Business & Money | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 12:00 pm

Local artist turns viral Shawarmer marketing campaign

The Riyadh street art scene has a surprising and highly unconventional new addition with the unveiling of a new piece of work from popular local artist and poet Abdullah Al-Othman. What makes this new piece of work so unique? It’s a 4-meter by 4-meter monument made up of more than 20,000...

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Culture & Education | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 11:57 am

SAE brings in summer with the launch of Mega Summer Camps and its Scholarship Fund

Students will produce their own films, gain a holistic understanding of 3D production processes, experience what it is like to be a sound engineer and more 10 July 2019, Dubai, UAE – SAE, the world’s leading educator in creative media industries will host comprehensive creative media...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 11:55 am

Saudi Arabia's Savola issues 1bn riyals sukuk

Savola Group, Saudi Arabia's largest food products company, confirmed on Tuesday it had raised 1 billion riyals ($267 million) in sukuk, or Islamic bonds, in a deal arranged by the Saudi arm of HSBC. Savola made the deal public in a bourse filing, confirming what sources familiar with the...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 11:14 am

Aramco awards $18bn contracts to raise Marjan and Berri oilfields output capacity

Saudi Aramco has awarded 34 contracts with a total value of $18 billion for the engineering, procurement and construction of the Marjan and Berri increment programs. The company plans to boost the Marjan and Berri fields’ production capacity by 550,000 barrels per day of Arabian Crude Oil and ...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 10:41 am

Collinson triples its investment in India to redefine the airport experience

Collinson, a global leader in customer benefits and loyalty, today announces a multi-million-dollar investment into India to fuel additional growth of Priority Pass™, its world-leading airport experiences programme. Priority Pass will double its lounge portfolio in India over the next three...

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Government | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 10:19 am

“Governments and Vendor Community need to Collaborate to Bring Smart Cities to Life,” says Expert from HPE Aruba

There is a lot of discussions and demos of smart city technologies today that are enhancing the connectivity of everyday services. At the same time there are so many barriers to creating a truly smart city.  What we are currently witnessing is disparate connected services; a patch of Wi-Fi...

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Sports | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 10:06 am

MANCHESTER CITY Announces Global Trophy Tour to Celebrate Historic Season Across Both Men’s and Women’s Teams

To celebrate making football history by becoming the first English football club to lift six trophies across both its men’s and women’s teams in the same season, Manchester City will be taking its silverware on the road to celebrate with fans around the world. Alongside the back-to-back ...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 8:26 am

Time to shift focus to decentralised solar energy, report urges gov’t

While Jordan ranked one of the top three emerging markets in terms of clean energy investment in 2018, according to Bloomberg rankings, it needs to shift its focus to decentralised solar energy, an approach which remains largely untouched, according to a report released at Tuesday's...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 8:19 am

Officials mull raising tobacco prices after WHO report

The government will be looking into raising the price of smoking-related products, particularly argileh, in an effort to “cut down on smoking rates”, it said  “Shisha, vapes and electronic cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular, possibly more so than cigarettes,...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 12:00 am

Corporate treasurers in EMEA are looking beyond their banks for innovation, according to Finastra

New research from Finastra has revealed that the market dominance of banks in the delivery of corporate treasury services is under threat from non-bank market entrants. According to its survey of 380 corporate treasurers from enterprises across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), 70 percent...

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