Welcome to this week’s Fortune Gulf Brief. Regular readers might notice a different author byline today, that’s because Melissa is taking a well-earned break although, knowing journalists, probably with one eye on her phone and what’s happening in the Gulf. Ordinary service resumes next week. Until then, I’m Inzamam Rashid, international journalist and broadcaster based
President Donald Trump’s market-moving pronouncements are triggering almost instantaneous trading among Middle Eastern retail investors, with his statements generating more activity than Federal Reserve decisions or key U.S. economic data, according to one Dubai-based trading executive. “We see the price fluctuation immediately, and that will lead to trades,” Tarik Chebib, the Middle East CEO of
Updated August 10, 2026 — 10:31am,first published August 10, 2026 — 9:11am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA London: The alleged leader of an Irish organised crime gang was extradited to Ireland from Dubai to face allegations that he ran an
