Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Gulf & MENA Edition Markets Newsletter

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Technology Sony updates the Walkman as a $5,900 gold-plated MP3 player Politics Helen Haines live updates: MP critical but stable as AFP look into charges carrying up to 10 years’ imprisonment Business Jim Cramer says don't chase the AI rebound just yet. Here's what needs to happen first Business Headflood Marketing Launches Video Marketing for Local Businesses Technology Sony updates the Walkman as a $5,900 gold-plated MP3 player Politics Helen Haines live updates: MP critical but stable as AFP look into charges carrying up to 10 years’ imprisonment Business Jim Cramer says don't chase the AI rebound just yet. Here's what needs to happen first Business Headflood Marketing Launches Video Marketing for Local Businesses

Sony updates the Walkman as a $5,900 gold-plated MP3 player

Technology

Sony updates the Walkman as a $5,900 gold-plated MP3 player

personal tech That price buys you an Android 16 device which can display an animated cassette Sony last week revived its famed Walkman brand of portable music players, with a trio of updated products that feature Android 16, touch screens, eye-popping prices,…

Oct 20, 2026

Helen Haines live updates: MP critical but stable as AFP look into charges carrying up to 10 years’ imprisonment

Helen Haines live updates: MP critical but stable as AFP look into charges carrying up to 10 years’ imprisonment

· Oct 20, 2026

Jim Cramer says don't chase the AI rebound just yet. Here's what needs to happen first

Jim Cramer says don't chase the AI rebound just yet. Here's what needs to happen first

· Oct 19, 2026

Prediction: Microsoft Stock Is Going to Soar After Oct. 28

Prediction: Microsoft Stock Is Going to Soar After Oct. 28

· Oct 19, 2026

French stocks slide after violent protests

· Oct 19, 2026

'We didn't know a cold sore could kill a baby'

'We didn't know a cold sore could kill a baby'

· Oct 19, 2026

Boomers are buying into the promise of monthly income from options ETFs, but there's a tax catch

Boomers are buying into the promise of monthly income from options ETFs, but there's a tax catch

· Oct 18, 2026

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What the rich and poor have in common: They say they're living paycheck to paycheck

What the rich and poor have in common: They say they're living paycheck to paycheck

· Oct 18, 2026

Yvette Cooper pledges £140m to boost urgent care as NHS faces ‘tough’ winter

Yvette Cooper pledges £140m to boost urgent care as NHS faces ‘tough’ winter

· Oct 17, 2026

HDFC Bank sees margins turning upwards from next quarter, says Sashidhar Jagdishan

HDFC Bank sees margins turning upwards from next quarter, says Sashidhar Jagdishan

· Oct 17, 2026

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses found recording audio without wearers’ consent

Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses found recording audio without wearers’ consent

· Oct 16, 2026

Business

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Analysis: Everyone expects the Fed to hold rates in October. Kevin Warsh could surprise us all

Oct 16

Canada’s housing market takes 'step back’ amid higher mortgage rates

Oct 16

John Healey urged to hike taxes on banks’ ‘bumper profits’ in Budget

Oct 15

Stock futures are little changed as traders await more U.S. economic data: Live updates

Oct 14

IMF sounds alarm on rising government borrowing costs – business live

Oct 14

3D-printing startup secures another major funding round

Oct 13

Technology

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Baseus Spacemate RD1 Plus: The Definitive 14-in-1 Desk Tower with 4K@120Hz

Oct 16

TimeTeller puts our internal clocks at the center of personalized medicine

Oct 14

Hands-on with the Ocarina of Time remake, the most ornate Zelda game ever made

Oct 14

How Is Microsoft's Magnetic Connect Different From Apple's MagSafe For MacBooks?

Oct 12

Intel Is Reportedly Launching New CPUs On Old Sockets That Support DDR4 Memory

Oct 9

Microsoft’s new Nvidia PCs are cool for extreme power users - but I’ll wait for AI PC 3.0

Oct 9

Energy

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Pemex Needs Nearly $110 Billion to Hit Mexico's Output Targets

Oct 10

Depleted Global Stocks Set Higher Floor Under Oil Prices

Oct 7

Chevron, Shell and BP Pull Workers From the Gulf Ahead of Hurricane

Oct 7

Japan Rules Out More Reserve Releases After G7 Pledges 100 Million Barrels

Oct 5

Water companies should be nationalised immediately, Greens to say

Oct 3

Ex-England cricket star Botham joins Dales wind farm protest

Oct 2

Politics

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Indian police detain ‘cockroach’ movement founder Dipke ahead of protest

Oct 16

Ilhan Omar’s phone seized and relatives subpoenaed in criminal inquiry, source says

Oct 14

Australian politics live: Albanese says ‘completely wrong’ he ‘cleaned up’ after Chalmers on credit card ban; Coalition continues to target Aly

Oct 14

Delhi police shut metro stations ahead of election protest march

Oct 12

Who is Nidal Hasan? What to know about US plans to livestream an execution online

Oct 10

Moore, Trump clash over credit for major Baltimore County jobs project during presidential visit

Oct 7

Finance

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Suddenly, Wall Street is worried that the U.S. economy is more ‘vulnerable’ than it looks

Oct 15

Stock Market Today, Oct. 13: Bank of America Dips After $1.2 Billion Fine From Treasury Department

Oct 13

Hot Picks: Transportation stock sell-off creates buying opportunities

Oct 8

Next UK banknotes to feature barn owls, bumblebees, puffins and hedgehogs

Oct 8

Current price of gold as of October 7, 2026

Oct 7

3 US Dividend Stocks For Investors Seeking Reliable Income In Higher Rate Markets

Oct 5

Health

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Colorectal Cancer: Do Ultra-Processed Foods Affect Risk?

Oct 15

Pembrokeshire mum told to prepare for 'worst' urges others to get respiratory illness vaccine

Oct 13

Midges' role in spreading disease to be investigated

Oct 9

PreludeDx Announces the Publication of the Independent Validation of the AidaBREAST® test in npj Breast Cancer

Oct 8

Wrexham brothers who both had meningitis B say they are lucky to be alive

Sep 28

My 6-Year-Old Couldn’t Bear Clothes on Her Skin—Then Her Eyes Went Dark

Sep 27

Press Releases

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Headflood Marketing Launches Video Marketing for Local Businesses

Oct 19

COREDO Details ESMA Deadline for Non-MiCA Stablecoins in the EU

Oct 19

PTSX Plan Estratégico de Inversión X8 entra en su tercera etapa: el proyecto amplía su presencia en América Latina, con México como mercado prioritario

Oct 19

A7 International Launches Global Payment Platform Connecting Digital Assets With Traditional Banking

Oct 16

Uriel's 'OUTTA HERE' Debuts at No. 2 on Germany's iTunes Pop Chart

Oct 15

Cleveland Women Leaders Association Adds Cindy Mako Robinson as Coaching Partner

Oct 15

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