DUBAI WORKS Business Podcast
1) Gulf Energy Disruption, Aramco Buyback & Sovereign Wealth Expansion
HEADLINES:• Saudi Aramco Announces $3B Share Buyback Despite Profit Dip • Kuwait and Bahrain Declare Force Majeure as Conflict Disrupts Gulf Energy Supply • Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Could...Show More
2) Oil Prices Skyrocketing; ADNOC Continuing Ops; Businesses Buying Insurance
HEADLINES:• Oil is rising as everything else is falling everywhere • ADNOC says its operations continue despite disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz • Businesses across the G...Show More
3) Middle East Finance Update | Gulf Investments | UAE Iran Assets | CNN Deal
HEADLINES:• Gulf States Review Global Investments as War Strains Budgets: FT Report • UAE Weighs Freezing Iranian Assets as Conflict With Tehran Escalates • David Ellison Pledges CNN Editori...Show More
4) Iran Strikes, Qatar LNG Halt, UK Evacuation Debate, Banijay-All3Media Deal
HEADLINES:• UK Media Divided Over Who Should Pay to Evacuate Britons From Middle East • Abu Dhabi-Backed RedBird IMI to Merge All 3 Media With Banijay in €4.4B TV Production Giant • Qatar Ha...Show More
5) Gulf-Backed Paramount Deal; Brits in UAE; Thaura AI Says No
As geopolitical tensions grip the Middle East, markets swing violently and evacuation flights scramble to extract 300,000 British expats from the UAE. But back in Westminster, a political firestorm er...Show More
6) Drones Strike Saudi Aramco & Qatar LNG | AWS Data Centres Hit Across the Gulf | UAE Dirham Gets Its Own Keyboard Symbol
In today's Smashi Business Show, we cover three major stories shaking the region. Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura refinery — processing 550,000 barrels a day — has been shut down after a drone strike, as Qa...Show More
7) "Dubai is still Safer," Pavel; DFM & ADX Closed; AWS in Dubai Hit by "Objects"
In today's episode of the Smashi Business Show, we break down three stories defining the Gulf crisis in real time. Telegram founder Pavel Durov calls Iranian missiles "free fireworks" and insists Duba...Show More
8) Paramount Wins WB; Ronaldo Buys Club; Deliveroo Exits Qatar
HEADLINES:• Gulf-Backed Paramount Emerges as Frontrunner in $111 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Takeover • Al Nassr Star Cristiano Ronaldo Enters Club Ownership With 25% Stake in Saudi-Owned Alme...Show More
9) UAE Exits Emerging Markets, G42 Wins Washington's Trust & Saudi Arabia Bets Big on AI
Three stories today, all pointing in the same direction. The UAE is too wealthy to stay on JPMorgan's emerging market list — a milestone that reflects decades of economic transformation. Abu Dhabi's G...Show More
10) 5M UpScrolled Milestone, Etihad Profit Record, McMahon WWE Update
HEADLINES:• UpScrolled Hits 5 Million Users Amid Growth, Controversy and a Brief Google Play Ban • Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has reported a record annual profit in 2025 • Former WWE hea...Show More