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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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Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Adnoc and Saudi Arabia take centre stage
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
This week’s podcast focuses on Adnoc’s agreement with Italian and Austrian energy companies ENI and OMV and Saudi Arabia’s new industrial programme, while HOFTEL chairman Simon Allison talks about the international hospitality sector .
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company announced it is selling stakes in its refining unit to ENI and OMV, and setting up a trading joint venture with both companies as part of its drive to become an integrated energy major.
Meanwhile, in Saudi Arabia, the kingdom unveiled its enormous new industrial strategy, signing deals worth many billions of dollars as part of its Vision 2030 programme.
Chris Nelson is joined by The National’s energy reporter Jennifer Gnana and companies correspondent Sarmad Khan to talk about both topics.
Later, ahead of the Gulf and Indian Ocean Hotel Investors Summit at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on February 4 to 6, Simon Allison, the chairman of the international hotel owners alliance HOFTEL, discusses developments in the hospitality industry and how the sector, both globally and regionally, is adapting.
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Re-shaping globalisation at this year's World Economics Forum in Davos
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
The National’s Assistant Editor in Chief Mustafa Alrawi gives his take on this year’s World Economic Forum in Switzerland .
The picture-perfect Swiss Alpine resort of Davos this week plays host to the planet’s most influential movers and shakers who come together once a year for the World Economic Forum.
While some big hitters have stayed away this time to deal with problems closer to home, the forum is still a significant opportunity for the international community to focus on solving the pressing issues we are all affected by and pointing the way to a brighter future, economically, commercially and this year environmentally.
Speaking directly from Davos, The National’s Assistant Editor in Chief Mustafa Alrawi talks to Chris Nelson about what is shaping the agenda at this year’s WEF.
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Is the worst over for investors?
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Wednesday Jan 16, 2019
Sentiment among investors appears to have rebounded following a bleak end to last year, despite global issues such as the US government shutdown, Washington’s trade battle with China and disappointing data from the world’s second-largest economy. All that plus the ongoing Brexit saga do have the potential to cause ripples – or worse.
Bucking the global trend, however, it seems the UAE is a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy picture.
In this week’s Business Extra Podcast, Assistant Business Editor Chris Nelson talks to Tim Fox, chief economist and head of research at Emirates NBD, and a regular columnist for The National, about how the global and regional investment outlook might be affected near-term.
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
Is the US economy bound for recession?
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
Thursday Jan 10, 2019
US stocks have rebounded from an end-of-year lull, but many are forecasting a recession on the horizon. Complicating the US outlook is President Donald Trump's ongoing government shutdown and frayed trade relations with China.
What are all the factors driving a negative US outlook? Economic analyst Omar Al-Ubaydli gives his take to host Chris Nelson in this week's episode of the Business Extra podcast. Listen here:
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We speak with The National's Kelsey Warner about the positives coming out of the region. Adnoc is among the top 10 most influential companies and organisations in the energy sector, the only company in the Middle East with this distinction. Adnoc also expects to increase unconventional gas discoveries.
The UAE economy is expected to the buck the World Bank's pessimistic global GDP outlook. Is this driven by the optimistic country's outlook in the non-oil economy?
Bahrain introduces VAT. How big an impact will this have on the country's economy?
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
How Africa will shape and be shaped by aviation
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
Thursday Jan 03, 2019
A fast-growing Africa could change the face of the aviation industry and the continent’s rising demand for aviation could also lift Africa’s economic prospects in the future.
Hassan El-Houry, Group CEO of National Aviation Services and co-author of Fly Africa, tells The National’s Mustafa Alrawi about the African aviation sector and discusses the future of tourism in and out of the continent.