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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 Jul 28, 2021
Bucking Covid-19 trend, Saudi women take job market by storm
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
Wednesday Jul 28, 2021
- How Saudi Arabia's women are pushing into the workforce and transforming the economy
- Pandemic is an opportunity to improve gender diversity in aviation, Iata says
- Women believe career prospects have been hampered by the pandemic
- Saudi healthcare group buys online retailer Mumzworld
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Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
5 emerging investment themes for sovereign wealth funds
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
Wednesday Jul 21, 2021
- Regional sovereign funds backed local economies amid pandemic, Invesco says
- Working from anywhere is here to stay, says boss of Majid Al FuttaimAround 87% of global executives embrace ESG as core strategy, survey finds
- Middle East SWFs hunt returns through private asset classes, Invesco says
- Europe's central bank steps up plans for digital euro
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Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Majid Al Futtaim CEO on the future of retail and cinema
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Wednesday Jul 14, 2021
Automation, e-commerce and the push for sustainability all have major roles to play in the future of retail.
That's according to Majid Al Futtaim chief executive Alain Bejjani. He joins co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner this week to talk about how the Middle East's biggest mall operator is catering to changing consumer behaviour - and why cinema will never go away.
MAF and the future of retail (0m 40s)
Automation and carbon footprint (9m 21s)
Technology v human capital (16m 27s)
Cinema here to stay (26m 30s)
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- UAE's retail industry nearing pre-pandemic levels, Middle East's biggest mall operator says
- Working from anywhere is here to stay, says boss of Majid Al Futtaim
- Saudi Arabia's retail market more investable as more women enter workforce, Majid Al Futtaim chief says
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Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Opec impasse and oil’s road to net zero
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Thursday Jul 08, 2021
Opec and rising demand (0m 58s)
Oil prices that determine market stability (5m 13s)
Opec's importance in the global energy landscape (9m 44s)
UAE's strategy (16m 10s)
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