Bitesize Business Breakfast Podcast

26 Jul 2024. We speak to the Senior Vice President of Brands/Sports at GMG, Mohammed Bodiat about the summer trends and find out if theres any impact from the Olympics.Plus, we dive into automotive industry as shares continue to hit hard by fierce competition from Chinese electric cars with Glenn Harwood of AlgoDriven. 

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25 Jul 2024. We discuss the potential cyber threats facing the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and how organizers and third-party vendors can stay vigilant with the expert from Palo Alto Networks. Plus, we get the inside story on that rising profit at Commercial Bank of Dubai finance chief Darren Clark. And we look at the growth and supply crunch in Dubai’s office market with Ben Bargh of CRC Properties.

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24 Jul 2024. That's what a top professor at the University of Pennsylvania has told Business Breakfast. Dr Matt Killingsworth said both millionaires and billionaires are significantly happier, even than people earning $500,000 a year. Plus, we get the details on the latest Dubai Q1 GDP with senior economist Khatija Haque. And, cyber insurance can cover system outage! We look at what you can do and how you can claim with MD & Cyber Practice Leader, Simon Bell.

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We speak to Adam Wynne from Knight Frank about the booming industrial demand in Dubai. Plus, CEO of du Fahad al Hassawi on the rapid rise in profit – but a surprise slowdown in mobile growth. And, the Olympics may be days away, but the lawsuits have started early! Energy drink Prime is in the dock, we speak to lawyer Jon Parker of Gowling WLG

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22 Jul 2024. We get reaction to Joe Biden’s decision to leave the race for a second term as President, including Professor Patrick Schoettmer of Seattle University. Plus, businesses and services around the world are slowly recovering after a massive IT outage affected computer systems for hours on Thursday and Friday. We speak to IT expert Amir Kolahzadeh, Founder & CEO, IT Sec. And, we look at the knock-on effects for the aviation sector from this weekends CrowdStrike outage with legal plane spotter Nick Humphrey.

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19 Jul 2024. We speak to the Dubai Land Department who has issued a stark warning to real estate brokers: the crackdown will continue on agents and brokers who break the rules through false advertising and cold-calling. Plus Amanat are to IPO their education business - we find out more Mohammed Ali Yasin - The Oracle Financial Consultancy and Investments. And we cross live to Daniel Lam of Standard Chartered in Hong Kong, for reaction to this week’s big economic gathering of Chinese leaders known as the “third plenum”.

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18 Jul 2024. We're joined by one of our favourite economists – Andrew Scott of London Business School: his new book says we'll live to be 100 years old - and that will cause a radical economic shake-up. Plus, we look at the rise in demand for Chinese cars in Dubai with Al Habtoor Motors. And with investment scams on the rise, how can you spot a bogus investment?  

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Bitcoin surged on Monday after an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, we find the reason behind it with crypto expert Saqr Ereiqat, Partner, TradeDog Group. Plus, we ask the Chief Investment Officer of Standard Chartered what another Trump Presidency - with his new anti-china pro-tarif running mate - might mean for investors. And, Tim Hortons has just opened its 300th Middle East store - we look at how much more branded coffee the region can drink. 

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16 Jul 2024. We speak to Shorooq Partners live in studio about their recent 37million-dollar Climatetech investment into a company using mineralisation technology to elimate CO2 safely, permanently and at scale. Plus, can gold sustain the rally that’s seen it climb 17% this year? Veteran gold expert Jeff Rhodes joins us with his outlook. And we speak to Etihad Guest as we take a look at their loyalty programme.

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15 Jul 2024. We cross to both the Republican Convention in Milwakee and also to Seattle for live updates after the attempt to shoot Donald Trump - and what it means for the US election and economy. And as Dubai Mall breaks yet another visitor record, we ask retail expert David Macadam: are smaller malls being left behind? 

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