The Latest News Right Now by Court Cast

Gulf Markets Drift Sideways as Oil Softens and Wall Street Signals Go Fuzzy

2 minutes of reading

Gulf trading floors opened the week with the energy of a half-charged battery — faint flickers of movement, but not much spark. With oil prices sagging and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s next move shrouded in its usual fog, most regional indices simply floated in place. Oil, the region’s favorite weathervane, dipped after Russian exports resumed …

Gulf Markets Drift Sideways as Oil Softens and Wall Street Signals Go Fuzzy Read More »

Saudi’s Talent Gold Rush Cools as Expats Face Leaner Offers

3 minutes of reading

Saudi Arabia’s once-lavish salary packages for foreign professionals are quietly shrinking, as companies recalibrate their budgets and rethink what — and who — is worth paying a premium for. Recruiters across the region say the era of eye-watering offers is giving way to a far more measured chapter. The kingdom’s vast economic re-engineering, built around …

Saudi’s Talent Gold Rush Cools as Expats Face Leaner Offers Read More »

Derayah Plots a Bigger Footprint with a Fresh Wave of Saudi Bank Funding

1 minute of reading

Derayah Financial has unlocked a hefty 500 million-riyals lifeline, tapping into a sharia-compliant credit facility from Saudi National Bank—fuel poured straight into its plans for a more muscular presence in the brokerage arena. The funding is set to stretch the platform’s reach, powering up its main operations and widening its product shelf. A key piece …

Derayah Plots a Bigger Footprint with a Fresh Wave of Saudi Bank Funding Read More »

Sharjah Sets the Stage for a 10.5-Year Sukuk, Signalling a Long-Game Funding Play

1 minute of reading

Sharjah has rolled out plans for a fresh dollar-denominated sukuk—an ambitious 10.5-year stretch—marking its latest move in a carefully layered strategy to widen its financial avenues and smooth out the long arc of its debt commitments. The issuance, to be floated through Sharjah Sukuk Programme Limited, comes with the emirate’s current credit rhythm: Ba1 on …

Sharjah Sets the Stage for a 10.5-Year Sukuk, Signalling a Long-Game Funding Play Read More »

Justice Dept. Goes Hunting for “Roadblocks” as Courtroom Tensions Flare

2 minutes of reading

The Justice Department has kicked off an unusual internal sweep, asking federal prosecutors to catalogue moments when judges stood in the way of cases tied to immigration, assaults on federal officers, or investigations involving groups the administration labels as antifa. The directive, dispatched from the office of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, landed in prosecutors’ …

Justice Dept. Goes Hunting for “Roadblocks” as Courtroom Tensions Flare Read More »

Trump Pushes the DOJ Into the Epstein Maze — and the Spotlight Swings Back

3 minutes of reading

The halls of Washington rumbled again as the Justice Department agreed to chase a trail President Donald Trump has shouted about for months: digging into Jeffrey Epstein’s connections with prominent Democratic figures and a major Wall Street name. It’s a move that lands with the theatrical thud of political déjà vu—Trump calling for an inquiry …

Trump Pushes the DOJ Into the Epstein Maze — and the Spotlight Swings Back Read More »

Google’s Day of Reckoning Delayed: Antitrust Showdown Pushed to Nov 21

1 minute of reading

The legal chess match over Google’s advertising empire has been nudged further down the calendar. The pivotal courtroom face-off—originally set for this week—will now unfold on November 21, giving both sides a little more time to sharpen their final strikes. Months ago, the court declared that Google sits atop not one, but two unlawful monopolies …

Google’s Day of Reckoning Delayed: Antitrust Showdown Pushed to Nov 21 Read More »

A New Hand Grabs the Wheel in Georgia’s Trump Case, But the Road Ahead Stays Foggy

2 minutes of reading

A fresh steward has stepped into one of Georgia’s most scrutinized court battles — the sprawling election-interference case targeting the sitting U.S. President and a cluster of his political allies. Yet instead of clearing the haze around the prosecution’s future, the move only stretches the storyline into another chapter of uncertainty. Peter Skandalakis, who leads …

A New Hand Grabs the Wheel in Georgia’s Trump Case, But the Road Ahead Stays Foggy Read More »

Texas Court Steps Aside, Letting Kenvue’s Massive Dividend Roll Out

2 minutes of reading

In a small East Texas courtroom, far from Wall Street’s roar, a judge quietly untangled herself from a political storm and cleared Kenvue to send nearly $400 million to its shareholders—right on schedule. The dispute sprang from a high-stakes clash between Texas officials and the healthcare giant over the long-trusted household name: Tylenol. The state …

Texas Court Steps Aside, Letting Kenvue’s Massive Dividend Roll Out Read More »

Riyadh’s Billion-Dollar Stage: FII9 Ignites $50bn Wave of Global Deals and Partnerships

2 minutes of reading

Riyadh’s ninth Future Investment Initiative (FII9) closed its doors with a thunderclap of signatures and handshakes — more than $50 billion in deals and investment commitments spanning AI, renewable energy, advanced technology, and infrastructure. Held from October 27 to 30 under the banner “The Key to Prosperity: Unlocking New Frontiers of Growth,” this year’s gathering …

Riyadh’s Billion-Dollar Stage: FII9 Ignites $50bn Wave of Global Deals and Partnerships Read More »