Business & Money | Sunday 10 January, 2016 2:30 am

Emerging opportunities in India highlighted

The Consulate General of India, in association with the Saudi-Indian Business Network (SIBN), organized an event to commemorate the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) at the consulate premises on Saturday. The theme of the event was “India: Emerging economy with emerging...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 10 January, 2016 2:28 am

Flynas introduces direct flights to Khartoum

Saudi national carrier flynas has launched direct services from Dammam to the Sudanese capital Khartoum, describing it as a strategic move to continue growing the carrier’s footprint in the wider Middle East region. The inaugural flight XY420 took off on Jan. 5 from King Fahd International ...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 10 January, 2016 1:47 am

Aon Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Earnings Release and Conference Call

The leading global provider of risk management and human resource consulting and outsourcing, plans to announce fourth quarter and full year 2015 results on Friday, February 5th, 2016 in a news release to be issued before the market opens. Greg Case, president and ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 9 January, 2016 2:03 pm

Best Remittance-ME award conferred on Bank Aljazira

In addition to its series of awards received for the year 2015, Bank Aljazira recently won the award for “Best Remittance – ME (Fawri). This award was given to BAJ by the Banker Magazine – Middle East during the sixth anniversary of the Islamic Business and Finance Awards which...

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Business & Money | Saturday 9 January, 2016 1:53 pm

Sunbulah Group set to build cutting-edge factory at KAEC

SUNBULAH Group, a leading manufacturer of food products, has become the latest company to invest in the Industrial Valley at King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC). The company is purchasing a parcel of land on which it intends to build a comprehensive manufacturing and logistics complex. Sunbulah...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 9 January, 2016 10:45 am

COMPUTEX Taipei 2016 Undergoing Transformation Gains Greater Exposure at CES 2016

CES, one of the world's premier consumer electronics expos, took place in the city of Las Vegas from January 6 to 9, 2016. The expo saw approximately 3,600 exhibitors, including 186 from Taiwan. As the Economist forecast a 2.5% growth for the U.S. economy in the year 2016, approximately the...

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Business & Money | Saturday 9 January, 2016 4:59 am

Guarding Arabian heritage for 40 years

Bin Yahya Museum for Heritage in the Al-Nammas governorate is one of the most distinguished museums in the north of Asir in terms of variety and the maintenance of national heritage and identity. Local media met with owner Ali bin Yahya Al-Shahri who revealed that he has been practicing this...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 9 January, 2016 4:01 am

Kunna Kida — Festival with a historic twist

THE third historic Jeddah festival, Kunna Kida (We were like this), is under way, bringing excitement and happiness to Jeddah’s residents over a period of 10 days. Those attending the festival will discover new activities as well as enjoy traditional Hejazi food. The festival combines...

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Business & Money | Saturday 9 January, 2016 3:57 am

Taqat brings 47,737 Saudis into labor market

The extensive efforts exerted by the Human Resource Development Funds (HADAF) in cooperation and partnership with the private sector has resulted in the direction of a total of 47,737 young male and female Saudis into certain fields and specialties required by the national labor market. The...

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Business & Money | Saturday 9 January, 2016 3:40 am

Saudi Aramco confirms share listing deliberations

Saudi Aramco has confirmed it is considering a stock market flotation in what would probably create the most valuable listed company in the world. The company says it has been studying various options to allow broad public participation in its equity through the listing in the capital markets of ...

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