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Frontier Markets & Economies

[Bloomberg @business]

Saudi Arabia’s banks could raise a record amount of debt this year to fund Crown Prince MBS' Vision 2030 projects https://t.co/ZTURBjHH5Z

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

🇨🇳 China foreign exchange reserves

1990: $7 billion

Now: $3.2 trillion

[Bloomberg Middle East @middleeast]

Abu Dhabi’s ADQ is considering a listing for Etihad Airways, potentially making it the first of the Gulf’s major hub carriers to become publicly-traded https://t.co/htMjIKCTrL

[CNBC @CNBC]

Humanoid robot startup Figure AI valued at $2.6 billion as Bezos, OpenAI, Nvidia join funding https://t.co/7Ol6PY2Czx

[Bloomberg @business]

Nvidia is set to become the first semiconductor firm with a $2 trillion valuation https://t.co/fdarVW0TiM

[Bloomberg @business]

Samsung sells its entire $930 million stake in ASML in a push to expand into new areas of chipmaking https://t.co/LnZ4idiGXP

[CNBC @CNBC]

China cuts benchmark 5-year lending rate for the first time since June https://t.co/rnz7eiqAJ6

[Bloomberg @business]

Brazil’s economy grew more than expected in December, indicating activity is still showing some resilience to high interest rates https://t.co/MKIZ9jMvNF

[Bloomberg Middle East @middleeast]

Saudi Global Ports, which is owned by the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund and Singapore’s PSA, is considering an IPO in Riyadh, sources say https://t.co/YYRz2Rs0m3

[Bloomberg @business]

SoftBank’s stock rose as founder Masayoshi Son considers the creation of a $100 billion chip venture that would supply AI-enabling semiconductors https://t.co/ubMFU5AqyE

[Bloomberg Economics @economics]

China held off cutting a key interest rate as it assesses recent measures to boost the economy and markets https://t.co/2HuSgZyYL4

[CNBC @CNBC]

Global rice markets are in crisis amid 'artificial' shortage https://t.co/qS4eKTvVuT

[Bloomberg Middle East @middleeast]

“UAE is a serious player” in the AI space, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence Omar Al Olama says https://t.co/IerGTaNwJl

[Bloomberg @business]

Thailand is considering raising about $1 billion through its first foreign-currency sovereign bond sale in two decades https://t.co/T4uPhvlCtA

[CNBC @CNBC]

Bitcoin regains $1 trillion market cap as the cryptocurrency hits over two-year high https://t.co/IhyiKzgENe

[Bloomberg @business]

The Moscow Exchange halts stock market trading for the second day in a row https://t.co/IiWB3z1ChO

[Bloomberg @business]

India plans to invest about $9 billion to power 10 million homes with rooftop solar panels https://t.co/OUCjKFVaS2

[Bloomberg Middle East @middleeast]

SoftBank’s Vision Fund, once known for splashy ten-figure valuations, now plans to start investing "timidly” -- right at the start of a generative AI boom. https://t.co/lvUl1UEzRt

[Bloomberg Middle East @middleeast]

OpenAI’s Sam Altman says the United Arab Emirates could serve as the world’s “regulatory sandbox” to test artificial intelligence technologies https://t.co/2fQoNiHJQH

[CNBC @CNBC]

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seeks as much as $7 trillion for new AI chip project: WSJ https://t.co/NOkPr9GZ26