Business Extra

Ep 19: High Noon? Are we about to see the new e-commerce giant in the region go head to head with Amazon?

Mustafa Alrawi, The National's business editor and Andy Scott discuss online growth, expanding GDP and the strong dollar bringing us back down to earth.

Ep 18: President Trump - What exactly does that mean?

Mustafa Alrawi, business editor for The National, and Andy Scott discuss the shock, the awe and what happens next.

Ep 17: 1+1 = 1. Mergers, Dubai airport expansion, and the F&B sector

Mustafa Alrawi and Andy Scott discuss the $125 billion merger between Mubadala and IPIC as the main course with Dubai raising financing for the expansion of its airports, pesky drones and for dessert why the UAE's F&B sector would like us to eat more.

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Ep 16: Samsung's burning phones and the UAE's cooling retail sector

Mustafa Alrawi, Business Editor for The National, along with reporters Andy Scott and John Everington discuss Samsung's headaches with the Note 7 and the latest bearish assessment for the UAE's retail sector.

Ep 15: As the Summer heat abates the business life of the UAE heats up with bankruptcy, property, retail and food on the agenda

Mustafa Alrawi, Business Editor for The National and Andy Scott discuss all the new developments.

Ep 14: As the country gets hotter so does Dubai's property market

The National's Business Editor, Mustafa Alrawi and Andy Scott discuss all the weeks business news

Ep 13: The UAE's residential rents and prices are set to fall again as its tourist numbers and length-of-stay increases

The National's Business Editor, Mustafa Alrawi, reporter Lucy Barnard and Andy Scott go toe-to-toe with the numbers and have a sneak peek at Pokemon Go.

Ep 10: Merger mania in Abu Dhabi as the world's biggest demerger depresses the UK economy

The National's Business Editor, Mustafa Alrawi, and Andy Scott discuss the week's seismic events locally and globally.

Ep9: Abu Dhabi looks to create the country's biggest bank with NBAD and FGB discussing a merger as the UK looks to demerge from Europe.

The National's Deputy Business Editor, Sean Cronin, and Andy Scott discuss the weeks biggest business events.

Ep8: Is Dubai looking at another 5per cent drop in domestic rents for 2016 with more pain to come next year?

The National's Business Editor, Mustafa Alrawi, and Andy Scott discuss the week's hot topics