Technology & IT | Tuesday 12 January, 2016 10:17 am

Etisalat UAE wins Best Practice Award in Internal Audit

Etisalat UAE’s Internal Audit department was recognised with the prestigious Overall ‘Best Practice Award in Internal Audit’ for the private sector during the 5th Chief Audit Executive Conference, held under the patronage of H.E. Engineer Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri – UAE...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 12 January, 2016 6:21 am

Wermuth Asset Management (WAM) launches Green Gateway Fund 2

Wermuth Asset Management (WAM), specialising in impact investments, is launching another private equity fund, with a focus on European growth companies within the area of resource efficiency and renewable energy. “In the Middle East the Green Gateway Fund 2 is directed towards institutional,...

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Government | Tuesday 12 January, 2016 5:16 am

Makkah Municipality launches new portal

Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal launched the new and updated Makkah Municipality portal here on Sunday. A source from the municipality said the updated portal will facilitate many services for the people of Makkah. “The portal is used by citizens, residents and municipality staff as well....

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Government | Tuesday 12 January, 2016 4:06 am

Steps on land incursion OK’d

The Council of Ministers on Monday approved several arrangements on incursions on government land, including that the concerned government agency allow those who have done so to use the land for agriculture, commerce or service purposes at prices to be decided by the government.  However,...

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Sports | Tuesday 12 January, 2016 3:42 am

Lionel Messi wins Ballon d

The 28-year-old Argentine had 41.33% of the vote, with Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo (27.76%) second and Barca's Neymar (7.86%) third. Either Messi or Ronaldo, who became a three-time winner last year, have won the past eight awards. United States midfielder Carli Lloyd, who...

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Cars & Autos | Tuesday 12 January, 2016 3:32 am

Piloted, electrified and fully connected – Audi at the 2016 CES

Electrification, digitalization and piloted driving: Audi made these three future trends of the automotive industry the focus of its appearance at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The world’s most important electronics show took place between January 6–9, 2016, in Las...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 12 January, 2016 3:05 am

Turkish firms to build 2 million KSA houses

 The Ministry of Housing is currently holding talks with a number of Turkish companies to build thousands of residential units in the country, according to local reports. Some Turkish sources have said that the talks have made significant progress in forming a consortium of the construction...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 12 January, 2016 2:34 am

Golden Globes unfolded on Twitter

As Hollywood toasted the best performances of 2015 at the Golden Globes (@goldenglobes) awards show, the celebrations were also unfolding on Twitter. Tweets from the red carpet, celebrity photos behind the scenes and reactions from fans were a lively complement to the broadcast,...

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Technology & IT | Tuesday 12 January, 2016 2:27 am

FRiENDi Mobile records strong growth among expatriates in KSA

FRiENDi Mobile, a package offered by Virgin Mobile KSA, seeks to boost its domestic market share in 2016, especially after having recorded remarkable growth in the local telecom market over the last year, said Aziz Amine, head of FRiENDi Brand. He added that FRiENDi gained confidence of...

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Technology & IT | Monday 11 January, 2016 4:39 pm

IDC Report: in 2014 Kaspersky Lab Grew Faster Than the Market

International Data Corporation (IDC) has examined the consumer and corporate endpoint security market and issued a report* based on the data for 2014. According to this, Kaspersky Lab is growing faster than the market as a whole: worldwide revenues for all endpoint security vendors increased by...

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