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Saudi Arabia postponed the Future Investment Initiative — Davos in the Desert — to 2027 after repeated Houthi attacks, including a deadly airport strike.

Rubrik warns AI cyberattacks risk every Indian business as agentic AI shrinks the time between finding a flaw and exploiting it, hitting SMEs too.

Sugar stocks slid up to 7% after the government directed oil marketers to cut sugar diversion for ethanol to zero for the 2026/27 supply year.

Trade friction has not stopped US India business ties from deepening, with 13 industry agreements, defence co-production and semiconductor deals.

Honeywell Aerospace's 35th annual outlook projects 9,950 new business jet deliveries from 2026 to 2035, up 4.4%, with the global fleet growing 29%.

IBM has deployed 6,000 AI agents across its consulting workflows, using human-digital teams to boost productivity and redesign client processes.

CoreWeave's credit spreads widened 86 basis points to 934 as bond markets balked at AI data-center debt, raising fears of a classic capital bust.

US stock futures rebounded Sunday as investors braced for a huge tech earnings week, with Tesla, Meta, Netflix and SpaceX all set to report results.

Gold prices edged higher Monday, with spot gold at $4,175.60, as investors weighed the odds of a Fed rate hike and falling oil eased inflation fears.

Crude oil prices fell Monday as Trump waived Russia sanctions, with Brent near $108.86, though Middle East tensions keep the market on edge.