April
Dubai chocolate sparks pistachio shortage as TikTokers go nuts
A TikTok craze has helped drive pistachio kernel prices from $US7.65 a pound a year ago to around $US10.30 a pound now as importers scramble for supplies.
Would you pay $900,000 to live in Valencia? This couple did
While Spain and Portugal are cancelling or tightening their golden visa schemes, expats and retirees are finding other ways to live out their lifestyle fantasies.
Clayton Larcombe respawns as a Middle East AI investor
The former Sydney funds manager landed on the cover of CEO Middle East magazine to launch his new career.
December 2024
Assad’s wife given ‘50/50 chance’ of survival as leukaemia returns
Asma al-Assad is thought to have flown to Moscow for treatment some time before the Kremlin persuaded her husband to flee in the face of lightning rebel advances.
November 2024
Australian meat, dairy, grain and honey exports to win from UAE deal
The federal government will finalise a new comprehensive economic partnership deal with the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.
October 2024
Tussle for control of New York’s famed Chrysler Building
Legal disputes and ruthless manoeuvres are commonplace in the cutthroat world of New York real estate. Now the fate of a famous skyscraper hangs in the balance.
London’s prestige property king goes ultra-lux in Dubai
Nick Candy, one of the developers behind London’s One Hyde Park, is aiming high in the Middle East.
Dubai’s allure to expats is weighing on city’s infrastructure
A glut of expats has sent property prices soaring. Competition is hot for school admissions, public transport is limited and roads are jammed.
Senior Liberal’s mystery $7000 Singapore trip
The new shadow assistant treasurer declared lavish hospitality by a UAE-based logistics company.
The Telegram billionaire, the yoga instructor and a very messy split
For almost a decade, Irina Bolgar and Pavel Durov enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle, funded by the messaging app. After his arrest, the dream is unravelling.
The storm chasers trying to save the world from drought
Everyone agrees the planet needs more water. So why is cloud-seeding so controversial?
A 7000-year-old city emerges as a haven from Dubai’s sky-high rents
Sharjah is beginning to lure investors less than two years after passing a law that allowed foreigners to buy property in select areas of the emirate.
September 2024
Fast-growing OpenAI is burning through truck loads of cash
As the company looks for more outside investors, documents reveal consumer fascination with ChatGPT and a serious need for more money.
UAE petrodollars to fuel Aussie ‘green’ mineral boom
Australia’s first free trade deal with a Middle East nation will boost exports by almost $700 million a year to the United Arab Emirates.
How France embraced Telegram’s Pavel Durov — before turning on him
Accustomed to mixing with the nation’s elite, the tech billionaire says he was surprised to be targeted by its legal system.
August 2024
Guggenheim rises in the desert as Abu Dhabi morphs into expat hub
All around, there are growing signs of a big construction boom that’s changing the face of this once sleepy, oil-rich emirate.
Dubai booms with an influx of anxious wealth
The desert sheikdom’s economy is buzzing with tourism and construction as it positions itself as a safe haven in a region that’s resting on a knife’s edge.
July 2024
David Dicker still hasn’t found what he’s looking for
The tech hardware CEO and chairman lashed Australia’s mindset towards the wealthy.
Some of the Gulf’s most influential investors? They’re Australians
The region’s state-owned investment funds that account for more than $US3 trillion ($4.44 trillion) in capital – increasingly deployed into Australian companies.
Biden’s debate confession; Retail sales rise; Crucial super trick
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