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| Thursday, 02 July, 2009 |
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Wael Al Sayegh, Founder of the Alghaf Cultural Consultancy, discusses IRENA, the Olympics, and the change in this years' school year. - Dubai Eye |
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H.S. Paik, President of LG Electronics Gulf, discusses his company's performance in the region - Paik states the biggest hit has been taken in the air-conditioning sector. - Dubai Eye |
| Wednesday, 01 July, 2009 |
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Khaldoun Tabari, vice chairman and CEO of Drake & Scull, discusses their share price since IPO, how they manage outstanding monies, and the company's future prospects. - Dubai Eye |
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AJ Vidyasagar, Chief Executive Officer of State Bank of India, discusses the bank's performance since getting a Category 1 DIFC licence in January of this year. - Dubai Eye |
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Gianluca Giardina, Senior Fund Manager MENA at EIS Asset Management, analyses the Emaar merger story and its stocks performance in the last week. - Dubai Eye |
| Tuesday, 30 June, 2009 |
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Jeffrey Rhodes, CEO of International Assets, analyses the gold price and gold market. - Dubai Eye |
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Ian Fairservice, managing partner and group editor of Motivate Publishing, explains the challenges of starting the company 30 years ago, and looks ahead to future challenges. - Dubai Eye |
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Marios Maratheftis, Regional Head of Research at Standard Chartered Bank, talks about local debt markets and gives his view on economic recovery. - Dubai Eye |
| Monday, 29 June, 2009 |
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Blair Hakgull, MD of Jones Lang LaSalle, analyses Emaar's potential merger and talks about Dubai's property market in general. - Dubai Eye |
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Ben Simpfendorfer, chief economist at Royal Bank of Scotland in Hong Kong, discusses his new book "The New Silk Road", which says that China is replacing the US as a destination for Middle Eastern trade and investments. - Dubai Eye |
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Farooq Siddiqi, Managing Director Transaction Banking at Standard Chartered Bank, says that companies can improve their working capital & cash flow via some simple manoeuvres. - Dubai Eye |
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Abdulkadir Hussain, CEO of Mashreq Capital, analyses the state of the regional bond market in the light of potential government guarantees for bonds. - Dubai Eye |
| Sunday, 28 June, 2009 |
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Adriano Cantreva, Sr Executive Officer at ITAU Middle East Securities, talks about some of the important business and economic issues from South America. - Dubai Eye |
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Samrat Navale from Emirates NBD, discusses alternatives to the US dollar as the world's reserve currency, plus the rate of recovery in global economies. - Dubai Eye |
| Thursday, 25 June, 2009 |
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Alexander McNabb, Group Account Director at Spot-on PR, says Google's Q1 revenue equals the entire spend on print advertising in the US in the same period, and says new competitor Bing.com wants a share of that! |
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Wael Al Sayegh, MD of the cultural consultancy Al Ghaf, discusses sponsorship in the UAE, and comments on why Emiratis are leaving the private sector. Share your views. |
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Lady Olga Maitland, CEO of Money Transfer International - a trade organisation for the remittance market - explains why blue-collar workers will benefit from greater financial intermediary quality when sending money home. |
| Wednesday, 24 June, 2009 |
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Ramadan Abdullah, Director of the Unified Card Department at the RTA gives details of the ticketing system & prices for Dubai's Metro, which opens on September 9th. |
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Rob McKinnon, managing director equity research of Al Mal Capital analyses the latest equity movements in the UAE. |
| Tuesday, 23 June, 2009 |
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Jeffrey Rhodes, CEO of International Commodities, says that despite an expected downturn in the gold price in the near future, gold price is definitely trending upwards. |
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Tim Sharp, Partner - Middle East & Asia at Paddington Partners, discusses the wisdom of asking employees to follow the British Airways initiative of working for free. |
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Marios Maratheftis, regional head of research at Standard Chartered Bank, analyses Dubai's debt levels. |
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Hussein Hachem, CEO-GCC of Aramex, talks about his company's new offering 'Value Express', and also how the company has fared in the downturn. |
| Monday, 22 June, 2009 |
