http://bravenewfilms.org/topics/dubai 2008-11-20T04:55:07Z http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/62857-russians-unfazed-by-dubai-s-property-woes-16-nov-08 2008-11-20T04:55:07Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lprE-tEa3Ww&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lprE-tEa3Ww&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/62857-russians-unfazed-by-dubai-s-property-woes-16-nov-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/78631" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>There is increasing fear among Dubai's property developers that the relentless construction boom may be over.</p> <p>But there is one community that continues to ride out the storm.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Rosa Ibragimova reports on the Russian invasion.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/62857-russians-unfazed-by-dubai-s-property-woes-16-nov-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/57386-variations-on-capitalism-around-the-globe-linda-hill 2008-11-05T02:55:47Z FORAtv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qq92F-i_pk4&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qq92F-i_pk4&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/57386-variations-on-capitalism-around-the-globe-linda-hill"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69869" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Complete video at: <a href="http://fora.tv/2008/07/05/The_Future_of_the_Global_Corporation">fora.tv</a> </p> <p>Harvard Business Professor Linda Hill examines variations on capitalism around the world, describing an example of a mortgage company in Dubai that has been successful while staying true to Islamic traditions.</p> <p>-----</p> <p>Professor of Business Administration Linda Hill, President of Boeing International Shephard Hill, and CEO of Talisman, Inc. John Manzoni address the future of the global corporation at the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival.</p> <p>Linda A. Hill is the Wallace Brett Donham Professor of Business Administration in the organizational behavior area at the Harvard Business School, where she chairs the Leadership Initiative and serves on the faculty of the Leadership Best Practices program.</p> <p>Her publications include Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership. She is also the author of e-college course modules on management as well as several multimedia management development programs.</p> <p>Her consulting and executive education activities are in the areas of managing change and cross-organizational relationships, globalization, career management, and leadership development. Her current projects focus on leading in emerging markets and leadership as collective genius. She serves on the advisory board of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/57386-variations-on-capitalism-around-the-globe-linda-hill">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/57100-dubai-overcompensates-with-world-s-tallest-building 2008-10-21T10:55:09Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RMM9CP4zmZU&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RMM9CP4zmZU&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/57100-dubai-overcompensates-with-world-s-tallest-building"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69449" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Watch more clips at <a href="http://www.theyoungturks.com">www.theyoungturks.com</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/57100-dubai-overcompensates-with-world-s-tallest-building">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56934-mir-meltdown-in-the-desert 2008-11-21T18:40:03Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u44Pj7dvgrk&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u44Pj7dvgrk&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56934-mir-meltdown-in-the-desert"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/69215" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The demise of Wall Street has reached the Arabian Sahara. And oil prices keep on plummeting. Will this be a cause for upheaval in the Middle East? And whom do the Islamists Blame? <br /> <br />Answers to these questions and more on Link TV's Mosaic Intelligence Report.</p> <p>For more into, visit at <a href="http://www.linktv.org/mosaic">www.linktv.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/56934-mir-meltdown-in-the-desert">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/56251-dubai-property-market-faces-pressure-07-oct-08 2008-11-01T03:32:37Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pm2y9bkR3Ps&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pm2y9bkR3Ps&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/56251-dubai-property-market-faces-pressure-07-oct-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/68422" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>A Dubai government firm has announced plans to build a $95bn city in the emirate - which will include the world's tallest tower.</p> <p>But investors are concerned that the property bubble in Dubai could burst, amid concerns over the long-term performance of financial markets in the Middle East.