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Image credit: Dubai Media Office/Website Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has granted naming rights of the Jebel Ali Metro Station to National Paints Factories Co. Ltd., the region’s largest manufacturer of paints and coatings. Read-Dubai Metro Blue Line: Inside the world’s tallest metro station The station, located within the bustling Jebel Ali Free Zone, will now be officially known as National Paints Metro Station for the next 10 years, a Dubai Media Office report said. Strategic branding partnership The naming rights agreement was signed between National Paints and Hypermedia, with Mada Media participating as the authorised concessionaire. Mada Media…

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Lorna Tilbian co-founded Numis in 2001, where she ran the media investment banking franchise until her retirement in 2018. She was voted No.1 media analyst for 25 consecutive years. In 2019, Tilbian and some former Numis colleagues founded Dowgate Capital, a corporate broker and adviser whose clients include Sir Martin Sorrell’s S4 Capital and National World, David Montgomery’s newspaper roll-up. Tilbian is executive chair of Dowgate Capital and vice-chair of the Dowgate Group — which includes a wealth management company — as well as being on the boards of Rightmove, Premier Foods, ProVen VCT and Finsbury Growth & Income Trust.…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son has dropped his biggest hint yet about the future leadership of the technology conglomerate he started more than 40 years ago and through which he has placed massive bets on the future of artificial intelligence.Son, who indicated he had the drive to stay in charge for another 10 years, said his successor was someone already working beside him within SoftBank.“Deciding when to declare these two, three or four people are candidates is a matter of timing, and I…

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Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Energy sector myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Greece’s Metlen Energy & Metals plans to list in London this summer, in a fresh boost to the ailing UK market following a string of departures. The mining and energy company said on Friday that it aimed to shift its primary listing from Athens to London in August, in a move that could see the company admitted into the FTSE 100. The move is the latest vote of confidence in the UK stock market after the Financial Times this week reported that…

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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Heathrow has warned of a more “challenging” market for transatlantic flights triggered by economic uncertainty in the US, as the UK’s biggest airport said it was seeing “early signs of softness” on business routes.The airport, Europe’s busiest by passenger numbers, said on Friday there was an “overhanging uncertainty” over transatlantic demand, even as it forecast a 0.5 per cent increase in passenger numbers this year to 84.2mn.The investor update is the latest sign of fallout from US President Donald Trump’s trade war…

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Image: Supplied Saudi Arabia’s capital has just passed “Go” for one of the world’s most iconic board games. Riyadh Monopoly, the city’s first official edition of the world’s best-selling board game, was officially unveiled on Thursday at the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD), turning skyscrapers, heritage sites and infrastructure projects into tradable tiles. The launch, hosted at the KAFD Conference Centre, brought together senior figures from government, business, education and culture to celebrate what organisers called a “storytelling platform” for Riyadh’s transformation. First launched in 1935, Monopoly has sold over 275 million copies and holds a Guinness World Record as…

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