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WorldJun 3
The Suitcase Economy of the Arrivals Hall Is Bigger Than the Trade Statistics
Why a quietly enormous category of regional cross-border commerce is moving in passengers' checked baggage, and why nobody who tracks trade data is counting it.
By Mira Faraj
BusinessJun 3The Regional Spreadsheet Has Quietly Become a Cultural Object
Inside the unstoppable rise of a particular file format among a particular cohort of regional professional women, and why the rest of us should pay attention.
By Sara Qureshi
BusinessJun 3The Dubai Chai Economy Is Bigger Than Your Startup
Why a four dirham cup of tea is, in aggregate, more strategically important than most series A rounds raised in this country last year.
By Marcus Okafor