A $100 million cash sale may look modest beside the region’s biggest telecom and tech deals, but this one tells a cleaner story about strategic control. e& is trimming part of its Careem position while keeping a meaningful stake in a platform that has become more central to everyday commerce in the UAE. For investors, … Read more
Sunfly seed spreads have landed in Australia with a clear retail pitch: give shoppers an allergen-friendly option that still looks and behaves like a mainstream lunchbox spread. For category buyers, that matters because school-safe claims are now as commercially useful as taste or texture in the spread aisle. The range is already in select independent … Read more
The UAE economy grew 6.2 per cent in 2026, lifting GDP to about Dh1.9 trillion. For investors and business leaders, the larger signal is not just the headline number, but the scale of non-oil growth now carrying the expansion. Non-oil activities rose 6.8 per cent to Dh1.5 trillion, reinforcing the country’s shift toward a more … Read more
Travel retail can still change a whisky brand’s trajectory fast, and Lark Distilling Co has just shown how. A Sydney airport pop-up has taken the Tasmanian distiller from niche prestige player to the top of the single malt category at the terminal, which is a meaningful signal for any premium spirits supplier watching shelf conversion … Read more
OMG Group’s net sales jump 44 per cent in the March quarter, and the part that matters most for FMCG readers is not the percentage itself. It is the fact that the company has pushed past $6 million in moving annual turnover for the first time while opening fresh channels through Woolworths, foodservice and matcha. … Read more
UAE banks are keeping core services running around the clock through Eid Al Adha, and that matters more than it may first appear. For customers, the practical outcome is simple: transfers, mobile banking, and ATM access remain available even as branch activity slows during the holiday period. The Central Bank of the UAE has confirmed … Read more
A $33.3bn non-oil trade relationship is no longer a diplomatic footnote, especially when it is growing at a double-digit pace. For UAE-EAEU trade, the signal is clear: Abu Dhabi is widening its commercial map beyond traditional corridors and placing Eurasia more firmly inside its diversification strategy. The latest reported full-year figures show the UAE’s non-oil … Read more
A 0.1% move on the S&P 500 doesn’t usually make headlines, but when it pushes the index to a fresh all-time high of 7,173.9, the signal matters more than the size. For investors across the Gulf tracking global equity exposure, Monday’s close confirmed that US equities are still setting the pace heading into a critical … Read more