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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Business & Money | Sunday 18 January, 2015 1:45 am

Google chief Eric Schmidt to visit Riyadh for the eighth Global Competitiveness Forum

Among the experts speaking at this year’s Global Competitiveness Forum is Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, who will be delivering a key note speech on the opening day of the Riyadh event, on 26 January. The Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) is the most important of the Kingdom’s ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 17 January, 2015 3:02 am

Alwaleed commended for Korean investments

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received at his office Lee Myung-bak, former president of Korea and an accompanying delegation. The delegation included Yoon Jeung-hyun, former minister of finance and economy, Hong Seok-woo, former minister of Knowledge Economy, ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 17 January, 2015 2:41 am

Riyadh Metro project ‘ahead of schedule’

The multibillion-riyal metro project is 10 percent ahead of schedule, said Riyadh Gov. Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz here as he inspected progress in the capital city.Prince Turki, who is also president of the High Commission for the Development of Riyadh (HCDR), and King Abdulaziz...

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