The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Iran has stepped up strikes on Dubai, Bloomberg <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-12/iran-escalates-attacks-on-shipping-and-dubai-sending-oil-higher?embedded-checkout=true">reports </a>. On Thursday morning, the emirate's authorities reported incidents with drones: in one case, debris fell on the facade of a building, in another - a drone struck the territory of a new high-rise residential complex.

Iran has stepped up attacks on Dubai. Goldman Sachs and Citi urged employees to leave their offices

Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Shares in Saudi Arabia's oil monopoly have risen 7% since the Iranian crisis began

Saudi Aramco warned of 'disaster' for markets due to oil supply blockade

Last year, several players in the region pledged to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the US

Gulf states discuss investment review due to war pressures - FT

Chevron Corporation

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

Exxon Mobil Corporation

Shell plc

BP p.l.c.

There are 1.5 hours to go before the opening of major US trades

US stock futures fall more than 1%, oil rises 9%: the main thing about the markets

Brent oil jumped more than 13%, WTI - almost 10% due to the threat to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran, through which about 25% of the world's oil and a significant part of LNG passes. Goldman Sachs warns that European prices could rise by 130% if gas transit through this crossing is halted for a month. These and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of March 2.

Main by morning: oil soars due to escalation in the Middle East, UAE bourses closed

NVIDIA Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

Carvana Co.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

CRH plc

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

The Middle East, in Ray Dalio's estimation, is turning into a "Silicon Valley of capital", attracting talent and billions of investments in AI infrastructure. Google has announced the launch of its first AI glasses in 2026, competing with Meta in the AI-wearables segment. About these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of December 9.

Highlights for this morning: Middle East rushes into AI, Google creates glasses, Nvidia goes to China

Europe's most expensive neo-bank expects to secure the lifting of UK deposit-taking restrictions in December

UK regulators concerned about Revolut chief's residency move to UAE - FT

In Serbia, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/12/jared-kushner-protest-belgrade-building-serbia">protests</a> against a $500 million project of the US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner. In the Middle East, a peace plan in which he may play a key role. Between these stories is the same business model: the private company of the president's son-in-law attracted $4.8 billion from sovereign funds of those states that are directly involved in the foreign policy of the United States. Oninvest continues the series of materials about how members of the family of the American leader make money on the famous family name. This article is about why Donald Trump's foreign policy has become a gold mine for the husband of his eldest daughter.

Trump Family Inc.: How the president's son-in-law Jared Kushner makes money on foreign policy

HSBC Holdings plc

Lloyds Banking Group plc

Barclays PLC

Nikolay Storonsky, founder of Revolut, has <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-07/revolut-s-billionaire-ceo-shifts-residence-from-uk-to-mideast">moved to</a> the UAE. One of the richest Britons, whose fortune according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index exceeds $14 billion, took this decision a year ago, in anticipation of a major tax reform, abolishing from 2025 exemptions on foreign income and protection of foreign trusts. The UAE's lenient tax regime could help Storonsky save on taxes, especially if Revolut's IPO takes place, according to experts interviewed by Oninvest. However, the move has some disadvantages - British regulators are closely monitoring the change of residency

The Xi of residency: why did Revolut co-founder Storonsky trade London for Dubai?

The fact that artificial intelligence is used in almost all spheres of human life is no surprise to anyone. But the case of Albania, where the first virtual minister appeared in September this year and was allowed to distribute public finances, raises many important questions. Among them is how actively AI should be involved in government management and how it should be controlled. Vadim Novikov, Advisor to the President of Almaty Management University (AlmaU), discusses this.