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  • Monday, 3 February, 2020
    Ecommerce
    Cloud kitchen platform raises $60m for expansion

    Dubai-based start-up providing restaurant staff and tech plans big US push

  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2020
    AnalysisDubai
    Dubai steps up efforts to revive property market

    Emirate seeks to get grip on sector after prices fall 40% from their 2014 peak

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
    Lebanon
    Lebanon forms government of technocrats to confront crises

    Street protests continue in spite of PM-designate’s moves to asemble new cabinet

  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
    Lebanon
    Lebanese bondholders grit teeth to face losses

    $1.2bn bond maturing in March is trading just above 80 cents on the dollar

  • Monday, 20 January, 2020
    Renewable energy
    Marubeni and Total to build Qatar solar plant

    Project to meet 10% of Gulf state’s peak electricity demand as it moves away from burning oil

  • Sunday, 19 January, 2020
    Israel
    Israel’s butter shortage points to stalled bureaucracy

    Failure to tackle structural issues holds back economy and hurts supermarket shelves

  • Sunday, 12 January, 2020
    ExplainerMarket Questions
    What next for oil as US-Iran tensions simmer?

    Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

  • Sunday, 5 January, 2020
    Iran
    Soleimani retaliation fear stalks shipping and stocks

    Gulf waterway considered particularly vulnerable as security concerns rise

  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    Why Lebanon’s debt crisis has left it vulnerable

    Once known for its resilience, the country’s fragile financial system has triggered angry protests

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  • Sunday, 29 December, 2019
    Dubai raises public spending to ward off slowdown

    Forecast of 3.2 per cent growth in 2020 would be improvement on 2.1 per cent in 2019

  • Thursday, 12 December, 2019
    Lebanon
    Lebanon is heading for default on its debts, warns Fitch

    Beirut hit by another sovereign bond downgrade amid political crisis

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    Qatar
    Qatar’s emir turns down invite to GCC meeting in Saudi Arabia

    Attendence would have sent signal that two were moving closer to resolving dispute

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    AnalysisThe Big Read
    What does the Aramco IPO tell us about Saudi reforms? 

    Having struggled to win foreign backing for the $25.6bn listing, the crown prince’s plans face further scrutiny

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2019
    Turkey
    Turkey’s deal with Libya stokes Mediterranean tensions

    Drawing of new maritime boundaries heightens regional battle for undersea resources

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2019
    Iran
    Iran to raise taxes as US sanctions hit oil revenues

    Rouhani’s government to borrow more and cut energy subsidies

  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2019
    Lebanon
    Lebanon central bank cuts rates to tackle crisis

    Move designed to ease pressure on dwindling foreign currency reserves

  • Thursday, 28 November, 2019
    Lebanon
    Lebanon urged to restructure debt as crisis deepens

    Embattled government under pressure to use limited reserves for imports

  • Wednesday, 27 November, 2019
    FT CollectionsPrize assets
    Why the Gulf states are betting on sport

    Saudi Arabia is following Qatar and the UAE in spending big on sporting events

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco looks for IPO support close to home

    Local banks, citizens and even the kingdom’s clerics seek stake in national champion

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    AnalysisIran
    Iran’s fuel crisis shows economy reeling under sanctions

    Tehran’s bold decision to cut energy subsidies comes after food prices soared

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Iran’s deepening malaise laid bare by protests

    Necessary cuts to petrol subsidies expose the regime’s weakness

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    Iran
    Iran offers cash handouts to quell fuel protests

    Move comes after cut to oil subsidies provoked biggest demonstrations in two years

  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    Saudi Aramco
    Saudi Aramco abandons international IPO roadshow

    State-owned oil company will confine marketing of shares to the kingdom and Gulf states

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    Sovereign bonds
    Lebanon’s creditors adopt crash position

    Bond prices have plummeted as people take to the streets in anti-government protests

  • Friday, 15 November, 2019
    Lebanon
    Lebanese youth voice anger at lack of opportunities

    A generation fed up with corruption and emigration has taken to the streets

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