Business
This week, Business Extra takes a look back at the 10 biggest business moments from the UAE and beyond in 2020. Co-host Kelsey Warner is joined by The National’s personal finance editor, Felicity Glover, to count down. In this episode: Dr Rajesh Suri in February, delivering a message to residents from Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi as it prepared for the pandemic (1m 05s) Naim Yazbeck of Microsoft UAE on the fate of the 9 to 5 in the WFH revolution (4m 41s) Ian Ohan, founder and CEO of restaurant operator Krush Brands, on the impact of the delivery economy on small businesses (6m 36s) Jennifer Scott, chairman of the Commons Project, describes a new, open market for data amid antitrust allegations against Big Tech (8m 37s) The National’s business editor Massoud Derhally puts the Beirut port blast into historical perspective days after the explosion (11m 58s) Muhammad Albakri of IATA on how the legacy of aviation will be critical to its recovery after a summer of empty skies (14m 01s) The National’s senior business correspondent Michael Fahy describes how BR Shetty got caught (14m 59s) Qamar Energy CEO Robin Mills on if 2020 marks the end of peak oil demand (16m 51s) Emirates Nuclear Energy Company chief executive Mohamed Al Hammadi explains why the UAE became a producer of nuclear energy (18m 57s) Noor Sweid, partner at Global Ventures, predicts the sector most transformed by the pandemic - and why it’s the Middle East’s biggest investment opportunity (20m 39s)