Business & Money | Tuesday 20 January, 2015 4:51 pm

CNN International and McLaren Technology Group 
enter multi-year partnership ahead of 2015 Formula 1 season

CNN International, the world’s leader in international news, and McLaren Technology Group announced today that CNN is confirmed as a new McLaren-Honda partner for the 2015 Formula 1 season and beyond.The multi-year global partnership brings together two world-class pioneering brands, both of...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 20 January, 2015 11:41 am

dubizzle Unveils Hidden SAR 370 billion in Saudi Household

dubizzle – the leading classifieds website in the Middle East and North Africa has concluded a Saudi wide research, the first of its kind to be conducted in the Kingdom – supported by a study conducted by global market research firm YouGov. The results of the research, which focuses on unused...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 20 January, 2015 10:29 am

Labor recruitment pacts to be signed

The Council of Ministers, chaired by Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, on Monday authorized Labor Minister Adel Fakeih to sign agreements with labor-exporting countries for the recruitment of foreign workers.“The draft agreements for the recruitment of workers will be...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 20 January, 2015 10:26 am

Women’s participation in civic bodies defined

The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs has announced that women would have separate administrative offices, rest areas and entry points to joint meetings with their men colleagues on the country’s newly elected municipal councils.Prince Mansour bin Miteb, the minister, has ordered the...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 20 January, 2015 8:12 am

Mindshare Expands Partnership with Danone

Mindshare, part of WPP, is a global media agency network helping clients to make collaborative and adaptive decisions across their paid, owned, and earned marketing. Recently, food product leader DANONE selected Mindshare to expand their existing business relationship across their entire portfolio. ...

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Business & Money | Monday 19 January, 2015 12:41 pm

Bayt.com survey reveals that 86% of UAE respondents feel positive about the year 2015

The Bayt.com Career Aspirations in the Middle East and North Africa survey, recently conducted by Bayt.com, the region’s number one job site, and YouGov, a research and consulting organization, has revealed that the most preferred industry to work in, according to MENA respondents, is oil, gas...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 January, 2015 12:50 pm

Nexans Wins ‘Best Physical Infrastructure Vendor’ At Reseller Middle East Hot 50 Awards

Nexans, the worldwide leader in cables and cabling systems, announced that it has won the ‘Best physical infrastructure vendor’ award at the prestigious Reseller Middle East Hot 50 Awards held in Dubai. In its third year, the Reseller Middle East Hot 50 awards recognises and honours fifty...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 January, 2015 12:38 pm

Banker Middle East: AlJazira Capital… Best Brokerage Company in the kingdom

AlJazira Capital was awarded the 2014 «best brokerage company in the Kingdom» by «Banker Middle East» magazine, for maintaining the leading position among brokerage companies in Saudi Arabia and providing its customers with the latest technology solutions. These achievements come as a result of ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 January, 2015 12:06 pm

Centaur Group Finance Launches 'Centaur Natural Resources Bond' Open to Qualified Investors in the GCC

Centaur Group Finance Ltd ("CGF") is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centaur Holdings Ltd ("Centaur"), a global investment holding company with interests and investments ranging from asset management, wealth management, private equity, venture capital, mining and natural resources and agricultural...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 January, 2015 9:43 am

Saudi banks’ profits up 10% to SR40 billion in 2014

Profits of the listed Saudi banks grew by 10 percent to hit SR40.2 billion ($10.7 billion) by the end of 2014, compared to SR36.6 billion ($9.7 billion) in 2013, according to a financial report.The National Commercial Bank (NCB) registered the highest profits at SR8.66 billion (+10.23 percent) in...

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