Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi’s arbitration centre has recorded a 38 per cent rise in cases between its first and second years of operation, signalling stronger business reliance on the emirate’s formal dispute resolution framework as cross-border commerce expands. The Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre, known as arbitrateAD, has administered 105 matters since it began accepting cases in February 2024. The growth was disclosed in its […]
Circle’s first-quarter results have sharpened investor focus on whether its planned Arc network can turn USDC’s growing scale into a broader valuation story beyond reserve income. The stablecoin issuer reported total revenue and reserve income of $694 million for the first quarter of 2026, up 20 per cent from a year earlier, while USDC in circulation reached $77 billion at quarter-end. The operating picture, however, was more […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Nisus Finance Services Co Limited has announced a strategic push into the UAE construction market through New Consolidated Construction Company Limited, positioning the newly acquired contractor as a regional platform for infrastructure, real estate and specialised asset delivery across the Gulf. The move brings NCCCL into one of the region’s busiest project markets, where construction, transport, utilities, housing and technology-led infrastructure continue to […]
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has joined US President Donald Trump on Air Force One on his trip to China, after initial indications the executive had not been invited. Read that line again, because it tells you almost everything you need to know about modern markets. A generation ago, the most important seat on a presidential trip to Beijing might have gone to an oil chief, a banker, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai e& and Qualcomm Technologies have deepened their technology partnership with a plan to develop AI-powered autonomous systems for robotics, drones and other physical platforms across the UAE, placing edge computing and intelligent connectivity at the centre of the country’s next phase of industrial digitalisation. Central to the collaboration is a Next-Gen Autonomous Management Platform for Physical AI, designed to combine e&’s connectivity infrastructure […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Space42 has selected Skylo Technologies to provide standards-based direct-to-device connectivity through Thuraya-4, advancing plans to merge mobile satellite services with mainstream telecom networks across underserved land, sea and remote industrial zones. The Abu Dhabi-listed space technology company said the partnership will use Skylo’s 3GPP-compliant non-terrestrial network platform with Thuraya-4, Space42’s next-generation geostationary mobile communications satellite. The integration is designed to allow ordinary compatible […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Qatar has presented its labour-policy overhaul as a wider migration-governance model, placing worker mobility, fair recruitment and anti-trafficking controls at the centre of its pitch to international partners. The position was set out at the Second International Migration Review Forum in New York, where HE Sheikha Najwa bint Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour, argued that migration policy must move beyond […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Wynn Resorts has signalled a limited delay to its $5.1 billion Wynn Al Marjan Island development in Ras Al Khaimah, adding geopolitical risk to one of the Gulf’s most closely watched tourism and gaming projects. Chief Executive Craig Billings told investors during the company’s first-quarter earnings call on May 7 that the opening timetable for the resort, earlier guided for early 2027, would […]
ForexCoupons. com has launched from London as a specialist coupon and discount-code platform aimed at forex, cryptocurrency, proprietary trading and wider retail trading users, entering a crowded online market where traders face rising costs, uneven transparency and tougher regulatory scrutiny. The website presents itself as a dedicated savings portal for traders seeking verified promotional codes on broker services, crypto exchanges, prop-firm evaluations, funded-account programmes, trading tools, signal […]
Bitcoin’s April rally lifted the broader digital-asset market, with the Coinbase 50 Index advancing 11.05 per cent for the month as investors moved back into major tokens and higher-risk pockets such as memecoins. The rebound marked a sharp shift from the pressure seen earlier in 2026, though the market remains well below the speculative peaks that defined the previous cycle. COIN50, a benchmark tracking 50 of the […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Abu Dhabi has moved to sharpen protection for factories, utilities and critical infrastructure after the UAE Cyber Security Council and Siemens signed an MoU to strengthen operational technology cyber resilience across industrial sectors. The agreement, signed on the sidelines of the fifth Make it in the Emirates, creates a framework for cyber defence, knowledge sharing and local security capabilities. It calls for a […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai DP World has launched an end-to-end cargo war risk insurance product for businesses moving goods through the Middle East, seeking to close coverage gaps that have widened as conflict risk, rerouting and port congestion reshape trade across the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea and connected inland corridors. The Dubai-based ports and logistics group said the policy would protect cargo across ocean or air