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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 Aug 21, 2019
UAE firm FlexxPay bridges gap between paydays
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
In the episode, host Chris Nelson is joined by fellow Assistant Business Editor Michael Fahy and The National's personal finance correspondent Nada El Sawy to talk about the company, what its plans are and the growth of the sector both here and abroad.
Also, we take a look at the strange goings-on at last week's major classic car auction in Monteray, California. Auction goers consisting of aficiandos and collectors at the much-anticipated sale of rare vehicles were left open-mouthed after an apparent blunder by the RM Sotheby's auction MC saw bidding for a rare 1939 'Porsche' - list price $20 million (Dh73.4m) - reach an eye-watering "$70m", only for it to emerge that the auctioneer had in fact said, or meant to say, $17m.
Comments from those among the crowd right after the error included: “It worked for Banksy; it didn’t work for RM,” a reference to the 2018 Sotheby’s sale which saw a piece of artwork by Banksy shredded in a surprise stunt just after it sold.
In this episode:
- Headlines (0m 36s)
- FlexxPay (5m 21s)
- 'Porsche' (16m 15s)
Read more on our website:
• FlexxPay allows employees to access salary in between pay cheques
In this episode:
- Headlines (0m 36s)
- FlexxPay (5m 21s)
- 'Porsche' (16m 15s)
Read more on our website:
• FlexxPay allows employees to access salary in between pay cheques
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