Middle East Business News

US Treasury Sets Meetings With Trading Firms

US officials are seeking industry feedback on how to publicly report prices for Treasury bonds for the first time Read more

China Seeks Goldilocks Moment In Oil

Shanghai International Energy Exchange has safeguards in place to prevent a speculative blowout that could derail its cr... Read more

Broker EFG Hermes Scores A First On Dubai Financial Market

Allocation account enables firms to use a combined account with clearinghouse in order to execute buy and sell on behalf... Read more

App Solves Restaurants Excess Food Problem

Dubai-based Keepeat offers listings for F&B businesses wanting to sell food at a discount Read more

Riyal Government Bonds To Be Listed On Saudi Exchange

More than $54.5b of riyal bonds with maturities of up to 10 years will be available, Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Aut... Read more

Sharjah Islamic Bank Hires HSBC, StanChart For Benchmark Dollar Sukuk

HSBC and Standard Chartered are global coordinators for the planned deal, but other banks will join as arrangers Read more

Making The Cut As A Profitable E-tailer In The Mideast Space

A better logistics operations and a common Gulf-wide market can make the process easier Read more

Damac Hires Barclays, HSBC For Possible Sukuk

Second-largest listed real estate developer in Dubai is expected to hire more banks to arrange the debt sale Read more

Societe Generale Creates 4 Positions In Dubai

The bank, which has offices in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, expects growth in its Middle East business to be faster than... Read more

UAEs Family Entertainment Zones Need Time For VR

Enabling technology is still clunky and needs upgrades before going mainstream Read more

This Is One Reworking Tesla Should Do Without

Checking for faults should not be happening outside of production lines Read more

Fact Checking Should Become A Default Response

There is such an information overload and most of it is downright unsubstantiated Read more

US Property Markets Have Some Adjusting To Do

More than tax and rate changes, buyers find there aren’t too many homes being built Read more

China Hammers US Goods With Tariffs As Sparks Of Trade War Fly

Beijing escalates spat by raising tariffs imposed on 128 American goods by up to 25% Read more

More UAE Consumers Now Pay With Credit, Debit Cards Instead Of Cash

UAE consumers splurge Dh216 billion on credit, debit, prepaid cards in one year Read more