Paramount-Warner Wins EU Approval, but Not a Finish Line
Brussels cleared the entertainment mega-deal after a distribution concession, but a US states’ lawsuit and questions over Gulf backing still block certainty.
Jul 23, 2026

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Brussels cleared the entertainment mega-deal after a distribution concession, but a US states’ lawsuit and questions over Gulf backing still block certainty.
Jul 23, 2026

A unanimous quarter point takes the funds rate to 3.75 to 4 per cent. The median official sees 4.1 per cent by December, sixteen of eighteen expect at least one more rise, and the ten-year went back through five per cent while the chairman spoke.
Sep 17, 2026

The Fed decides Wednesday with a rise at ninety per cent, the Bank of Japan is expected to follow on Friday, German Bunds are at a 2009 high and gold sits near 4,300. Nvidia lost two per cent after Anthropic and OpenAI asked the industry to slow down.
Sep 15, 2026

A war that closed the Strait of Hormuz and hit every GCC state should have broken the region's economics. Reserves and diversification kept it standing.
Jul 16, 2026

Brent topped 92 dollars on Tuesday, up from just over 88 at Monday's close. A tanker was hit crossing the Strait of Hormuz on Monday by three unknown projectiles, and transits through the channel fell to 107 in the week to 30 August from 121.
Sep 1, 2026

Shareholders approved it, the UK waved it through in August, and a group of US states went to a federal judge to stop it. The largest media deal in a generation is still not finished.
Aug 15, 2026

The IMF still sees 3% global growth in 2026, yet that headline hides a widening gap between technology-linked winners and economies squeezed by war and energy costs.
Jul 31, 2026

Mohamed Alabbar told the AIM Congress the Iran war is an extraordinary situation and the market will adjust. Emaar's cancellations rose from 700 to 1,000 a month in the conflict and fell to 550 after the ceasefire. The Abu Dhabi train arrives on 30 September.
Sep 10, 2026

Marvell granted Google a warrant over nearly 59 million shares, most of which only vests if Google hits purchasing targets running to fiscal 2033. It is a customer being paid in equity to remain a customer, and that structure is spreading.
Aug 22, 2026
Boycotts, tighter budgets and a longer war are reshaping where GCC consumers eat, and Western fast food chains are the ones feeling it hardest.
Sep 10, 2024
