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Jan 2024
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With the UAE leading IPOs in GCC, is it ...

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Topics Covered:

  • Salik should double fees in Dubai's central business district: Habib Al Mulla

 

  • With the UAE leading IPOs in GCC, is it time for regional exchanges to merge?

 

  • Starbucks MENA denies political affiliation, agenda, but what is the future of the coffee giant in the region?


 


 

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