Saudi Arabia and the UAE Are Seeing Diverging Market Trajectories
This week: Saudi Arabia taps consultants to review Neom's 'Line' project, PIF-backed Lucid gets a boost from Uber and Elon Musk's xAI is eying data center capacity in the kingdom. But first, let's examine the stark divergence across Gulf equity capital markets, with insights from Laura Gardner Cuesta.
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