Author: Arabian Media staff
Key Takeaways: Legendary investor Charlie Munger called the first $100,000 difficult to earn but pointed out how compound growth makes all your future gains easier. It takes 9.5 years to save $100,000 if you’re putting away $650 per month at an average 7% annualized return. After that decade, it only takes just under two and a half more to become a millionaire, showing the speed of growth under compound interest once you save six figures. Legendary investor Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s longtime business partner at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A, BRK.B), understood the psychology of wealth building better than most. “The…
Key Takeaways According to the EMH, stock prices reflect all available information, suggesting that it’s impossible for investors to find undervalued stocks. Buffett argues against the EMH by pointing to examples of value investors, including himself, who have outperformed the market. Still, Buffett recommends that non-professional investors should choose low-cost index funds because successful value investing takes time and expertise. The legendary investor Warren Buffett has repeatedly denounced the efficient market hypothesis (EMH), which claims that stock prices reflect all relevant information and always trade at their fair value. Beyond simple luck, this should make it impossible to consistently beat…
Key Takeaways A 2025 NBER study finds that female entrepreneurs who launched a startup after a previous failure raised 53.3% less capital than men who were involved in the same failed companies. This funding gap directly contributes to fewer women becoming serial entrepreneurs—women represent only 4% of founders who start three or more companies, compared with 16% of first-time founders. When a startup fails, male founders have a much easier time getting money for their next business idea than women do—even when they worked together on the same failed company. A 2025 National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) study examined…
Image credit: Supplied As the UAE commemorates Emirati Women’s Day on August 28, e& enterprise, the digital transformation arm of global technology group e&, is reaffirming its strategic commitment to developing Emirati talent and advancing gender inclusion. The occasion also marks the 50th anniversary of the General Women’s Union, amplifying national conversations around equity, unity, and sustainable development. Under the official 2025 theme, “Hand in Hand, Celebrating the 50th,” the UAE is recognising the contributions of Emirati women across public and private sectors, particularly in science, technology, business, and governance. e& enterprise is aligning its human capital strategy with these…
Key Takeaways It’s not too late to plan and save for retirement, even if you’re 10 years away.Review your current financial situation and look for ways to optimize your savings.Calculate your expenses to determine how much income you’ll need when you retire.Pay down as much debt as you can so you can live your retirement stress-free.Focus on planning and how you can generate income during retirement by choosing the right mix of accounts based on your risk tolerance and goals. If you’re 10 years away from retirement, it’s not too late to fine-tune your savings plan, but your limited timeline…
Veolia has signed an agreement with CDPQ to acquire its 30 per cent stake in Veolia’s subsidiary, Water Technologies and Solutions (WTS), giving Veolia full ownership of the company. The move is expected to unlock further value potential, simplify the Group’s structure, and generate approximately €90m in additional run-rate cost synergies. The acquisition forms part of Veolia’s GreenUp strategic roadmap, with capital allocated to strengthen its position in water technologies and in the United States—both identified as priority growth areas. By acquiring CDPQ’s minority stake, Veolia will further cement its status as a global leader in water technologies, a market…
Australian Olympic Champion and World Record holder Stephanie Rice/Image: Supplied My Sports Academy (MSA), one of the UAE’s leading swimming organisations, has announced a landmark partnership with Australian Olympic Champion and World Record holder Stephanie Rice, who now resides in Dubai. Rice will spearhead My Swim Club, the region’s most comprehensive swimming programme, designed to save lives through water safety, build confidence through learn-to-swim education, and nurture future champions through performance excellence at every age. The collaboration brings together MSA’s 14 years of regional expertise with Rice’s world-class performance insights, delivering programmes that aim to transform swimming education across the…
Image: Supplied Progress is not measured by ambition alone, but by who is empowered to shape it. As we mark Emirati Women’s Day, it’s worth asking what authentic leadership in science and technology looks like. Not symbolically, but structurally. Who is at the table when decisions are made? Who is building the systems that will shape our society for decades to come? The UAE has never accepted the premise that women in technology are an exception. Our leadership has long placed women at the center of national progress, whether in space exploration, renewable energy, or frontier sciences. That vision is…
Image: Supplied As the global energy map is redrawn, the Middle East finds itself at the epicentre of a profound transformation. The region’s traditional hydrocarbon foundations are rapidly being complemented and, in some cases, challenged by an accelerating push into renewables, hydrogen, carbon capture, and digital innovation. While capital investment and infrastructure headlines dominate, there’s a deeper shift underway: the emergence of a new energy workforce. The GCC’s ability to compete and lead in this evolving landscape hinges on how well we reimagine our talent strategies. This is a moment of opportunity that GCC leaders must seize. Talent strategy is…
Dr. Emad Fahmy, systems engineering manager, Middle East at NETSCOUT/Image: Supplied The Middle East has become a proving ground for some of the world’s most complex and persistent cyber campaigns. With its critical role in global trade, energy production, and rapid digital transformation, the region is facing escalating waves of AI-driven, multi-vector DDoS attacks that threaten national strategies across telecom, energy, finance, and education. In this Q&A, Dr. Emad Fahmy, systems engineering manager, Middle East at NETSCOUT, unpacks why adversaries are targeting Saudi Arabia and the UAE, how new attack models are evolving, and what governments and businesses must do…