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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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Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
2019: A look back at Boeing, Abraaj and Nouriel Roubini's predictions
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Tuesday Dec 31, 2019
Expectations of a pickup in the global economy, a recovery for aviation following the 737 Max crisis and the continued consequences for private equity in the region from Abraaj’s collapse will all likely be features of the business landscape in 2020.
The National's Assistant Editor-in-Chief Mustafa Alrawi speaks to Editor-in-Chief Mina Al-Oraibi about some of the biggest business news stories from 2019 and what might be intriguing and significant developments in the coming year.
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Rocking in Riyadh and the TikTok takeover
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Streaming wars. Tiktok. Billie Eilish. EDM concerts in Saudi Arabia. What do these things all have in common?
Business Extra is recapping the year in the business of entertainment and pop culture. Host and The National’s Future Editor Kelsey Warner is joined by colleagues Nyree McFarlane, Head of Arts and Lifestyle and Jason Von Berg, Head of Audience Growth to discuss the biggest business news from the entertainment industry in 2019.
In this episode:
Business Extra is recapping the year in the business of entertainment and pop culture. Host and The National’s Future Editor Kelsey Warner is joined by colleagues Nyree McFarlane, Head of Arts and Lifestyle and Jason Von Berg, Head of Audience Growth to discuss the biggest business news from the entertainment industry in 2019.
In this episode:
Netflix vs. Everybody (0m 35m)
Entertainment in Saudi (5m 50s)
TikTok and the rise of social media (8m 33s)
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Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
US-China trade war, COP25 and productivity tracking with PWC's John Garvey
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
In this week's podcast, host Kelsey Warner is joined by John Garvey, the global financial services industry leader at PwC. They discuss a new phase of the US-China tariff war and an underwhelming end to the United Nations' climate change summit, COP25. Are signs of action from the private sector cause for optimism?
Also discussed: the future of work in the financial services industry and why productivity tracking is a game-changer.
In this episode:
US-China 'Phase One' deal (0m 27m)
Why COP25 dragged on for two extra days (5m 50s)
The private sector's role in climate change action (7m 58s)
John Garvey on the case for productivity and financial services' 'lost decade' (14m 10s)
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Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Oxford Analytica's David Young talks Google assistant and Saudi 2020 Budget
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner are joined by David Young, CEO of Oxford Analytica, a strategic consulting and advisory firm. They discuss Google rolling out its digital assistant in Arabic across the MENA region, Saudi Arabia's 1.02 trillion riyal budget for 2020 and how Oxford Analytica started 45 years ago to provide daily briefs inspired by the White House.
In this episode:
In this episode:
Google's virtual assistant in arabic (0m 34s)
US vs China (5m 34s)
Saudi Arabia's 2020 budget (10m 35s)
David Young on Oxford Analytica (17m 12s)
Saudi Arabia's 2020 budget (10m 35s)
David Young on Oxford Analytica (17m 12s)
Headlines (25m 09s)
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Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Egypt's tourism minister Dr Rania Al Mashat on the country's revival
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Egypt wants at least one person in each household to work in tourism as part of wider plans to develop a resilient and sustainable sector through structural reforms that will boost its competitiveness globally.
In this week's Business Extra, Mina Al-Oraibi, The National's editor in chief, and Mustafa Alrawi, The National's assistant editor in chief, speak exclusively to Dr Rania Al Mashat, Egypt's tourism minister, on the country's plan to create a resilient sector and how it intends to take advantage of its many ancient and natural riches.
In this episode
Interview with Dr Rania Al Mashat: 1minute 26 seconds
Headlines: 23m 30s
In this episode
Interview with Dr Rania Al Mashat: 1minute 26 seconds
Headlines: 23m 30s
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