Business & Money | Sunday 10 January, 2016 11:50 am

 Deloitte: Dubai a safe haven for wealthy high-net worth families and their investments

As a first-class tourism destination, and a world-leading financial services center, Dubai is seen as a safe haven for individuals from the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and other Middle Eastern countries, and as an alternative jurisdiction for wealthy high-net worth families and their ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 10 January, 2016 11:46 am

Internet Leader Bayt.com Unveils Website Redesign that Focuses on Empowering Professionals

Bayt.com, the Middle East’s leading career site, has just debuted a revamped homepage, featuring innovative capabilities and cutting-edge career tools for professionals. The site’s new look, which features easier job search functionality, new learning tools, and a simple layout,...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 10 January, 2016 5:11 am

Kunna Kida festival draws 100,000 visitors

The 3rd Jeddah heritage festival Kunna Kida (We were like this) attracted over 100,000 visitors from all parts of the Kingdom in the first three days, organizers said on Friday. A source said the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage reported 25 percent of visitors at the festival...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 10 January, 2016 4:00 am

Mobily and Magrabi optics offer double “Neqaty” points and up to 50% discount to Customers

Mobily and Magrabi optics have launched an extraordinary offer as part of the Neqaty program to enhance customers’ shopping experience during the middle of school year holiday season. As per the offer, customers now have the opportunity to gain double Neqaty points on purchase of any item...

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Business & Money | Sunday 10 January, 2016 3:30 am

Female employment figures are real, says MoL

The Ministry of Labor issued a statement recently denying reports that said Saudi women were holding 298,000 fake jobs, mostly in contracting and retail fields. The ministry said that the report had inaccurate data and information and that Saudi women's participation in the work was real in all ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 10 January, 2016 3:24 am

Najran hosts horse race daring threat of missiles

Najran was hosting its annual horse race Saturday despite constant threats of missile fire from across the Yemen border. Mani Al-Dowhan, secretary of the competition, said the Ninth Equestrianism Club Annual Competition would held on Saturday under the patronage of Prince Sultan Bin Mohammad Bin ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 10 January, 2016 2:30 am

Emerging opportunities in India highlighted

The Consulate General of India, in association with the Saudi-Indian Business Network (SIBN), organized an event to commemorate the 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) at the consulate premises on Saturday. The theme of the event was “India: Emerging economy with emerging...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 10 January, 2016 2:28 am

Flynas introduces direct flights to Khartoum

Saudi national carrier flynas has launched direct services from Dammam to the Sudanese capital Khartoum, describing it as a strategic move to continue growing the carrier’s footprint in the wider Middle East region. The inaugural flight XY420 took off on Jan. 5 from King Fahd International ...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 10 January, 2016 1:47 am

Aon Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Earnings Release and Conference Call

The leading global provider of risk management and human resource consulting and outsourcing, plans to announce fourth quarter and full year 2015 results on Friday, February 5th, 2016 in a news release to be issued before the market opens. Greg Case, president and ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 9 January, 2016 2:03 pm

Best Remittance-ME award conferred on Bank Aljazira

In addition to its series of awards received for the year 2015, Bank Aljazira recently won the award for “Best Remittance – ME (Fawri). This award was given to BAJ by the Banker Magazine – Middle East during the sixth anniversary of the Islamic Business and Finance Awards which...

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