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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 Nov 25, 2020
What changes to UAE company foreign ownership rules mean for you
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
The changes to the UAE Commercial Companies' law, which were announced allowing almost all companies to be fully foreign owned, have been widely welcomed. The idea of further opening up the economy to foreign investment will have obvious potential benefits such as attracting more FDI and spurring business activity. This has been an evolution of a number of steps over the last 17 years or so, making doing business in the UAE easier for all nationalities.
The changes to the law will prove interesting in terms of how it will impact the well established ecosystem of onshore and offshore jurisdictions in the country and it will take some time after the amendments are in effect for the landscape to be fully realised.
Host Mustafa Alrawi discusses this landmark development with Omar Momany, partner and head of the corporate and commercial practice group at Baker McKenzie Habib Al Mulla, and another partner at the leading law firm, Hani Naja, who is also a corporate and commercial legal expert.
In this episode:
The commercial companies law (0m 32s)
The changes the new law would bring (2m 06s)
The onshore and offshore ecosystem (9m 10s)
Why does owning 100% of a company matter? (14m 08s)
What we don't know yet (20m 47s)
Headlines (25m 23s)
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• Oil surges to an eight-month high on vaccine hopes
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
What mobility looks like post Covid-19
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
Wednesday Nov 18, 2020
The nexus of technology has had a real impact in the way we work and live. What happens when the disruptors have to move even more quickly than they expected? This week, Richard Sikkel, chief executive of Massar Solutions, and Tino Waked, regional general manager of Middle East & Africa at Uber, join Mustafa Alrawi to talk about all things transportation.
In this episode:
What happens when the disruptor becomes disrupted? (0m 41s)
The changes the pandemic has brought (5m 28s)
How Uber moved fast to face the challenge (10m 15s)
The future prospects for Massar Solutions and Uber (11m 33s)
Headlines (15m 52s)
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• Opec+ weighs options as markets hope for extension of production cuts
In this episode:
What happens when the disruptor becomes disrupted? (0m 41s)
The changes the pandemic has brought (5m 28s)
How Uber moved fast to face the challenge (10m 15s)
The future prospects for Massar Solutions and Uber (11m 33s)
Headlines (15m 52s)
Read more on our website:
• Opec+ weighs options as markets hope for extension of production cuts
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Huawei's Paul Scanlan on 5G and why it is better
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner talk to Huawei's chief technology officer, Paul Scanlan, on the advantages of 5G and why it is better for the future of telecommunication.
In this episode:
Let's talk 5G! (0m 43s)
How is 5G different? (1m 55s)
Living with 5G (5m 32s)
Why is Huawei number one in 5G tech? (9m 24s)
Why is China ahead of the curve? (15m 00s)
Working under the Trump and the new administration (20m 13s)
Information security and Huawei 5G (21m 58s)
Headlines (25m 20s)
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• Huawei to appeal Sweden’s ‘draconic’ 5G ban
In this episode:
Let's talk 5G! (0m 43s)
How is 5G different? (1m 55s)
Living with 5G (5m 32s)
Why is Huawei number one in 5G tech? (9m 24s)
Why is China ahead of the curve? (15m 00s)
Working under the Trump and the new administration (20m 13s)
Information security and Huawei 5G (21m 58s)
Headlines (25m 20s)
Read more on our website:
• Huawei to appeal Sweden’s ‘draconic’ 5G ban
Monday Nov 02, 2020
The US election and the markets
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Uncertainty in Pennsylvania is a potential “perfect storm” for a contested election that would send shockwaves through the markets, but investors are otherwise betting on a Joe Biden win.
“The market is a bit pre-positioned for the Democratic wave, unlike last time,” John Hardy, head of FX strategy at Saxo Bank, said, while adding that markets were in no way prepared for President Trump's victory in 2016. He joins co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner this week to outline market scenarios depending on the election’s outcome.
In this episode:
How are the markets affected in the run up to the election? (1m 16s)
Biden win and blue wave scenario (4m 39s)
Where does coronavirus fit in? (7m 54s)
The power of Pennsylvania (9m 35s)
The possibility of a contested election (12m 03s)
The three scenarios (14m 06s)
Markets don't like uncertainty (17m 10s)
Headlines (20m 10s)
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• Russia’s Sberbank seeks more partnerships with Middle Eastern sovereign investors
“The market is a bit pre-positioned for the Democratic wave, unlike last time,” John Hardy, head of FX strategy at Saxo Bank, said, while adding that markets were in no way prepared for President Trump's victory in 2016. He joins co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner this week to outline market scenarios depending on the election’s outcome.
In this episode:
How are the markets affected in the run up to the election? (1m 16s)
Biden win and blue wave scenario (4m 39s)
Where does coronavirus fit in? (7m 54s)
The power of Pennsylvania (9m 35s)
The possibility of a contested election (12m 03s)
The three scenarios (14m 06s)
Markets don't like uncertainty (17m 10s)
Headlines (20m 10s)
Read more on our website:
• Russia’s Sberbank seeks more partnerships with Middle Eastern sovereign investors
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