Business & Money | Monday 14 March, 2016 3:57 am

Easy Taxi Sends Drivers Back to School!

 As drivers are the company’s backbone, Easy Taxi is currently giving all registered drivers excessive training to help them thrive in today’s competitive business environment. Ensuring that drivers are properly trained is a crucial step when providing high quality service for...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 March, 2016 1:40 am

Jobs boost as downstream industries reach new deals

The Fourth Downstream Forum in Jubail Industrial City was marked by the signing of 15 allocation agreements for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and logistics, says Abdulaziz Noorudeen Atarji, general supervisor of the forum, and general manager of strategic planning and investment development...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 March, 2016 1:25 am

The 32nd Gulf Traffic Week Events Kick off in Abu Dhabi

Under the patronage of Lt. General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Lt. General Saif Abdullah Al Sha’far, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior, opened the 32nd Gulf Traffic Week (Sunday) morning. The opening ceremony took place at...

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Business & Money | Sunday 13 March, 2016 6:06 pm

Alkhabeer Capital Board of Directors Approves Company's 2015 Financial Results

Alkhabeer Capital, the asset management and investment firm headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the audited financial statements for 2015.   Alkhabeer Capital’s net income for 2015 amounted to SAR 67.15 million, marking an ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 13 March, 2016 3:54 pm

Complex issues for regional CEOs

Knowledge fuels growth. Challenges lead to innovation. In 2016, the C-suite management of listed companies faces an enormous task of creating value for shareholders in an environment where GCC stock markets shed a whopping $200 billion in combined market capitalization in 2015.   Last...

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Business & Money | Sunday 13 March, 2016 3:46 pm

Barwa Bank announces the sixth draw winners Of its Thara’a savings account prize

Barwa Bank, Qatar's most progressive Shari’ah compliant financial service provider, announced the names of the sixth round of draw winners for Thara’a, its Shari’ah compliant savings account, at the Bank’s headquarters. As such, Mr. Nasir Al-Qaifi, Mr. Izzeldin Ismail...

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Business & Money | Sunday 13 March, 2016 3:08 pm

GOIC: Oil Prices… Repercussions and Available Options

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) has issued an economic report on the Repercussions and Available Options in the face of oil prices decline, noting that Oil is the main source of income and the backbone of GCC economies, as its share of the GDP is approximately 47%. Without...

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Business & Money | Sunday 13 March, 2016 1:45 pm

Samsonite appoints Shaheen Jamil as Business Head for Middle East, Africa

Samsonite International S.A., the world’s largest manufacturer and leading luggage brand for more than 100 years, has announced the appointment of Shaheen Jamil as the Business Head covering the Middle East, Africa, Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS] and South Asian Association for...

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Business & Money | Sunday 13 March, 2016 1:36 pm

MasterCard Start Path on a Mission to Engage Best Startups from Middle East and Africa

Technology and data are transforming the way consumers and businesses interact with each other, driving a need to bring new ideas to market with greater speed. The right corporate-startup partnership gives startups an accelerated path to scale innovative solutions.    The MasterCard ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 13 March, 2016 12:54 pm

BECO Capital Expects a Regional Boom in Startups and Venture Capital, if Oil Prices Linger at Their Current Levels

BECO Capital, a regional Venture Capital firm that invests in technology startups, expects entrepreneurship and VC activity in the Arab region to surge if the global and regional economies continue to slow down. There is a strong positive correlation between a weak economy and a booming tech...

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