The US-Israel-Iran conflict has exposed a structural fault line beneath the Gulf’s gilded markets. What investors called safe havens are now ground zero for the most...
There is a particular kind of silence that follows the settlement of a long-overdue debt—not the silence of resolution, but of recalibration. When the State Bank...
The Bank’s landmark 2026 report is a significant intellectual evolution—but it is no blank cheque for state intervention. A careful reading reveals something more interesting, and...
By the time the votes are counted in November 2026, American democracy may have survived its most dangerous season — not because the election was stolen,...
The call came, as these things often do, without warning. A seasoned equity partner at one of the Big Four — two decades of late nights,...
On Thursday, April 24, 2026, two of the world’s most powerful technology companies delivered remarkably similar messages to their workforces, framed in the polished bureaucratic language...
Across 38 developed economies, the average tax wedge on wages climbed to 34.9 per cent in 2024 — its highest mark since 2017. Workers who survived...
Elon Musk has obtained the right to acquire AI coding startup Cursor for $60 billion — a deal that is part strategy, part spectacle, and entirely...
Russia is set to suspend transit of Kazakh crude via the Druzhba pipeline from May 1, threatening Berlin’s fuel supply at a moment of compounding global...
Every generation believes itself immune to the follies of the last. Every generation is wrong. From the speculative fever of 1929 to the subprime recklessness of...