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Emirates NBD Taps Digital Markets With AED1 Billion Dirham Note Sale

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Emirates NBD has stepped into the digitally native debt space with a benchmark-sized issuance, pricing a three-year, AED1 billion dirham-denominated note at a 4.25% coupon, offered at par. Investor demand came in strong. Order books crossed AED1.3 billion, even before accounting for interest from joint lead managers, signalling solid appetite for the UAE lender’s first …

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Phoenix Trial Puts Uber’s Safety Promises on the Line

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Uber heads into a closely watched courtroom battle in Arizona this week, a case that could ripple far beyond one woman’s claim and into the heart of how the ride-hailing giant answers for passenger safety. At the center of the trial is an Oklahoma woman who says she was sexually assaulted by a driver she …

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BBC Moves to Shut Down Trump’s $10 Billion Defamation Case

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The BBC is preparing to ask a U.S. court to throw out President Donald Trump’s sweeping defamation lawsuit, arguing that the case never belonged there in the first place. Court filings released late Monday indicate the British broadcaster will seek dismissal of Trump’s claim, which demands up to $10 billion over the editing of a …

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States Push Back as Federal Health Grants Become a Battleground Over Transgender Rights

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A coalition of Democratic-led states has taken the Trump administration to court, accusing federal health officials of attaching unlawful strings to massive public funding programs in a move they say targets transgender Americans. Twelve states filed a lawsuit in federal court in Rhode Island, arguing that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) …

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Court Floats Unusual Fix After Student Is Sent Out of the U.S. Despite Deportation Ban

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A federal courtroom in Boston turned into a reckoning over paperwork, power, and a young life interrupted, after a college student was deported to Honduras even though a judge had ordered that she remain in the United States. At the center of the case is Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College student who …

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Courtroom Fault Lines: U.S. Supreme Court Signals Support for State Curbs on Transgender Athletes

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The U.S. Supreme Court appeared poised to side with states seeking to bar transgender athletes from competing on girls’ and women’s sports teams, as conservative justices pressed arguments that framed the issue as one of fairness, safety, and legislative authority rather than individual accommodation. The debate unfolded during marathon hearings over laws enacted in Idaho …

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FAB Locks in Five-Year Dollar Funding as Demand Swells Past $2.8 Billion

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First Abu Dhabi Bank has returned to the debt markets with confidence, sealing a $750 million five-year senior unsecured bond that drew deep global interest. The dollar-denominated note was issued under Regulation S at a fixed coupon and yield of 4.299%, priced at par. The spread was set at 60 basis points over US Treasuries, …

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Aldar Locks in $1 Billion Hybrid Sale as Demand Slashes Pricing

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Aldar Properties has tapped global debt markets with a $1 billion hybrid bond sale, riding a wave of investor appetite that allowed the Abu Dhabi developer to tighten pricing well below early expectations. The US dollar–denominated notes were priced at a coupon of 5.875%, trimmed sharply from initial guidance that hovered in the mid-6% range. …

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Ethmar and Guggenheim Heirs Bet Big on the Future of Media Tech

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Abu Dhabi-based Ethmar International Holding is joining forces with Guggenheim Brothers Media to roll out a new investment fund aimed squarely at the next wave of media and technology innovators. The fund, described as running into the multi-million-dollar range, will be steered by Dillon Lawson-Johnston—whose lineage traces back to the founder of New York’s Guggenheim …

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SABIC Reshapes Its Global Footprint With Twin European Exits

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Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) is pressing ahead with a strategic reset, agreeing to sell off two major overseas operations as it sharpens its focus on faster-growing markets. The company has struck a deal with Germany’s AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA to transfer full ownership of SABIC Europe BV, valuing the business at 1.88 billion …

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