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...It also shows how the Gulf, long seen by many in Silicon Valley as an easy source of funding, is increasingly regarded as a credible technology partner....
...Saudi Arabia is mandating that leading Chinese technology companies invest in the Gulf kingdom in return for huge deals, as it leverages its petrodollar wealth to boost its domestic tech industry....
...Since then, media executives and rival groups have held talks with investors from the Gulf about providing funds for the acquisition of the right-leaning broadsheet....
...Omar Sultan al Olama, the UAE’s AI minister, said more than 1,000 companies with a focus on AI were now operating in the Gulf state....
...poll last month found 58 per cent of Pennsylvanians opposed the Biden administration’s LNG pause — a policy, announced in January, that will temporarily halt applications to build new export plants in the Gulf...
...Saudi Arabia is investing in a three-year-old start-up that designs digital theme parks within shopping centres, in the Gulf kingdom’s latest move to break into the technology and leisure industries....
...Last March, it participated in a $300mn funding round for JD Industrials, part of online retailer JD.com group, led by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala. ByteDance declined to comment....
...Lazzarini plans to travel to oil-rich Gulf states, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Kuwait, in a bid to secure emergency funding....
...Qatar is an important US ally in the Gulf region....
...Oil-rich Gulf states, such as Saudi Arabia, are also tipped to increase their contributions this year....
...The industry has been further held back as the cost of living crisis has exacerbated the gulf in savings between men and women, hitting female investors and founders....
...“[The Gulf states] trade openly with the US and Chinese....
...Turning to wealthy Gulf states may not be straightforward as countries such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are loosening their own laws on gender norms, he added....
...The publication’s early years gently pushed the traditional boundaries of press freedom in the Gulf, exploring some sensitive subjects avoided by most....
...IMI, which is controlled by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a vice-president of the United Arab Emirates and owner of Manchester City football club, provided about three-quarters of the funding to RedBird...
...The surge comes as venture capital funding has plunged globally and Chinese investors have reined in their investments in the region....
...Not even Donald Trump, who is sitting distractedly, day after day, in a dingy New York courtroom, can bridge the gulf between globalist and anti-globalist Republicans....
...’s Daily Mail and General Trust has held talks with Qatari backers to support a combined bid for Telegraph Media Group, the latest example of bidders for the UK national newspaper scouring the oil-rich Gulf...
...Anglo American has sounded out potential buyers of De Beers including Gulf sovereign wealth funds, luxury houses and wealthy individuals in recent weeks, according to two people familiar with the matter....
...Gulf stake | The UK said a stake in Vodafone held by a United Arab Emirates group was a national security risk and ordered the companies to take steps to mitigate it, the second time in a day the government...
...Earlier on Wednesday, the Houthis launched an attack drone and struck a bulk carrier ship in the Gulf of Aden....
...A massive increase in funding for low-carbon energy is also needed....
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...“[The funding] is intended to actually jump-start some of these hubs....
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