Qatar Free Zones welcomes new “economy businesses” to set up very fast and enjoy brand new infrastructure, tailor-made solutions, and the opportunity to partner with top Qatari companies ... ( read original story ...)
Startups Without Borders And Facebook Come Together To Help MENA-Based Migrant Entrepreneurs
Boost with Facebook to provide free virtual lessons to entrepreneurs who have migrated from their countries of origin and have set up a startup business or an initiative in the Middle East or Europe. ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Oman’s salons, cafes and gyms reopen tomorrow
Supreme Committee releases set of business activities that can restart Muscat: The sixth batch of commercial activities will be allowed to open from tomorrow (26th August) but will still need to ... ( read original story ...)
Lebanon shop owners plan to reopen despite coronavirus lockdown
Business owners say they cannot afford to remain closed amid prolonged crisis worsened by pandemic and port explosion. ( read original story ...)
Republicans Buy Nikes Too: Branding Lessons From Lebron & Jordan
MJ and Lebron's perspectives mirror the binary choices facing brands today - take a social stand or stay quiet. While CEOs mull over the decision, it is worth investigating how we got here and what ... ( read original story ...)
Pandemic causes Bahrain’s GFH H1 profits to slide by almost 58%
Profits fell from $48.43m last year to $20.39m as a result of Covid-19 and slower markets GFH Financial Group in Bahrain has revealed a 57.9 percent decrease in net profits for the first six months of ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Malaysia’s AirAsia posts loss as revenue tumbles, but business ‘stabilised’
President * Expenditure cuts could not offset revenue fall (Adds detail, executive comments) KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Malaysia’s flagship budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd slipped to a loss in ... ( read original story ...)
Qatar banks’ assets expand in double digit in July on robust credit offtake
The private and public sectors witnessed robust credit offtake, leading to Doha’s commercial banks’ assets expand in double digit year-on-year in July 2020 amidst Covid-19 challenges ... ( read original story ...)
A Saudi dissident suing Twitter over a massive 2016 hack says the platform’s incompetence got multiple whistleblowers killed
Ahmed told Business Insider that his sources in were exposed when Saudi spies unwittingly employed by Twitter accessed his account. ( read original story ...)
56 people got the coronavirus at a Starbucks in South Korea. Employees wearing masks didn’t.
A Starbucks in South Korea has been linked to a coronavirus outbreak after an infected person sat near an air-conditioner. Employees wore masks. ( read original story ...)