</p> <p>Hashem Ahelbarra reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/56251-dubai-property-market-faces-pressure-07-oct-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/47708-the-have-oil-and-the-have-nots 2008-10-30T09:36:20Z linktv <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KoY4iTnl9Cw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KoY4iTnl9Cw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/47708-the-have-oil-and-the-have-nots"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/57202" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Skyrocketing oil prices in the second quarter of this year led ExxonMobil to report the highest ever record profit by an American company. Who else is profiting? And why are laborers not getting paid in the Arabian Gulf? </p><p> Answers to these questions and more on Link TV&#39;s Mosaic Intelligence Report presented by Jamal Dajani. </p><p>For more info, visit at <a href="http://www.linktv.org/mosaic">www.linktv.org</a> </p></p> </div> <a href="/blog/47708-the-have-oil-and-the-have-nots">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45638-nikolas-gvosdev-a-us-led-world-order-no-longer 2008-10-17T08:48:00Z Carnegie Council <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qp_MO2gpqEA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Qp_MO2gpqEA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45638-nikolas-gvosdev-a-us-led-world-order-no-longer"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52872" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Gvosdev discusses the change from the accepted idea of the US-led international order, to a new trend--countries reassessing the situation and looking for options to pursue their own interests with other countries, going around the US. <br />This is an excerpt from a Carnegie Council Global Policy Innovations event, "The Rise of the Rest," on July 1, 2008. For the full video, audio, and transcript, go to <a href="http://www.policyinnovations.org">www.policyinnovations.org</a> or <a href="http://www.carnegiecouncil.org">www.carnegiecouncil.org</a> </p> </div> <a href="/blog/45638-nikolas-gvosdev-a-us-led-world-order-no-longer">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/45533-what-your-gas-dollars-are-buying-what-if-we-spent-it-here 2008-11-21T18:54:14Z Mugsy <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2UAHXAWwvzw&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2UAHXAWwvzw&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/45533-what-your-gas-dollars-are-buying-what-if-we-spent-it-here"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/52716" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>We are in the midsts of the largest transfer of wealth in human history. $700 Billion in oil revenue flows from the U.S. to the Middle East every year because a Republican Administration wasn't interested in weaning the U.S. off foreign oil.</p> <p>While the U.S. is in recession, see how your petro-dollars are being spent by the Saudi's.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/45533-what-your-gas-dollars-are-buying-what-if-we-spent-it-here">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/35112-zaproot-032-king-corn-dubai-fiat-500 2008-11-21T18:43:50Z Viropop <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/H4hOun0YOP0&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/H4hOun0YOP0&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/35112-zaproot-032-king-corn-dubai-fiat-500"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/38613" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Dubai green Fiat 500 King Corn</p> <p>Dubai receives a mandate that all new construction must be green, the Fiat 500 is back in action, and we interview the director of King Corn.</p> <p>The Fiat 500 vs. a Mini Cooper <br />http://www.viropop.com/post/6834/fiat-500-vs-mini-on-fifth-gear <br />Dubai Goes Green <br />http://www.arabianbusiness.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=504606 <br />Fiat 500 <br />http://www.fiat500.com/eng/ <br />King Corn Official Website <br />http://www.kingcorn.net/</p> <p>most popular tags</p> <p>zaproot viropop green series environment video podcast webisode eco pop culture next new networks free autobloggreen videos new stories cool cars online tv news clips earth day web auto interior design ideas going green sustainability ideas earth grist report water pollution channel solar wind alternative treehugger power geothermal energy oil fossil fuels local health greenpeace plants bike bicycle ocean weird greenhouse effect ecogeek global warming climate change worldchanging urban products fair trade coffee inhabitat water cycle shortage twisted humor cfl wacky an inconvenient truth conscious reuse environmental activism organic freecycle</p> </div> <a href="/blog/35112-zaproot-032-king-corn-dubai-fiat-500">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/34434-dubai-world-cup-29-mar-08 2008-10-20T09:31:16Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kxDgLdfOA0c&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kxDgLdfOA0c&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/34434-dubai-world-cup-29-mar-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/37580" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Dubai World Cup is the world's richest horse race, attracting competitors from around the globe, as well as a world-wide audience.</p> <p>The total prize money for the day is more than $21 million and it is one of the main events on the international racing calendar.</p> <p>Al Jazeera's Karthi Gnanasegaram reports from Dubai.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/34434-dubai-world-cup-29-mar-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/28163-iraq-begin-2010-world-cup-qualifying-campaign-05-feb-08 2008-10-19T09:31:16Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ALLUlVlzYRI&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ALLUlVlzYRI&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/28163-iraq-begin-2010-world-cup-qualifying-campaign-05-feb-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/30288" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Iraq national team prepare to play in their first international match since stunning the football world by lifting the 2007 Asian Cup. Iraq will play their first 2010 World Cup qualifier in Dubai, even though the game is supposed to be a 'home' tie. But Iraq's footballers may not have to lead their nomadic existence for much longer. Al Jazeera's Karthi Gnanasegaram reports from Dubai.