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Barclays Plc, the U.K.&apos;s second-biggest bank, offered institutional investors as much as 500 million pounds ($750 million) of stock reserved for Persian Gulf funds and said management will stand for re-election next year.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brookfield Explores Buying Luxury Hotel on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-04/brookfield-explores-buying-sofitel-hotel-on-dubai-s-palm-jumeirah</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-04/brookfield-explores-buying-sofitel-hotel-on-dubai-s-palm-jumeirah</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zainab Fattah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 06:45:45 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im44cZaL9BEU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/im44cZaL9BEU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The luxury Sofitel hotel on Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninja Becomes Unicorn in Saudi After Riyad Capital-Led Funding Round]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/saudi-arabia-ninja-becomes-unicorn-with-250-million-pre-ipo-funding</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/saudi-arabia-ninja-becomes-unicorn-with-250-million-pre-ipo-funding</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicolas Parasie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:41:52 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iA4NVk.j5cY0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iA4NVk.j5cY0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The Ninja website</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brookfield Nears First Deal in Oman With Telco Firm Stake]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/brookfield-said-to-near-first-deal-in-oman-with-telco-firm-stake</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/brookfield-said-to-near-first-deal-in-oman-with-telco-firm-stake</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicolas Parasie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:01:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dubai and Abu Dhabi’s Haven Status Tested by Mideast Crisis]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/dubai-and-abu-dhabi-s-haven-status-tested-by-iran-israel-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/dubai-and-abu-dhabi-s-haven-status-tested-by-iran-israel-crisis</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 10:42:12 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i94UobgFQKfE/v3/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i94UobgFQKfE/v3/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description/></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi PE Firm Jadwa Said to Put UniPharma Stake on Sale]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/saudi-arabia-private-equity-firm-jadwa-puts-unipharma-stake-on-sale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/saudi-arabia-private-equity-firm-jadwa-puts-unipharma-stake-on-sale</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicolas Parasie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 06:39:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikcIALalhUDU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikcIALalhUDU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>UniPharma is Saudi Arabia’s largest pharmaceutical wholesaler. 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