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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 Sep 22, 2020
World Economic Forum opens summit on post-Covid 19 future
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Tuesday Sep 22, 2020
Terri Toyota, a director at the forum, joins co-hosts Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner to discuss the fourth Sustainable Development Impact (SDI) Summit, being held virtually for the first time, about how the agenda came together and what comes next.
In this episode:
The show must go on! (0m 40s)
Terri Toyota on the World Economic Forum being held remotely (1m 46s)
Green recovery from Covid-19 (3m 26s)
The reality of re-globalisation (5m 00s)
What role does WEF play for companies? (7m 56s)
Post-pandemic politics and the Impact Summit Programme (10m 14s)
The new US administration and SDI (12m 51s)
Headlines (14m 05s)
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• HSBC's shares slide to 25-year low amid money laundering claims

Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
How in-person events can stage a comeback
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
Wednesday Sep 16, 2020
In this episode:
How important is the events and exhibitions industry for the UAE economy? (1m 20s)
The impacts of Covid-19 on in-person events (3m 44s)
Role of technology in events and exhibitions (8m 20s)
Will mobile tech in events last even after the pandemic? (11m 07s)
The recovery of the events and exhibition industry (13m 16s)
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• Abu Dhabi's flagship sustainability event to be held online in 2021

Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Farming UAE vegetables and shellfish during the pandemic
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
In this episode:
Dibba Bay and Pure Harvest (0m 39s)
Oyster Farming in UAE (1m 31s)
Expansion during the pandemic (4m 04s)
Food security in the Gulf and the farm to table dream (8m 17s)
Keeping food fresh sustainably (14m 42s)
Headlines (19m 27s)
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• Investcorp and China Resources take majority stake in Hong Kong food retailer

Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Leon Black on $5.5 billion Adnoc deal
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020

Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
How to future in a world of hyperchange
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Host Kelsey Warner speaks to the futurist, founder of Changeist and author of How to Future: Leading and Sense-making in an Age of Hyperchange about how he maps the future. To future is a verb, not a noun. And in a year like 2020, futuring has never been more important. If futuring is something we can all do, all the time, what does that look like and how can it help us in an epochal year?
What does a futurist do? (1m 20s)
Where does future obsession come from? (2m 36s)
Tools to mapping a future? (3m 40s)
How does Scott Smith filter information? (19m 19s)
"Bring a post it to a database fight". AI and big data (11m 40s)
The best ways to communicate the results (14m 40s)
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• Zoom’s Q2 net profit eclipses 2019 earnings as revenue surges

Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
What it will take to rebuild a shattered Beirut
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
In this episode:
The Strategy& impact assessment (0m 51s)
What are the urgent needs in Beirut? (5m 05s)
What do the numbers tell us about progress? (8m 40s)
How did Covid affect Lebanon after the blast? (11m 21s)
How are surveys helping? (13m 00s)
NGO's and crisis consultation (15m 13s)
Private sectors and Lebanon's rise (16m 58s)
Commercial competition in space (20m 30s)
Headlines (22m 20s)
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• Two planes loaded with 30 tonnes of aid leave Dubai for Beirut

Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Aldar’s Greg Fewer is optimistic for signs of recovery by year-end
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
They discuss what Abu Dhabi’s biggest developer and asset manager did to manage losses at the peak of shutdown measures, and how it plans to sustain and grow in the months to come. Also in this episode, Mr Fewer shares his outlook for real estate, what sustainability means to a publicly listed company in 2020 and why Aldar is now accepting credit cards for rental payments.
In this episode:
How Aldar got through Q2 (0m 38s)
Flexibility for tenants (6m 32s)
How is Aldar moving with the times? (13m 39s)
Aldar and sustainability (19m 19s)
Headlines (22m 48s)
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• Aldar Properties Q2 net profit jumps 2% on higher revenue

Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
How Lebanon's economy went 'beyond the brink'
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
In this episode:
Hassan Diab's resignation (0m 5s)
Nassib Ghobril on Lebanon's economic status (1m 13s)
Lebanon since the civil war (4m 17s)
IMF bailout for Lebanon (6m 39s)
The new government and the financial system (12m 31s)
What can we expect this year for Lebanon? (16m 09s)
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• Beirut explosion to deepen Lebanon's economic contraction to 24%, IIF says

Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Business Extra Special: ENEC’s Mohamed Al Hammadi on UAE’s nuclear energy ambitions
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
In this episode:
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• Barakah Nuclear Power Station: Energy today for UAE's tomorrows

Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Microsoft finds the 9-to-5 workday is fading away
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
In this episode:
What have we learned from working from home? (0m 34s)
Which generation finds WFH the most challenging? (8m 52s)
Headlines (16m 34s)
Read more on our website:
• Eight in 10 people expect flexible work from home policies post Covid-19, Microsoft survey finds