Video – Business – Dubai means business: Retail and Leisure
The sixth entry in a series of films exploring trade and business in Dubai today. For travellers, Dubai is a vibrant and exciting place to come to experience everything from desert safaris to lavish...
View ArticleBusiness – Celebrating a decade of growth
On the eve of the Dubai International Financial Centre’s 10-year anniversary, Governor HE Essa Kazim looks back over the decade, and reveals new plans in the pipeline
View ArticleBusiness – The business of caring
Muhammad Yunus founded Grameen Bank, the microcredit ‘bank for the poor’, that is now lending over one and a half billion dollars each year. He explains his philosophy behind his caring approach to...
View ArticleBusiness – A Swiss guide to continuity
Bank Julius Baer has origins dating back to 1890, and today, the Swiss private banking group is a premium brand in global wealth management. Editor-in-Chief of Vision, Leonard Stall, speaks to Group...
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum countdown: An Emirati springboard
In a pre-cursor to the Boao Forum in Dubai, experts said Tuesday that the emirate is set to play a central role in China’s economic growth, as foreign firms increasingly seek to use it as a springboard...
View ArticleVideo – Business – “There is a natural linkage between Dubai and China”
In a precursor to the Boao Forum for Asia Financial Cooperation Conference, Chirag Shah, Hongbin Cong and Xiyu Yang spoke on what they hoped to accomplish during the event
View ArticleBusiness – Fair threads
Two female graduates are fighting for the ethical production of designer clothes and a revolution in consumer awareness
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum countdown: Chirag Shah
The Boao Forum for Asian Financial Cooperation Conference takes place in Dubai in November. The three-day event will see government, public and private sector leaders convene to debate the most...
View ArticleBusiness – Educating Arab women key to nations’ competitiveness
Following the fourth edition of the Arab Women Leadership Forum, Vision shines a spotlight on the ways in which the most pressing issues are being addressed
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum countdown: financing the future
Xiyu Yang, vice president of the Institute of Boao Forum for Asia, tells Vision why China and Dubai need as close a relationship when it comes to finance as they have in trade, and why Dubai is...
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum countdown: Islamic economy debrief
Economic luminaries from China are set to descend on Dubai on the 23 November for the Boao Forum, in which Asia’s investment in the Islamic economy will be comprehensively discussed. V Shankar, CEO of...
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum countdown: room to grow
Hongbin Cong, managing director, Invest Dubai, explains why boosting mutual understanding between the business communities in Dubai and China is the key to realising true bilateral trade and investment...
View ArticleBusiness – Boao countdown: strength in diversity
The Boao Forum, set to take place in Dubai on November 23, embraces China’s growing cooperation with outside territories. Could growing trade ties with the Middle East, combined with an appetite to...
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum for Asia kicks off in Dubai
Governmental officials, policymakers and academics convened in Dubai to talk through the important financial issues that Asia is tackling currently, on the first day of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA)...
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum Q+A: Abdulla Mohammed Al Awar
The CEO of the Dubai Islamic Economy Development Centre discusses the need for standardisation in Islamic finance
View ArticleVideo – Business – Boao Forum: Day One
On the first day of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Financial Cooperation Conference, held in Dubai, panellists and audience alike talked about their hopes for significant future cooperation between...
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum Q+A: Zhang Hongli
Zhang Hongli, Senior Executive Vice President of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) discusses the RMB, the euro and the dollar; the "three currencies that matter"
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum for Asia concludes in Dubai, opens door to new solutions
The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Financial Cooperation Conference closed on a successful note in Dubai today, after raising a number of critical topics and creating a conversation around finding...
View ArticleVideo – Business – Boao Forum, Day Two: “It’s not about the money”
On the second and final day of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Financial Cooperation Conference, held in Dubai, UAE and China links that stretched beyond pure economy were celebrated
View ArticleBusiness – Boao Forum: between Yuan and sky
The internationalisation of Renminbi, as well as solving infrastructural issues, were on the cards at the Boao Forum for Asia Financial Cooperation Conference this year
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