Ramesh Ponnuru A lot of people who want tighter gun control blame the US Supreme Court for standing in their way. In 2008, a 5-4 majority read the Second Amendment to protect an individual’s right to own guns. That decision, writes Fareed Zakaria, “has made common-sense regulation of guns much harder” and contributed to America’s high gun-homicide rate. The ...

  Cal Wong SPECIAL TO EMIRATES BUSINESS Over the past two years, Chinese firms have been snapping up stakes in big name global sports teams including Inter Milan, Atletico de Madrid, The World Triathlon Corporation and its Ironman brand, Manchester City, and Yokohama Marinos, to name a few. But what is driving this rush in sports investments? The government is ...

  Sunaina Rana / Emirates Business As digitalisation penetrates into almost every sector around the globe, companies in the MENA region are leaving no stone unturned to grab their space in the online world. Google Analytic estimates that MENA consumers are now relying more on their brands’ digital messages than before, to guide them through a purchase journey. It points ...