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Finally I can say that — at least in my work routine — things seem to be back to normal. I was in fact I was on a conference’s stage as a panelist for the first time in years. Except for wearing...

I just returned from a longly awaited trip to Italy. After almost 3 years I managed to go back to visit my family and friends. And after nearly 2 decades spent abroad, it is always fascinating going...

Nobody likes to lose money. That is a fact. But when the bear market hits, many retail investors will inevitably suffer. A retail investor is - by definition - the average person that in the spare...

I have been involved in cryptocurrency since 2016. At the beginning as a spot trader, then with a series of jobs in the industry. More recently, very close to the DeFi movement and derivative...

The 17th week of 2022 was the usual rollercoaster in cryptocurrency. Some went up, some went down, and some went both up and down in a very short period of time. I wrote a column last week on various...

Inflation is skyrocketing all over the world, due to a number of reasons. Until a few months ago, some analysts defined this spike as “transitionary”. It turned out to be much more permanent than...

While I was in Dubai last month, attending a number of blockchain and fintech events, I met my friend Mohammed al Tamam, the Co-Founder and CCO of the Omani fintech Mamun. Once back home, we continue...

Some might wonder where is Nintendo in this ranking. Well, Nintendo has acquired “only” 7 studios as direct subsidiaries. However, Nintendo EPD is divided into ten internal production groups...

A few years ago, I wrote on these pages a column about the gaming industry, which at that time it was just starting to get noticed by big corporations. In the article I mentioned that the projection...

This is the second part of a column dedicated to the food and beverage industry. In the first part we talked about why most restaurants fail within the first year of business. And to corroborate such...

I am one of the many people that have come up with the idea of opening a restaurant at least once. In my case I failed to open the restaurant because of adverse circumstances. Others opened, but...

Blockchain just missed a giant opportunity. Given the immutable nature of the data stored on blockchain, wouldn’t it be one of most reliable technologies to help in tracking Covid related data? The...

In a recent article published on the very pages of the Oman Daily Observer, my distinguished friend and colleague Conrad Prabhu, shared the strategy and the numbers behind the leading position of the...

As the geopolitical tension escalates in the world, I decided to de-escalate the tone in my columns, after a couple of pretty heavy ones. This week I am going back to talk about small businesses.Lower...

Some of my followers and readers might remember that I used to have a controversial position about blockchain and cryptocurrency in and around 2018. I was relatively early adopter of crypto, when the...

What a rollercoaster was last week on the US stock exchanges and beyond. Global markets are signalling fear and the performances across the board are showing just that.Let us start by saying that gold...

The automotive industry has not been doing great. We are all aware of the various issues that are currently plaguing the supply chain, with chip shortage being on of the most damaging elements. But...

Meta — the holding company controlling Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Oculus — lost a tremendous amount of value last week. The stock of Mark Zuckerberg’s company tanked 23 per cent during...

Last week we talked about the business of flipping properties, which consists of acquiring houses or condos that are priced under market value, perform a fast renovation and resell at an increased...

Flipping properties sounds like a fun business, either for a side income, or as a retirement project. The idea of cherry picking undervalued properties from the market and turn them into masterpiece...