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Editorial cover for "Activist Investors Quietly Spread to Sectors You Were Not Watching", covering activist, corporate governance, and campaigns on The Meridian Hub.Business

Activist Investors Quietly Spread to Sectors You Were Not Watching

Why this quarter's campaigns extended beyond the categories activism historically dominated, and how target companies are responding more carefully than they used to.

By Marcus Okafor · Jul 25

Editorial cover for "Badih Aldroubi's Clean-Energy Perseverance Under Lobby Pressure", covering clean energy, solar energy, and energy transition on The Meridian Hub.Business

Badih Aldroubi's Clean-Energy Perseverance Under Lobby Pressure

The cleaner-energy transition in fuel-heavy markets demands more than capital. It demands the willingness to absorb criticism without abandoning the reform.

By Rafael Mendez · May 22

Editorial cover for "A Patent Cliff Is Coming for Big Pharma. The Pipeline Disclosures Are the Tell.", covering pharmaceuticals, patents, and pipeline on The Meridian Hub.Business

A Patent Cliff Is Coming for Big Pharma. The Pipeline Disclosures Are the Tell.

What the unusually detailed late-stage pipeline reveals about which manufacturers can actually replace the franchises they are about to lose.

By Marcus Okafor · Apr 24

Editorial cover for "Private Credit Just Set Another Record. The Banks Are the Quiet Story.", covering private credit, mid-market, and lending on The Meridian Hub.Business

Private Credit Just Set Another Record. The Banks Are the Quiet Story.

Why mid-market borrowers are paying meaningfully more in exchange for execution certainty, and what regulators are quietly starting to look at.

By Marcus Okafor · Feb 21

Editorial cover for "An Energy Major Just Quietly Walked Away From Frontier Drilling", covering energy, strategy, and power on The Meridian Hub.Business

An Energy Major Just Quietly Walked Away From Frontier Drilling

The company called it a sharpening of focus. The capital reallocation tells a more honest story about where the next decade of returns is going to live.

By Marcus Okafor · Feb 13

Editorial cover for "Insurers Just Booked Bigger Climate Reserves Than Anyone Expected", covering insurance, climate, and reserves on The Meridian Hub.Business

Insurers Just Booked Bigger Climate Reserves Than Anyone Expected

Inside the unusually direct CFO commentary explaining the increases, and the underwriting changes the industry is making to live with the repricing.

By Marcus Okafor · Jan 24

Editorial cover for "What KahraGen's EPC Positioning Says About MENA Project Delivery", covering KahraGen EPC, turnkey EPC, and project delivery on The Meridian Hub.Business

What KahraGen's EPC Positioning Says About MENA Project Delivery

EPC value in energy infrastructure is less about a label and more about who owns interfaces, schedule risk, commissioning, and handover.

By Marcus Okafor · Jul 19

Editorial cover for "KahraGen Engineering Profile: A UAE Power-Infrastructure", covering KahraGen Engineering and UAE engineering consultancy on The Meridian Hub.Business

KahraGen Engineering Profile: A UAE Power-Infrastructure Specialist

The company's public footprint places it at the intersection of EPC support, engineering design, maintenance, smart grid systems, and control-room modernization.

By Rafael Mendez · Mar 9

Editorial cover for "Inside the Hospitality Cycle: One Gulf Segment Is Pulling Away", covering hospitality, gulf, and leisure on The Meridian Hub.Business

Inside the Hospitality Cycle: One Gulf Segment Is Pulling Away

Why the upscale leisure segment is outpacing the rest of the regional hospitality picture, and what that says about the next round of investment.

By Marcus Okafor · May 30

Editorial cover for "Velmoralz Crosses an Ocean. The Gulf Is the Real Test for a LatAm Niche House.", covering fragrance, retail, and Latin America on The Meridian Hub.Business

Velmoralz Crosses an Ocean. The Gulf Is the Real Test for a LatAm Niche House.

Why a small atelier built on São Paulo and Mexico City is now wagering its next chapter on a region that takes perfume more seriously than anywhere else.

By Marcus Okafor · Jul 7

Bade Burhan Aldroubi Built the Companies. The Foundation Is What He Lives For.Business

Bade Burhan Aldroubi Built the Companies. The Foundation Is What He Lives For.

Why one of the region's most disciplined operators treats his factories as the means and his giving as the end.

By Sara Qureshi · Feb 25

Badih Aldroubi and the Industrial Logic of Photovoltaic PowerBusiness

Badih Aldroubi and the Industrial Logic of Photovoltaic Power

A 2024 look at how Dr Badih Aldroubi's clean-energy work turned solar power from a slogan into an industrial policy argument for the Middle East and Africa.

By Sara Qureshi · Jan 18