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Andrew McNeilis, CEO of Talent2, discusses the concept of "Employer of Choice". |
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Kelly Lundberg, stylist & entrepreneur, talks about her new book 'Success In The City', and also the challenges of starting a new business. |
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Dino Kronfol, MD of Algebra Capital, says the proposed new bond law in the UAE is a step in the right direction. |
| Sunday, 21 June, 2009 |
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Tim Fox, Chief Economist at Emirates NBD Capital, discusses regional markets and the specter of inflation. |
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Tim Reid, co-head of coverage MENA at HSBC, analyses the bank's latest confidence survey for the region. |
| Thursday, 18 June, 2009 |
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Wael Al Sayegh, MD of the cultural consultancy Al Ghaf, discusses the UK government's efforts to educate travellers on their way to the Middle East. |
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Alexander McNabb, Group Account Director at Spot-on PR, looks at a London High Court ruling yesterday that removes the right of anonymity for bloggers. |
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Larry Cooley, President of Coffey MSI, explains his company's vital role in improving the quality of governance in Iraq. |
| Wednesday, 17 June, 2009 |
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Simon Mellor, VP at DMG World Media, explains how his company is looking to make this year's Big 5 construction show carbon-neutral. |
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Gianluca Giardina, Senior Fund Manager MENA at EIS Asset Management, talks about the Emaar-Kingdom Holding confusion, plus Shuaa Capital's issue on the DFM yesterday. |
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Bernd Neubauer, Director of Commercial & Investment at the RTA, discusses commercial letting space at the Metro stations. |
| Tuesday, 16 June, 2009 |
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Jeffrey Rhodes, CEO of International Assets, talks to the Business Breakfast from Orlando in Florida about silver and gold prices. |
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Marios Maratheftis, regional head of research at Standard Chartered Bank, explains why sovereign bond issuance is attractive to GCC governments. |
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Kersi Patel, Regional Head of Trade and Supply Chain at HSBC discusses a new survey from the bank that looks at trade confidence in major global centres. |
| Monday, 15 June, 2009 |
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Abdulkadir Hussain, CEO of Mashreq Capital, analyses the possibility of a UAE sovereign bond issue. |
| Sunday, 14 June, 2009 |
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Ali Reza Kassam, Director at Shuttle Advertising, explains why he believes the downturn is the perfect opportunity to expand. |
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Adriano Cantreva, Sr Executive Officer at ITAU Middle East Securities, discusses South America's readiness to bounce back from the downturn. |
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Mark McGourty, CEO at MedSol, speaks at a healthcare conference tomorrow, and gives the Business Breakfast a preview of his views on the regional healthcare market. |
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Samrat Navale from Emirates NBD, looks at recovery signals coming from the US. |
| Thursday, 11 June, 2009 |
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Wael Al Sayegh, MD of the cultural consultancy Al Ghaf, talks about cultural awareness among expatriates. |
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Mark Morris-Jones, director of retail at CB Richard Ellis, looks at how the Gulf measures up in a new survey on global retailing trends. |
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Bill Janeri, General Manager - Middle East of Global Sources, discusses the results of a new survey looking at confidence levels and business plans among Middle East importers - particularly those buying goods from China. |
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John Hobday, Managing Director of FD Gulf, looks at the importance of internal communications during a downturn. |
| Wednesday, 10 June, 2009 |
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Bob Schuetz, Senior Partner and Dr. Markus Wiesner, market leader at Mercer, discuss the results of a new survey into Gulf business confidence. |
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Gianluca Giardina, Senior Fund Manager MENA at EIS Asset Management, looks at the recent rally in Dubai stocks. |
| Tuesday, 09 June, 2009 |
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Jeffrey Rhodes, CEO of International Assets, watches gold hover around the $1,000 mark. |
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Philippe Dauba-Pantanacce, senior economist at Standard Chartered, looks at the implications of the recent Lebanese election on the country's economy. He also discusses the effect of rising oil prices on the GCC. |
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