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27.04.26 - 12:01
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Dubai Home Prices Post First Post-Pandemic Decline (Bloomberg)
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Dubai has become one of the world's top real estate markets post-pandemic thanks to expats and foreign investors.
But the market has declined as a result of the regional conflict. Bloomberg's Zainab Fattah reports on Horizons Middle East and Africa (Source: Bloomberg)...
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27.04.26 - 04:03
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Ilhan Omar Probe Expands Into Hubby′s $30M Of Shady Biz Deals In Kenya, Dubai And Somalia (ZeroHedge)
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Ilhan Omar Probe Expands Into Hubby's $30M Of Shady Biz Deals In Kenya, Dubai And Somalia
House Oversight Chairman James Comer is cranking the investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, into overdrive - demanding a full accounting of shadowy international business trips and deals that stretch from the Horn of Africa straight into Kenya, Somalia and the glittering skyscrapers of Dubai.
Omar has been making strange moves since February, after Comer fired off a no-holds-barred letter demanding every document and communication on Mynett's travel and business dealings in Kenya, Somalia and the UAE. Since then, the story has exploded again with several stunning new twists: Omar quietly amended her 2024 financial disclosure in late March, slashing the reported $30 million fortune down to nearly zero; just nine days later, on April 4, the California winery central to those valuations was officially dissolved; forensic accountants have publicly torn into the revised numbers for major...
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27.04.26 - 02:15
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Bessent Defends US Dollar Swap Lines As UAE Considers Formal Funding Request (ZeroHedge)
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Bessent Defends US Dollar Swap Lines As UAE Considers Formal Funding Request
Several Gulf countries have discussed receiving dollar swap lines from the US, the WSJ reported last week. In the near term, there is an economic drag if volumes of oil and gas sales have fallen by more than the price effect can offset, or where tourist and business travel has dried up. The effect is similar to that of the pandemic: slowing growth and fiscal revenues, and accelerated demand for fiscal spending.
As the WSJ reported, UAE. Central Bank Gov. Khaled Mohamed Balama had raised the idea of a currency-swap line with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Treasury and Federal Reserve officials in meetings in Washington. The Emiratis emphasized that they had so far avoided the worst economic effects of the conflict but might still need a financial lifeline.
The talks highlighted the U.A.E.'s concern that the war could inflict major damage on its economy and its position as a global financial hub, depleting its fo...
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25.04.26 - 05:24
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UAE To Move 50% Of Government Services To AI By 2028 (ZeroHedge)
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UAE To Move 50% Of Government Services To AI By 2028
Finally a practical use of AI.
In a world swimming in debt and overrun by government bloat and corruption, Dubai is taking a big step into the future. On Thursday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced that in two years, 50% of UAE's government sectors, services, and operations will run on Agentic AI, arguably the best use of the new technology yet.
The new "government model" was launched under the directive of UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. It will make the UAE the first government globally to operate at this scale through autonomous systems.
"AI is no longer a tool. It analyses, decides, executes, and improves in real time. It will become our executive partner to enhance services, accelerate decisions, and raise efficiency," the Dubai Ruler said in a post on X.
"This transformation has a clear timeline. Two years. Performance across go...
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23.04.26 - 15:01
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Emirates-Chef: Dubai wird sich als Drehkreuz schnell erholen (DPA-AFX)
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BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Der Präsident der Fluggesellschaft Emirates, Tim Clark, geht nicht davon aus, dass die Golfregion wegen des Iran-Kriegs langfristig an Attraktivität und Bedeutung für Reisende verlieren wird. "Die Menschen haben eben ein kurzes Gedächtnis", ......
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