Business & Money | Sunday 7 August, 2016 1:08 pm

The 14th edition of Saudi Plastics and Petrochemicals and Print and Pack Accompanies Saudi 2030 vision

  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is stepping into a new era as per the Saudi vision 2030, with the diversified industrial development being an essential pillar in this process, and the major catalyst towards the transformation from an oil based economy to an economy based on the...

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Business & Money | Sunday 7 August, 2016 10:03 am

The MENA ‘Office of the Future’ vision is closer than ever, Says Canon’s Office Insights 2016 report

Organisations in the MENA region are taking steps to embrace the ‘Office of the Future’ concept, revolutionising how their employees work and operate. This is evident in the Office Insights 2016 report released by Canon which states that 63% of organisations in the MENA region see value ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 7 August, 2016 5:21 am

Free mobile maintenance training program popular among retired people

The provision of free training programs in mobile phone sales and maintenance have emerged as a golden opportunity for retired people in the Kingdom. The retirees are learning these skills within a range of training programs organized by the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) in...

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Business & Money | Sunday 7 August, 2016 5:19 am

Dubai unveils faster gateway to protect intellectual property

The Commercial Compliance & consumer Protection (CCCP) sector in the Department of Economic Development (DED) in Dubai has announced the launch of an ‘Intellectual Property Gateway,’ the first-of-its-kind electronic gateway in the region, for receiving complaints on trademark...

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Business & Money | Sunday 7 August, 2016 3:05 am

Hadaf mobile office offers telecom jobs

A mobile office of the Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf) covered many areas in Makkah last month to recruit Saudis for jobs and training opportunities in the telecommunication sector. It had a section for women where Saudi women could submit their resumes or inquire about investment...

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Business & Money | Sunday 7 August, 2016 2:23 am

Amazon unveils cargo plane as it expands delivery network

Seattle-based Amazon is unveiling its first branded cargo plane, one of 40 jetliners that will make up the e-commerce giant’s own air transportation network as it takes more control of its delivery process. The latest push to speed delivery of its products comes as the company ships an...

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Business & Money | Sunday 7 August, 2016 1:57 am

Car sales among 69 retail jobs to be nationalized

 Ibrahim Al-Shafi, director of the Guided Saudization Program at the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, has said that the ministry is planning to nationalize nearly 69 professions in the retail sector in the next phase. The plan will cover 2,228 retail establishment, 77 car agencies...

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Business & Money | Saturday 6 August, 2016 7:13 am

Worst flooding since 1998 leaves $33bn economic toll in China, according to Aon catastrophe report

Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, today launches the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during July 2016. Aon...

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Business & Money | Saturday 6 August, 2016 7:00 am

Madinah firms violating midday work ban fined SR250,000

The Ministry of Labor and Social Development imposed fines of around a SR250,000 on a number of companies in Madinah that forced laborers to work under the midday sun in violation of a ban currently in place. The director of the ministry's branch in Madinah, Awad Al-Hazmi, said inspectors...

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Business & Money | Saturday 6 August, 2016 6:59 am

KSA seeks to solve housing crisis with 3D-printed homes

Saudi officials have begun studying the use of 3D-printed houses as a way to solve the housing crisis in the Kingdom, which is expected to affect some 1.5 million people during the next five years. The homes are printed in prefabricated panels, which are fit together on site. Saudi officials met...

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