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Dubai’s AED 1 billion stimulus package marks a clear and timely intervention to reinforce confidence across markets, investors, and the global business community.
With GDP growth of 5.4% in 2025 and a record-high 7th place in the Global Financial Centres Index, Dubai is investing from a position of strength.
As I highlighted in @gulf_news this week, this move underscores Dubai’s continued commitment to providing a stable, enabling environment for businesses, further strengthening its position as the natural global hub for companies looking to grow internationally.
For @DMCCAuthority , it reinforces the trajectory we are already on. Our community of over 26,000 companies demonstrates what is possible when the right ecosystems, infrastructure, capital, and talent come together.
We are now scaling this further through new platforms such as @dmccfinx and DMCC Wealth Hub, alongside key services such as the recently announced Intellectual Property Support Framework.
These initiatives will significantly strengthen our value proposition, support Dubai’s economic diversification, deepen capital formation, and attract further investment from global family offices, foundations, wealth managers, and companies looking to innovate, create, and protect their value from a Dubai base.
At the same time, we continue to invest in the physical and strategic infrastructure that underpins long-term growth.
We are advancing plans for Burj 2020, our new mixed-use tower at Uptown Dubai, which is expected to exceed 600 metres. Meanwhile, two Grade A office towers and two residential towers are well advanced and scheduled for completion by next year.
This is further reinforced by the expansion of Al Maktoum International Airport, which is set to shift Dubai’s economic centre of gravity south and position @UptownDubai as the strategic anchor within this emerging corridor.
Taken together, these developments strengthen our ability to support global businesses at scale.
As we accelerate into our next phase of growth, we are targeting a community of over 50,000 companies, with DMCC FinX alone anticipated to surpass 5,000 member companies across finance, capital, and innovation in the years ahead.
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🔥 Jet fuel prices have nearly doubled from ~$90 to $200 per barrel and airlines are passing the cost to passengers.
Some fares and surcharges are rising sharply as airlines struggle to absorb soaring fuel costs.
Will expensive flights become the new normal? ✈️💸
The best cities in the world to retire with a $2,000/month budget, according to International Living:
🇨🇴 Medellín, Colombia
🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal
🇹🇭 Chiang Mai, Thailand
🇪🇸 Alicante, Spain
🇪🇨 Cuenca, Ecuador
🇲🇾 George Town, Malaysia
🇲🇪 Kotor, Montenegro
🇲🇽 Oaxaca, Mexico
🇻🇳 Da Nang, Vietnam
🇧🇬 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
I've visited most of these. The list is solid
Maybe missing some more South American places, but good overall
@jpr747@AlainBaron747 From my personal collection. Pan Am 747-121 (N748PA) "Clipper Crest of the Wave". Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía (VEN). Mar/1985.
Delta Air Lines to extend Europe routes end of season from October to early January:
• JFK to Porto (OPO)
• JFK to Catania (CTA)
• MSP to Rome (FCO)
Full year-round (no January/February suspend):
• CVG to Paris (CDG)
• MSP to Dublin (DUB)
Global Millionaire Migration 2025 ✈️
🇦🇪 UAE — +9.8K
🇺🇸 USA — +7.5K
🇮🇹 Italy — +3.6K
🇨🇭 Switzerland — +3K
🇮🇳 India — -3.5K
🇨🇳 China — -7.8K
🇬🇧 UK — -16.5K
The UAE continues to strengthen its position as a global hub for opportunity, stability, and quality of life 🇦🇪
Its success reflects a forward looking vision and an attractive environment within a world full of diverse destinations
Fox News reports that among the people on the shortlist to replace Pam Bondi as AG are Jeanine Pirro and Alina Habba.
Habba, a former Trump attorney and former U.S. attorney for New Jersey who was disqualified by a judge, appears to have launched a campaign for the job. Yesterday she posted a photo of herself with Donald Trump and JD Vance in the Oval Office, writing: “Always an honor 🇺🇸”
No idea who the next AG will be, but they’ll probably be worse than Pam Bondi.
Most economically stable countries in 2025:
1. 🇦🇪 UAE
2. 🇨🇭Switzerland
3. 🇩🇪 Germany
4. 🇨🇦 Canada
5. 🇯🇵 Japan
6. 🇦🇺 Australia
7. 🇸🇪 Sweden
8. 🇩🇰 Denmark
9. 🇳🇱 Netherlands
10. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
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11. 🇳🇴 Norway
13. 🇺🇸 USA
15. 🇦🇹 Austria
16. 🇬🇧 UK
17. 🇫🇮 Finland
19. 🇨🇳 China
20. 🇫🇷 France
23. 🇰🇷 South Korea
25. 🇪🇸 Spain
28. 🇮🇹 Italy
31. 🇷🇺 Russia
33. 🇨🇿 Czechia
34. 🇭🇺 Hungary
44. 🇹🇷 Türkiye
46. 🇸🇮 Slovenia
47. 🇮🇳 India
50. 🇧🇷 Brazil
53. 🇪🇬 Egypt
57. 🇲🇽 Mexico
61. 🇦🇷 Argentina
62. 🇿🇦 South Africa
63. 🇮🇷 Iran
70. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
82. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
86. 🇰🇪 Kenya
89. 🇺🇦 Ukraine
According to the US News and World Report
Arrived in Istanbul, where important meetings are scheduled. Substantive talks have been prepared with the President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
We are working to strengthen our partnership to ensure real protection of people’s lives, advance stability and guarantee security in our Europe, as well as in the Middle East. Joint efforts always deliver the best results.
@ketel111@victoria_calark Agree...something is off with this post. I believe the innagural with QR to ATL was on a 380 will h Al Baker in attendance. LAX was started way before COVID
Thank you so much for your warm hospitality! Flights from Atlanta (ATL) to Los Angeles have finally resumed, and we were invited to lead a group of young students on an exchange visit; during this time,we also took the opportunity to tour this beautiful Airbus A350-900 aircraft💜