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As one of the world’s most influential business hubs, the Middle East requires expert attention. Business Extra provides those experts, as well as news and insights from The National’s esteemed team of business editors and reporters, who are on top of the markets, technology, the energy sector and more.
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Wednesday Sep 26, 2018
Emirates and Etihad: What does the future hold?
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018
Wednesday Sep 26, 2018
While the UAE's aviation giants, Etihad and Emirates, have both denied a Bloomberg report that the latter was considering a takeover of the former, it is worth speculating what the future holds. Can a deal happen, and how would that shape the future of aviation in the region? Host Mustafa Alrawi looks at the changing aviation landscape in this week's episode of the Business Extra podcast.
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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company in July awarded one of the world’s largest seismic surveys for hydrocarbon assets to a unit of China National Petroleum Corporation. The multibillion-dirham project is underway in the Abu Dhabi Dessert, where Karma Gurung visited earlier this week. What was the scene like in-person?
Oil prices caught the crosshairs of President Trump's Twitter. From a joint meeting of Opec nations in Algiers earlier this week, the response was to stay the course, as oil prices are steadily on the rise.
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Why Uber and Careem should stay in their own lanes
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Ride-sharing app Careem has been one of the Middle East's most successful tech start-ups, and competitor Uber is now reportedly interested in an acquisition to widen its own presence in ther region. While it would likely be a multibillion-dollar windfall for Careem, would selling now be a shortsighted move for a company with so much potential?
Hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Chris Nelson discuss Careem's future in this week's episode of the Business Extra podcast.
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Tesla adds a criminal probe from the US Department of of Justice to its growing list of problems. Elon Musk's erratic behaviour and irresponsible tweets might have sunk his company.
If Tesla does fail, where does that leave the electric-car industry?
And we talk to Brian Finlay, President and CEO of Stimson Center, an American think tank which this week collaborated with UAE-based Trends Research & Advisory on a blueprint to grow renewable energy in the developing world.
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
People can't get enough of Apple
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Despite ever-increasing prices and fierce competition, consumers flock to Apple's new products every year. Surely this year will be no different, and hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Chris Nelson assess the world's first trillion-dollar company as it unveils a new line of products in this week's Business Extra podcast.
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Saudi petrochemicals maker Sabic has growing ambitions in China, a sign of how some of the Kingdom's largest businesses are diversifying.
Siemens is pinning its hopes to electric passenger jets in the hopes that hybrid-electric planes are the future of flight.
And we have a chat with Emirati branding expert Kawthar Bin Sulayam, the founder and CEO of KBS Communications, who has helped with the branding efforts of the Dubai government and the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
ADCB merger would shake up banking sector; Oil prices rally
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
A potential merger between Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Union National Bank and Al Hilal would create one of the region's largest lenders. The news has already had positive effects on UNB's share prices, a sign that a merger would be a welcome change to the banking sector.
Host Mustafa Alrawi discuss the potential merger and more with Chris Nelson in this week's episode of the Business Extra podcast.
Also in this episode:
Oil prices have rallied of late. Energy correspondent Jennifer Gnana tells us why, and gives us the latest news on the Saudi-Aramco IPO.
Turkey's currency crisis shows no signs of improving. How will this effect markets in the region?
And we assess Dyson's plans to enter the electric-vehicle game.