November, 2016

• 17 November

  How working in VR could make you more productive

  

    If you’re willing to strap on a headset and headphones, virtual reality can immerse you in another world. This teleportation act is great for gaming, but it also got me thinking: Can the distraction-dimming effects of VR transport the typical office worker out of an open office and away from chatty co-workers, and perhaps help with focus and productivity ...

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• 17 November

  Obama offers sound advice for the EU

  

    Visiting Europe this week, President Barack Obama urged leaders of the European Union to be more forgiving of Greece and its debts. No doubt reflecting on events back home, he said that economic stress and suspicion of unresponsive institutions were empowering populism. Addressing those worries needed to be a high priority, and supporting Greece’s flattened economy would help. He’s ...

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• 17 November

  UAE on the right path towards green economy

    A dopting green economy is the best way to move towards sustainable development. The UAE has become the first member of World Green Economy Organisation (WGEO). It is a huge step to make the world realize the importance of transforming the business landscape and decarbonizing the economy. A green economy would need coordination between various financial institutions, the civil ...

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• 17 November

  Hong Kong needs a champion to preserve its autonomy

  

    When he retired from Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal in 2012, Justice Kemal Bokhary predicted that a “storm of unprecedented ferocity” was gathering over the city’s judicial system and rule of law. Though dismissed as alarmist at the time, he’s turned out to be right. And all of Hong Kong’s friends — both within and abroad — should ...

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• 17 November

  Facebook’s algorithms didn’t tilt US election

  

    Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., finds himself in some hot water. His company is being blamed (or credited, depending upon your point of view) for Donald Trump’s election because its algorithms facilitated the circulation of misleading or false news stories. This controversy is misdirected: it should be less about Facebook’s algorithms and more about ...

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• 17 November

  How to make drug prices fair for US consumers

  

    Red Jahncke Americans pay far more for branded prescription drugs than people in any other developed nation, exactly the kind of bad deal that President-elect Donald Trump decried repeatedly in his campaign. The U.S. was reminded of this outrage in September when it learned that drugmaker Mylan NV has been charging Americans more than $600 for its EpiPen two-pack ...

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• 17 November

  Etihad, Hong Kong Airlines expand codeshare pact

  

    Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, announced an expanded codeshare agreement with Hong Kong Airlines, an internationally-acclaimed Skytrax 4-star airline, to give air travellers enhanced connections between Australasia, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America. The two airlines have obtained regulatory approval to codeshare on nine additional routes, bringing ...

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• 17 November

  British retail sales surge in October

  

    Bloomberg UK retail sales surged far more than economists expected in October as cooler weather boosted spending on winter fashions lines, sending clothing and footwear sales to the biggest increase in more than 2 1/2 years. The volume of goods sold in stores and online jumped 1.9 percent from September, when they rose 0.1 percent, the Office for National ...

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• 17 November

  Amazon taps merchants for warehouse space

  

    Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. is turning to merchants who sell on its marketplace for extra warehouse space, a less-costly way to expand inventory available for quick delivery. Inventory available for delivery within two business days expanded by 6 million items under the Seller Fulfilled Prime program, the company announced on Thursday. Amazon earlier this year introduced the program, which lets ...

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• 17 November

  Carrefour to open new store in First Avenue mall

  

    DUBAI / Emirates Business First Avenue, the new shopping mall and hotel planned for Dubai’s Motor City, signed up leading retailer Carrefour as a key anchor tenant ahead of the project’s launch early next year. As a recent report shows that Dubai’s retail market will surpass US$52 billion in sales by 2020 and the government aims to attract 20 ...

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