{
  "id": 75270,
  "title": "Kamel: Standard Raise Not Enough for Mideast Hiring",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/kamel-standard-raise-not-enough-for-mideast-hiring",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-03T07:41:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-08-03/kamel-standard-raise-not-enough-for-mideast-hiring-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The war on Iran and talent shortages have made C-suite candidates much harder to recruit and retain in the Middle East. That’s according to Alchemy Search, who says candidates have stronger bargaining power, while employers are shifting to hire locally first. Weam Kamel, Partner & Abu Dhabi Operations Head for Alchemy Search spoke to Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa on…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}