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RIYADH: Startups across the Middle East and North Africa continued to close funding rounds last week even as investors weighed persistent market uncertainty tied to the conflict involving Iran.

As widely expected, the Federal Reserve raised the fed funds target range to 3.75%-4.00%, marking its first rate hike in three years. Because the decision was largely priced into markets, investors focused more closely on the Fed’s updated economic projections and Chair Kevin Warsh’s tone in the press conference.

Last month, I shared photos of the latest digital wrap I’d made for my Tesla and asked people what they thought. To my surprise, what they really wanted to know was, “How did you make that?” Some of them were Tesla owners themselves.

It’s the final day of another Dreamforce and as is traditional, the final word of our dedicated coverage goes to the main man, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who is in typically understated mode as he contemplates the ‘year of the interface’ pivot that the company has introduced this week at its annual user gathering in…

SEPT. 1, 2026 — U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent answers questions from the media during a news conference as the G20 finance meetings wrap up in Asheville, North Carolina. (Photo: WLOS Staff)