Business & Money | Sunday 24 January, 2016 6:40 am

King to open competitiveness forum tonight

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman is scheduled to inaugurate here on Sunday evening the three-day 9th Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF). The GCF is held in partnership with the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) as a leading annual international forum and private...

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Business & Money | Sunday 24 January, 2016 3:53 am

Labor Ministry and ‘Hadaf’ officially launch ‘remote employment program’ for citizens

The Ministry of Labor and the Human Resources Development Fund (Hadaf) have officially launched the ‘remote employment program’ so as to increase job opportunities for Saudi women in particular and Saudi men in general in different cities and governorates of the Kingdom. This will...

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Business & Money | Sunday 24 January, 2016 3:00 am

The Coca-Cola Company and World Economic Forum Announce Winners of the Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant Challenge

The Coca-Cola Company today announced the 2015 winners of the Coca-Cola Shaping a Better Future Grant Challenge – a competition exclusively for members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community. Global Shapers are young leaders between 20 and 30 years old who ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 24 January, 2016 2:50 am

Pampers and UNICEF Mark the Impact of a 10-Year Public-Private Partnership at the World Economic Forum in Davos

At this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Pampers® and UNICEF will bring together leading experts to discuss the lasting impact of their decade-long collaboration to protect mothers and their babies from maternal and newborn tetanus (MNT).  To date, this globally...

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Business & Money | Saturday 23 January, 2016 1:21 pm

Projects in Jeddah worth billions ‘progressing well’

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has said here that he was pleased with the progress made on development projects in Jeddah worth billions. There were 857 projects worth SR74 billion earmarked for the region over the past number of years, with some having already been completed.  Prince ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 23 January, 2016 1:09 pm

Qotuf AlRiyadah a 5 Day Intensive Boot Camp

The 30 finalists from the Jeddah Entrepreneurs Meet and Competition congregated in Jeddah this week to attend an intensive five-day boot camp hosted at Qotuf AlRiyadah.  Arriving from Buraidah, Onaizah, Makkah, Tabuk, Hail, AlAhsa, Riyadh and Jeddah 30 budding entrepreneurs representing the...

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Business & Money | Saturday 23 January, 2016 1:00 pm

Engines at full throttle as inaugural Automechanika Jeddah 2016 gets set for grand opening

The keys are in the ignitions and engines at full throttle, as the final countdown begins to the inaugural edition of Automechanika Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s only dedicated automotive aftermarket trade show.   More than 170 exhibitors from 27 countries are set to line-up this week at...

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Business & Money | Friday 22 January, 2016 2:46 pm

Rimini Street Announces Record Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Financial Results

Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support services for SAP SE’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business...

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Business & Money | Friday 22 January, 2016 2:43 pm

Prince Khaled briefed on SR74 billion projects in Jeddah

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah and adviser of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, was briefed on 857 development projects worth a total of SR74 billion allotted to the Jeddah governorate. These projects included those that have been implemented, under various phases of implementation or...

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Business & Money | Friday 22 January, 2016 5:02 am

Red Sea Foundation Launched to Drive Growth in Regional Trade

The development of a trade facilitation framework for the Red Sea region is essential for the sustainable development of the largest emerging market in the world, according to Mr Fahd Al Rasheed, Managing Director and Group CEO of King Abdullah Economic City. Speaking at a special event at the...

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