transit, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai UAE workers are adopting artificial intelligence faster than any other labour force worldwide, placing the country at the top of Microsoft’s global AI diffusion ranking for the first quarter of 2026 and making it the first economy to cross the 70 percent usage mark. The latest Microsoft AI Economy Institute data puts AI usage among the UAE’s working-age population at 70.1 percent, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s automotive data market is moving deeper into predictive intelligence after Seez entered a strategic collaboration with AutoData Middle East to strengthen vehicle valuation and market analytics across the region. The agreement brings Seez’s artificial intelligence models into AutoData Analytics, with an immediate focus on the platform’s Future Residual Value module. The integration is intended to improve projections of how vehicles retain value […]
Coinbase users faced prolonged disruption to crypto trading after an Amazon Web Services failure in northern Virginia impaired parts of the exchange’s platform for more than five hours, leaving customers unable to execute some transactions while engineers worked to restore normal access. The outage affected Coinbase’s website, mobile services and Advanced Trade functions, with the exchange reporting degraded performance across key retail and professional trading channels. Coinbase […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone has signed two strategic agreements with MAGRABi Retail Group and Mighty Industrial Park, widening the emirate’s manufacturing base through projects covering retail fit-out production, metal recycling, refining and advanced industrial activity. The agreements were signed during the fifth edition of Make it in the Emirates at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, in the presence of Sheikh Saud bin Saqr […]
Wall Street’s biggest financial groups are expanding digital-asset hiring, signalling that blockchain, tokenisation and crypto-linked trading are moving deeper into mainstream finance after years of caution. BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have advertised a fresh batch of roles tied to digital assets, blockchain engineering, tokenised products, risk controls and wealth-management infrastructure. The openings span senior product posts, software engineering, fraud-risk oversight, programme management and operations strategy, […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Mastercard has launched a regional resilience programme for small and medium-sized enterprises across the Middle East, bringing together banks, government bodies and business networks to help companies manage cash-flow stress, supply-chain disruption and higher operating costs. The initiative, called Built Small. Moving Strong, is being positioned as a coordinated response to pressure on smaller businesses at a time when trade disruptions, logistics costs, […]
NEAR Protocol rallied sharply on Thursday as traders returned to artificial intelligence-linked digital assets, lifting one of the main layer-1 tokens tied to blockchain-based AI infrastructure and cross-chain automation. The token rose more than 13 per cent over 24 hours, trading near $1.47 after reaching an intraday high of about $1.54. The move placed NEAR among the stronger large-cap altcoins during a session marked by renewed appetite […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Arada has entered the UAE healthcare market by acquiring a majority stake of more than 80 per cent in Reem Hospital, marking a decisive shift by the master developer from residential communities and branded wellness projects into clinical care. The transaction gives Arada control of one of Abu Dhabi’s specialist private healthcare assets and comes with an AED2 billion investment commitment to […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Dubai’s financial free zone has strengthened its standing as a global insurance centre after gross written premiums climbed to $4.2 billion in 2025, up 20 per cent from $3.5 billion a year earlier. Underwriting volumes at Dubai International Financial Centre have doubled since 2022, marking a sharp expansion in the emirate’s role as a booking, structuring and specialist underwriting platform for risks flowing […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai Almarai has signed a one-year agreement in Riyadh to provide essential medication for children living with rheumatism, widening private-sector support for families facing long-term treatment costs and limited access to specialised care. The agreement with the Charitable Association for Rheumatism Patients is aimed at children whose health can deteriorate when diagnosis, medication and follow-up care are delayed or interrupted. The initiative is […]
Edelman Smithfield has announced a series of senior promotions and appointments across its Middle East business, reflecting its focus on building talent and leadership in the region. These moves underscore the firm’s commitment to developing senior expertise and strengthening its capabilities across key client accounts. Dhanya Issac has been promoted to Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield Middle East. In this expanded regional role, she will continue to lead […]
Arabian Post Staff -Dubai ADNOC Drilling is targeting an equal revenue split between its core drilling business and manufacturing-linked oilfield services within five years, signalling a deeper push into local industrial capacity as Abu Dhabi’s energy sector widens its role beyond upstream operations. Youssef Salem, Chief Financial Officer of ADNOC Drilling, said the company aims to generate about 50 per cent of revenue from drilling and 50 […]
