Saudi’s economic transformation collides with war and falling FDI
In this week’s Fortune Gulf Brief.
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AI is heading toward a cash-flow negative inflection point, and spending will slow in 2027, Wall Street thinks
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
‘The secret world of secondaries’: How a niche area of finance is emerging as a new liquidity engine in the Gulf
As global and regional liquidity tightens, a nascent Gulf secondary market is giving investors, founders, and early backers a new route to monetisation
Women top lawyers now out-earn men by 16% at America’s biggest companies—even as their share of the job slips
Female legal chiefs at the largest U.S. public companies were paid more than their male peers in 2025, with stock awards driving the gap. But fewer women are landing the role.
The Future 120—How vital firms stay forever young
For the ranking, we analyzed more than 10 million data points and zeroed in on the 15 most predictive metrics, each robust and correlated with future revenue growth, to produce BCG’s Vitality Score.
The Supreme Court takes up climate costs. CEOs should worry about the cost of doing nothing
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Can Europe’s industrial legacy give it an AI advantage?
Siemens is betting big on industrial AI—and Europe's manufacturers have the data that could give it an edge.
Why ‘China plus one’ is paying off less than Southeast Asia hoped
"China plus one" sent billions of dollars of investment into Southeast Asian factories. Yet the region isn't capturing enough value.
Adam Neumann says a half-hour car ride with Masayoshi Son is when his ego took over—and WeWork’s $47 billion collapse began
The WeWork cofounder told Steven Bartlett that by the time he walked back into headquarters after SoftBank's multibillion-dollar offer, "I forgot what we were all about."
