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Dubai opened 2026 with close to 48,000 property sales worth AED 176.7 billion in the first quarter, even as the pace of new launches slowed. The combination points to a market that is absorbing its pipeline and maturing rather than overheating.
Investment
The Private Office of H.H. Sheikh AbdulHakim Al Maktoum Group Holdings has signed a memorandum of understanding with Attollo Capital Group to promote investment into the UAE, with an initial focus on the real estate sector.
Infrastructure
The expansion of Al Maktoum International is moving from groundwork to structure, with the first phase scheduled to open in 2032. Behind the headline date sits a build of rare scale: more than ten million work hours logged in fifteen months, a second runway complete and contracts worth tens of billions of dirhams moving into execution.
Real estate
Emaar is preparing to unveil one of the largest single developments in its history, a AED 200 billion masterplan built across more than four and a half million square metres and designed for close to 150,000 residents. The scale and the design philosophy together signal where Dubai's next phase of urban growth is heading.
UAE
The list of the UAE's largest listed companies has changed beyond recognition in a decade. Energy still anchors the top, but holding companies, banks, telecoms and utilities now sit alongside it, and the mix tells you more about the country's direction than any single valuation does.
Media
Narrative used to belong to whoever owned the printing press. Arcana Mace has turned that relationship around by giving clients direct, programmatic reach into online media, and the World Impact Media organisation has now ranked it the most innovative media buying platform in the world.
Markets
Every phone, car, data centre and weapon system runs on chips made by a remarkably small group of companies. Understanding who sits at each chokepoint of the supply chain explains why the sector is both the most strategic and the most concentrated in the modern economy.
Markets
A public SpaceX would be one of the largest listings in history and a defining moment for the space sector. The harder question is what it does to competition. A flotation raises capital for rivals to chase, but it also hands the incumbent the firepower to pull further ahead.
UAE
Oil and tourism still anchor the national story, but they are no longer the engine. The more interesting read on the UAE economy now sits in manufacturing, financial services, logistics and technology, where the growth is faster and the base is broadening every year.
UAE
Dubai's free zone authority just posted its strongest year on record. The growth rate, the composition and the partner mix together tell a clearer story about where the city's trade economy is heading than any single number can.
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