…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (83+ words) REFRESHER- The Holding Company confirmed in June it wouldn’t sell, bearing out our exclusive that the Transport Ministry — which sits above two of ALCN’s shareholders, the Alexandria Port Authority and the Holding Company for Maritime and Land Transport — would reject…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (204+ words) Aqar backs Syrian classifieds platform Al Rajhi Bank raises USD 600 mn sukuk Dar AlBalad is shopping for AI capability Dar Al Balad Business Solutions (DBS) has signed a non-binding MoU to explore buying up to 100% of two UAE-based AI firms…...