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/28163-iraq-begin-2010-world-cup-qualifying-campaign-05-feb-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/26298-pressure-mounts-for-gulf-labour-reform-24-jan-08 2008-10-18T03:30:37Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/khC5UsIz2jY&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/khC5UsIz2jY&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/26298-pressure-mounts-for-gulf-labour-reform-24-jan-08"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/28298" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Their living and working conditions are described by rights groups as atrocious. An estimated six million migrant workers , mostly from Asia, who are helping to build the rich Gulf economies. </p> <p> But international pressure for an end to what some term slavery appears to be having an impact .</p> <p> Officials from GCC states and their Asian counterparts, have been meeting in Abu Dhabi to discuss migrant workers. Hashem Ahelbarra reports.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/26298-pressure-mounts-for-gulf-labour-reform-24-jan-08">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/25639-zaproot-003-dubai-world-vivoleum 2008-10-29T09:37:27Z Viropop <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pgvy4MTGDYQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pgvy4MTGDYQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/25639-zaproot-003-dubai-world-vivoleum"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/27666" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>In this episode Jess focuses on the terraforming of an archipelago in Dubai and Vivoleum, the new fuel of the future.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/25639-zaproot-003-dubai-world-vivoleum">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24674-dubai-declares-national-holiday-for-bush-visit 2008-01-31T16:08:21Z Paddy <a href="http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/24674-dubai-declares-national-holiday-for-bush-visit"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/thumbnail_pic/26703" style="border: solid 1px black; margin-right: 7px; margin-top: 3px;" align="left" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p><p>Maybe he&#39;ll enjoy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai">Dubai</a> so much he&#39;ll quit the Presidencey early and become co-king or whatever they have. I&#39;m sure <a href="http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41734.htm">Laura </a>would love it.</p><blockquote><p><strong><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2008/01/13/dubai_announces_holiday_on_monday_when_bush_visits/">DUBAI (Reuters)</a> - Dubai announced a public holiday on Monday when main roads will be closed because of a visit by President George W. Bush to the emirate.</strong></p><p><strong>A statement carried by the official news agency WAM urged residents to avoid using main roads on Monday, when all state and private institutions will be closed. It gave no further details.</strong></p></blockquote></p> </div> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/18377--hope-for-abused-women-in-dubai-10-11-07 2008-10-22T15:30:10Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gjqlbVuTtEA&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gjqlbVuTtEA&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/18377--hope-for-abused-women-in-dubai-10-11-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/18060" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Dubai is rapidly becoming one of the most popular destinations in the Middle East, and a booming economic centre in the Gulf. </p> <p>But some of those who've come to live in the emirate have become victims of domestic violence, and found few places to turn to for help.</p> <p>Now one woman has founded a shelter for abused women, turning Dubai into a "City of Hope".</p> </div> <a href="/blog/18377--hope-for-abused-women-in-dubai-10-11-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/6768-riz-khan-street-talk-12-may-07 2008-10-14T21:29:39Z aljazeera <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AuQ0hKxqBfs&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AuQ0hKxqBfs&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/6768-riz-khan-street-talk-12-may-07"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/6048" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>On Riz Khan Street Talk we look at how Dubai's booming economy has led many to prison, whether people on the street in Washington DC believe inter-racial marriages are more accepted today, and how a group of thrill-seekers got stuck upside down in a roller coaster.</p> </div> <a href="/blog/6768-riz-khan-street-talk-12-may-07">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/4239-halliburton-announces-it-s-moving-from-houston-to-dubai 2008-10-15T21:31:14Z seeprogress <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jS4-cgZiEnQ&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jS4-cgZiEnQ&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/4239-halliburton-announces-it-s-moving-from-houston-to-dubai"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/3494" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>Center for American Progress Research Director Faiz Shakir joined CNBC to discuss Halliburton's plan to move it's executives and corporate headquarters to Dubai. </p> <p>www.AMERICANPROGRESS.org</p> </div> <a href="/blog/4239-halliburton-announces-it-s-moving-from-houston-to-dubai">Watch the video</a> http://bravenewfilms.org/blog/3873-hallibuton 2008-10-16T03:31:46Z youngturks <object width="375" height="308"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9hlrg250LRg&border=0&rel=0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9hlrg250LRg&border=0&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="375" height="308"></embed></object> <a href="/blog/3873-hallibuton"><img src="http://bravenewfilms.org/pictures/medium/3124" width="140" height="105" border="0" align="left" style="border: solid 1px black;" /></a> <div class="post_content"> <p>The Young Turks: Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ben Mankiewicz. Hallibuton moving to Dubai. Watch live from 6-9AM ET on www.theyoungturks.com. Listen from 6-9AM ET on Air America Radio</p> </div> <a href="/blog/3873-hallibuton">Watch the video</a>