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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Business & Money | Friday 5 August, 2016 8:04 am

Individuals Can Privately Lease Their Vehicles Now under Easy Taxi

Amid a rapid expansion of taxi hailing solutions inside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Ministry of Transport has recently announced a list of companies/taxis that function through smart application qualified enough to enable Saudi individuals to privately lease and register their...

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Business & Money | Friday 5 August, 2016 4:06 am

A Soft Stone Born from the Sea Concept by Giulio Delvè

To inaugurate the series of MARBLE STORIES, I believe that one should start from the very beginning, from 50 million years ago, from the Eocene-Oligocene geological epochs during which the protagonist of this year’s edition was born: Vicenza stone, also called ‘soft...

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Business & Money | Thursday 4 August, 2016 1:20 pm

Business Confidence in the Middle East on the Rise

 The latest Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS) from ACCA and IMA, suggested positive signs for businesses in the GCC but a stark forewarning of how the shock of Brexit will hit a fragile recovery in global business confidence.  Responding to the findings, Lindsay Degouve de...

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