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A new Libya is possible, but it needs economic reform
Libya’s economic woes go beyond political division. Reform, private enterprise and trade would help unlock its potential, writes Hamza M Bait Elmal.
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Swapboxo’s Blind Box Bet: The Trust Gap No Algorithm Can Fill
By: Robert Kensington The blind box trade doesn’t have a demand problem. It has a trust vacuum. You buy the case. You chase the secret. You finally get it. Then you try to sell the duplicate. That’s where it breaks. One...
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Nebius: Not Just a Neocloud — The Hidden War for Sovereign AI Compute
(SeaPRwire) - By: Ethan Gallagher In Silicon Valley, we often talk about "AI infrastructure" as if it were a neutral, plug-and-play utility. We don’t. The truth is rawer. When a single player can lock in $27 billion wi...
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Italian Official to Asharq Al-Awsat: We Will Work with Saudi Arabia to Enter Third Markets
Riyadh and Rome are moving their economic relations toward a more practical track, with plans for joint cooperation in third markets, alongside expanding channels of cooperation between Saudi and Italian companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises.
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The true cost of US fuel economy rollbacks
Weakened US fuel-efficiency rules and promises of cheaper cars could yet see drivers pay higher running costs while increasing planet-heating emissions.
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New UAE shipping regulation takes full effect with security in focus | The National
The MPCI programme is mandatory for shipping companies and freight forwarders from October 1
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Chery’s Green Factory Gambit: Why 28% R&D Spend Is a Distraction
(SeaPRwire) - By: Ethan Gallagher Chery Auto is selling a dream of zero-carbon factories while quietly bleeding on the AI and EV arms race. The press release touts 52.77% renewable energy at its Wuhu plants. That is a...
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ICunity Expands Its Trading Platform With New Copy Trading, and Portfolio Analytics
Comoros, Africa – October 01, 2026 – (Deutschen Me) – Leading online trading platform ICunity has announced the expansion of its range of tools designed to simplify investing for traders of all levels in today’s fast-mov...
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Saudi Arabia projects 2027 budget deficit at 3.6% of GDP
The Ministry of Finance announced on Wednesday the Pre-Budget Statement for financial year 2027, which estimates total expenditures at approximately SR1,392 billion and total revenues at approximately SR1,202 billion, with a deficit estimated at around 3.6 percent of GDP.
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Qiwa: ‘Absent’ employees can transfer jobs after 12 months in Saudi Arabia
The Qiwa platform, under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, stated that an employee whose status has changed to 'absent' due to a report of absence from the ministry, or a report of work interruption, or termination of the contractual relationship, may transfer to another employer through Qiwa, provided that they have spent more than 12 months in the Kingdom.
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Saudi Arabia's unemployment rate drops to 6.5% in Q2 2026
Saudi Arabia's unemployment rate fell to 6.5 percent during the second quarter of 2026, compared to 6.8 percent in the same quarter of 2025.
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How Gulf states are refinancing sovereign wealth funds as Iran war hits revenues
A small group of US and Canadian firms now sit across Gulf energy infrastructure and money, as the boundaries between sovereign wealth and private capital are breaking down
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Swapboxo Wants to Fix the Messiest Corner of Collecting: The Trade Itself
By: Logan Pierce – SeaPRwire – The blind box trade has a trust problem, and no amount of cute packaging hides it. You buy a sealed case, you chase a secret edition, you finally land the one you wanted. Then you try to se...
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AI Safety Panic: Why $2 Trillion Valuations Now Hide Existential Risks in Plain Sight
(SeaPRwire) - By: Ethan Gallagher The market is buying AI chips while fearing AI minds. That is the raw tension driving Tuesday’s pre-market. Dow futures up 0.2%. Nasdaq up 0.3%. Yet beneath the green candles, a leaked...
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Al-Jadaan attends AIIB annual meetings in Doha
Saudi Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadaan attended the 11th Annual Meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) held on September 28 and 29 in Doha, under the theme 'Tomorrow's infrastructure: Impact and innovation.'
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Insightful Isn’t Selling Software. It’s Selling You a Reason to Keep Your Client’s Trust
By: Ethan Gallagher Client systems break. The MSP gets called. That’s the deal. It’s been the deal for two decades. Now the client wants to see how work actually moves inside the building. Not just the server room. The t...
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By: Christian Brooks – SeaPRwire – Clients already call the MSP when systems break. Now they want visibility into how work actually runs. Insightful is handing Managed Service Providers a full Work Intelligence platform they can resell and run. The relationship stays with the MSP. The recurring revenue stays with the MSP. Insightful launched the […]
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MSPs Already Own the IT Call. Insightful Hands Them Work Intelligence to Sell
By: Christian Brooks – SeaPRwire – Clients already call the MSP when systems break. Now they want visibility into how work actually runs. Insightful is handing Managed Service Providers a full Work Intelligence platform...