EconomyTop StoriesChina’s economy to top USD 19.5 trillion in 2025: Government officialGBO CorrespondentJuly 10, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJuly 10, 202501934 China has been setting annual growth targets throughout the plan period, with the goal for 2025 set at about 5%
TechnologyTop StoriesMENA Watch: Fuelled by smartphone penetration, livestreaming economy takes off in regionGBO CorrespondentJuly 9, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJuly 9, 20250932 In the UAE alone, annual tax revenue from livestreaming content is expected to jump from USD 2.4 billion in 2024 to USD 4.6 billion by 2030
Real EstateTop StoriesSaudi property industry receives global boost amid decline in transactional valueGBO CorrespondentJuly 8, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJuly 8, 202501742 The report highlights how the ambitious plans are altering attitudes towards Saudi Arabia's real estate market
EconomyTop StoriesSaudi Vision 2030: Executive education surges under Kingdom’s diversification agendaGBO CorrespondentJuly 7, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJuly 7, 202501569 General Motors reports it has sent hundreds of Saudi engineers to MIT and Harvard for AI and smart-manufacturing courses
EnergyTop StoriesGo Green with GBO: Clean energy surge sparks global job creationGBO CorrespondentJuly 4, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJuly 4, 20250738 Holcim and Linde both say North American clean-energy incentives will fund multi‐billion-dollar investments
EconomyTop StoriesSaudi economy: IMF raises forecast for GDP growth to 3.5%GBO CorrespondentJuly 3, 2025July 4, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJuly 3, 2025July 4, 202502493 According to the IMF report, borrowing will be used to cover the majority of the Kingdom's fiscal deficit
EconomyTop StoriesMENA Watch: Gulf wealth funds reshape global & local economiesGBO CorrespondentJuly 2, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJuly 2, 202501035 As the global economic centre of gravity shifts, Gulf sovereign wealth funds are transforming from mere custodians of oil wealth into architects of the future
Banking and FinanceTop StoriesSoftBank aims to become leading ‘artificial superintelligence’ platform providerGBO CorrespondentJuly 1, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJuly 1, 202501137 Up until 2019, SoftBank held about 5% of Nvidia. By the end of 2022, ChatGPT had sparked a surge in interest in AI
EnergyTop StoriesSaudi Vision 2030: Decoding Kingdom’s green ambitionsGBO CorrespondentJune 30, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJune 30, 202502250 Alongside afforestation, Saudi is racing to build new clean-energy infrastructure
Issue 02 - 2025MAGAZINETechnologyo3 AI breakthrough: Is AGI closer than we thought?GBO CorrespondentJune 27, 2025July 1, 2025 GBO CorrespondentJune 27, 2025July 1, 202501770 The possibility of AGI now appears more imminent, pressing, and real to many than they had previously thought