Business & Money | Sunday 6 March, 2016 8:47 am

10th Annual Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) Forecasts 15-fold Growth in Mobile Data Traffic

Since 2000, when the first camera phone was introduced, the number of mobile users has quintupled. By 2020, there will be 5.5 billion mobile users, representing 70 percent of the global population, according to the Cisco Visual Networking Index™ (VNI) Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast (2015 ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 March, 2016 8:36 am

Princess Hussa bint Salman patronizes DCA’s Makkah Charity project

 In the area of service to children with special needs in the Kingdom, the Disabled Children’s Association (DCA) provides leadership and excellence in programs and services at all its branches in the Kingdom. It has become a comprehensive awareness platform due to its active role in...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 March, 2016 8:20 am

RSA Research Reveals Blind Spots in Threat Detection

RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), released the results of a new Threat Detection Effectiveness Survey that compiled insight from more than 160 organizations globally. The survey was designed to allow participants to self-assess how effective their organizations are at detecting and...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 March, 2016 7:32 am

The Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference Returns to Cover Key Financial Issues

As the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia makes plans for some of the biggest financial reforms in a generation, senior government representatives and leading bankers are set to meet for the 11th Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference in Riyadh this May.  The Kingdom is taking bold steps to manage the...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 March, 2016 7:00 am

Smart Building Automation Summit 2016 to laud innovations in building automation technology

The event will serve as a platform for the leading players representing project owners, operators, developers, architects, civil engineers, structural designers, procurement leaders to meet world class suppliers and solution providers.     April will witness the confluence of...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 March, 2016 7:59 am

Gold holds steady after 20% surge in 2016

Gold held onto the previous session’s 2 percent gains on Friday as strong underlying investment demand helped prices rebound from a sharp drop in the wake of forecast-beating US payrolls data. Earlier gold hit its highest in 13 months, having been driven up nearly 20 percent this year by...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 March, 2016 5:11 am

Boeing: 71 years of partnership

The Boeing Company enjoys a strong and long-standing relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is a partnership that began on Feb. 14, 1945, when US President Franklin D. Roosevelt presented a DC-3 Dakota airplane to King Abdulaziz Al-Saud. This event marked both the beginning of the...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 March, 2016 5:04 am

ARGAS lays foundations for a successful future

ARGAS, the Arabian Geophysical and Surveying Company, recently celebrated its first 50 years of success with an eye firmly on the future, as it laid the cornerstone of its new Center for Research and Development in the Dhahran Techno Valley, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The ceremony...

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Business & Money | Friday 4 March, 2016 10:28 am

Saudi housing sector in transitional phase

Saudi Arabia’s housing sector is currently in a transitional phase due to changes in the mortgage law and taxes, industry experts said at Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) 2016 on Thursday.  Speakers at a panel discussion on housing at the forum said they are anticipating the market dynamics...

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Business & Money | Friday 4 March, 2016 10:19 am

Housing Ministry, GACA sign cooperative pact

The Ministry of Housing and the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for increasing cooperation between the two entities. The agreement for joint cooperation was signed on Thursday between Housing Minister Majed Al-Hogail and GACA President...

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