Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2020 2:19 pm

New Media Academy partners with TikTok in pioneering agreement

: New Media Academy, the first-of-its-kind digital academy supporting a new generation of content creators from the Arab world, has announced a pioneering partnership with TikTok, the social media platform known for its short-form videos. The partnership kicked off with the region’s first...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2020 2:14 pm

Saudi Arabia's Capital Market Authority (CMA): Allowing Foreigners to Invest Directly in Debt Instruments

The CMA Board issued its resolution on 22/12/1441 H., corresponding to 12/08/2020G, which included allowing residents and non-residents foreigners to invest directly in listed and non-listed debt instruments. This comes as part of CMA's strategic goals to develop the capital market "Financial...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2020 1:00 pm

Al Jomaih & Shell and JIPCO Less Downtime More GO Time

Al Jomaih & Shell Lubricating Oil Company (JOSLOC) partnered with Juffali Industrial Products Company (JIPCO), the exclusive dealer of Mercedes Benz & Fuso Commercial Vehicles, as a platinum sponsor for the 2020 JIPCO Driving Experience Event for Mercedes Benz Trucks, which took place in...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2020 12:54 pm

Women 20 (W20) Advocates Gender Inclusive Covid-19 Economic Recovery

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of the landmark Beijing Conference on Women, the Women 20 (W20), an official G20 engagement group whose primary objective is to ensure gender considerations are mainstreamed into G20 discussions and policies, calls on G20 leaders to commemorate 2020 as the Year of ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2020 12:50 pm

Emirates Foundation partners with Tathafur and stakeholders to support the launch of the “Live Care” initiative

Emirates Foundation, a national organisation set up by the Abu Dhabi government to facilitate public-private funded initiatives for the empowerment of youth across the UAE, is  collaborating with Tathafur, the non-profit healthcare consultancy, on two main initiatives, the “Caregivers...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2020 10:10 am

Al Salem Johnson Controls Launches Hitachi Commercial Air Conditioning Systems in Saudi Arabia

Al Salem Johnson Controls, a leading provider of integrated solutions in HVAC equipment, fire and security systems, building management systems and controls, has announced that Hitachi's cooling and heating solutions have joined its portfolio of World leading brands in the industry. Part of...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2020 9:26 am

G20 Enhances Sustainable Development and Emergency Response Plan for Developing Countries

The G20 Development Working Group (DWG) concluded its 3rd meeting under the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's G20 Presidency, in the presence of representatives of several international and regional organizations.Representatives of the G20 DWG members discussed a number of themes, including: the...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2020 3:29 am

SWISSPORT Secures 300 million Euros additional liquidity and reaches agreement ‘in principle’ on COMPREHENSIVE restructuring

A group of senior secured creditors has committed to provide 300 million euros of interim liquidity to support operations through the completion of the restructuring. The agreement ‘in principle’ on a comprehensive restructuring includes significant deleveraging and a new 500 million euros long ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 3 September, 2020 2:22 am

B20 and Business at OECD launch “GVC Passport” on Financial Compliance to Reinvigorate Firms’ Growth Post-COVID-19

The Business 20 (B20), the official voice of the global business community across G20 members, and Business at OECD today launched a joint conceptual policy proposal that focuses on reducing barriers that firms in general and SMEs in particular encounter in their quest to participate in Global...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 2 September, 2020 1:21 pm

Snap celebrates its unique community in its first ever B2B marketing campaign

Snap launched its first brand-facing marketing campaign under the name of ‘Meet the Snapchat Generation’, targeting marketers and advertisers across the region. Celebrating the unique and special Snapchat community, the campaign spotlights the region’s Snapchatters with data around how their...

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