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Gulf Banking Consolidation Enters Its Decisive Year
Three mergers in eighteen months have redrawn the UAE lending map. What the new balance sheets mean for mid-market borrowers.
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Hospitality Margins After the Boom
Occupancy is high, but cost per available room is higher. General managers on the discipline the next phase requires.
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Corporate Tax: What the Second Year Revealed
Filing season exposed the gap between compliance and readiness. Advisors describe where mid-sized groups were caught short.
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Technology
AI Procurement in the Gulf Grows Up
Pilot fatigue is over. Enterprise buyers in the UAE now ask for deployment records, not demos.
Dubai Authority Editorial Board · 26 Jul 2026
Finance
What the Corporate Tax Regime Actually Changed
Two years in, the practical effect of UAE corporate tax has been less about rates than about record-keeping, and the gap between groups that prepared and groups that did not is now visible.
Dubai Authority Editorial Board · 25 Jul 2026
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The Quiet IPO Pipeline
Several UAE issuers are preparing without press. Bankers describe an unusually disciplined window.
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Venture Discipline Returns to the Region
Rounds are smaller, diligence is longer, and founders say the market is healthier for it.
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