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THIS MORNING: Mubadala eyes stake in Italian telecom giant + Softbank’s Masayoshi Son sounds out GCC investors for AI fund
Plus: Airtel Money shares slip on IPO debut
DP World’s Cochin terminal skips Hormuz with new service, CBD plugs into Europe’s digital payments experiment, ADX widens its regional trading web, Mubadala partners with Together AI, Abu Dhabi and Singapore widen dealmaking lane
The route will stop at Fujairah and Sohar — two stops outside the Strait of Hormuz
THIS MORNING: L’imad moves ahead with AD Ports squeeze-out + Adic backs Nscale’s USD 3.3 bn financing round
Investors go after Dubai-based AIX for failing to deliver on promised returns
New organic-waste valorization pilot plant, Musafir acquires FLYCT, DFDF backs Nordstar’s AI-focused fund, and Nakheeel awards a Dubai Islands contract
The plant will process up to 40 kg of waste daily
ADFD gives Jordan another boost, Oro raises USD 3 mn, Fujairah to add 1.7 mn tons of cement capacity
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development is backing a USD 70 mn expansion of Jordan’s natural gas network
THIS MORNING: OpenAI brings local inference to UAE + Adnoc is shuttling Iraqi crude across the Strait of Hormuz
Tourism and travel’s contribution to the Gulf’s GDP could drop by 14.5% to USD 330 bn this year
Moody’s warns bank AI race risks “systemic dependency” on Silicon Valley
Moody’s warns that banking’s rapid integration of proprietary AI models risks creating a “systemic dependency” on a highly concentrated group…
THIS MORNING: UAE eyes Japan’s largest data center + UK regulators wave through Paramount’s WBD takeover after assurances
Plus: The UAE is turning Hormuz risk into a market edge
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