Business Extra: Boeing, Abraaj and looking back at Nouriel Roubini's 2019 predictions


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Expectations of a pickup in the global economy, a recovery for aviation following the 737 Max crisis and the continued consequences for private equity in the region from Abraaj’s collapse will all likely be features of the business landscape in 2020.

The National's Assistant Editor-in-Chief Mustafa Alrawi speaks to Editor-in-Chief Mina Al-Oraibi about some of the biggest business news stories from 2019 and what might be intriguing and significant developments in the coming year.

In this episode:

Looking forward to 2020 (0m 46s)

Nouriel Roubini (1m 28s)

Boeing (11m 18s)

Abraaj (21m)

Headlines (27m 40s)

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