Business & Money | Tuesday 15 December, 2015 8:44 am

Riyadh-Dammam high-speed train planned

The cities of Riyadh and Dammam will soon be connected by a high-speed electric train that will run at a speed of up to 300 kilometers per hour compared to the current 140km/h diesel-powered train, which will be increased to 160km/h before the end of this year, said president of the Saudi...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 15 December, 2015 3:19 am

Ambitious mega projects pushes sustainable triple bottom-line as Green Building day

In the company of His Royal Highness Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed Al Saud, with the participation of His Excellency Mario Boffo, Italian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saleh bin Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh, Minister of Islamic Affairs and the Mayor of Makkah, the Saudi Mega Projects...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 December, 2015 5:35 pm

GOIC: Inauguration of the 1st Gulf Metrology Forum

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC), in collaboration with Qatar’s Ministry of Environment, the Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO) and GULFMET inaugurated the 1st Gulf Metrology Forum and Exhibition on Monday, December 14, 2015, under the patronage of His Excellency...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 December, 2015 5:01 pm

ITHARA GROUP JOINS MIDDLE EAST SMART LANDSCAPE SUMMIT AS A GOLD SPONSOR

Expotrade Middle East, organizers of the 4th Middle East Smart Landscape Summit are thrilled to announce Ithara Group, a provider of educational, play and sports solutions, as a Gold sponsor for the forthcoming edition of the summit. The summit will be held on 25-26 April 2016 at Sofitel Dubai The...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 December, 2015 3:29 pm

Prince Sultan bin Salman and Mobily CEO Sign Agreement to launch “Mobily Customers Charity Project”

Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has launched “Mobily Customers” project to support Disabled Children’s Association; for this purpose, a unified number 5050 has been allocated to the charity and all proceeds ...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 December, 2015 4:50 am

Women taste victory in civic polls

It was a red-letter day for Saudi women as at least 17 female candidates won municipal council seats in the Kingdom’s first-ever election open to them. Abdullateef Abdulmalik Al-Asheikh, minister of municipal and rural affairs and chairman of the general committee for municipal elections,...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 December, 2015 3:52 am

Pink ribbon draws attention to rising breast cancer cases

Over 10,000 women gathered on Saturday night at the Princess Nora University, the world's biggest women-only university, to form what is believed to be the world's largest human pink ribbon shape on record. Forming the shape was a major component of several activities conducted...

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Business & Money | Monday 14 December, 2015 3:48 am

Azzam Al-Dakhil appointed SRMG group’s CEO

The Board of Directors at the Saudi Research and Marketing Group (SRMG), the publisher of Arab News, appointed on Sunday Prince Badr bin Abdullah Al-Saud as the chairman and an independent member of the board.  It followed the board’s acceptance of the resignation of Sulaiman...

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Business & Money | Sunday 13 December, 2015 6:32 pm

Experts tackle HR challenges at the 3rd Annual Talent & Diversity Leadership Forum in KSA

The first day of the 3rd Annual Talent & Diversity Leadership Forum took place at the Burj Rafal Kempinski today in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The forum, organised by business facilitation company Naseba in partnership with Saudi based Glowork, focuses on workplace diversity and inclusion. Over 100...

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Business & Money | Sunday 13 December, 2015 4:04 pm

Third round of winners announced for Barwa Bank’s Thara’a draw

Barwa Bank, Qatar's most progressive Shari’ah compliant service provider, has announced the third round of draw winners for Thara’a, the bank’s newest high profit Shari’ah compliant  savings account,during which Ziad Hesham Muadamani walked away with QAR 50,000, in...

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