Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 2:53 pm

International Investment Bank Appoints Subhi F. Benkhadra as the New CEO

Bahrain based International Investment Bank announces the appointment of Mr. Subhi F. Benkhadra as the new Chief Executive Officer.  Mr. Benkhadra, previously the Chief Executive Officer of Abu Dhabi based Baniyas Investment & Development Company, replaces Mr. Fareed Bader, the acting...

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Government | Saturday 5 September, 2015 2:47 pm

Dubai Customs disrupts smuggling attempt of 35m tramadol pills and 2.5 tons of powder tramadol

Dubai Customs officers have seized 35 million tramadol pills and 2.5 tons of powder tramadol. A shipment of the painkiller, which is prohibited from circulation outside prescribed medical use, was intercepted at Jebel Ali Port, coming from an Asian country. The drugs were detected by Dubai...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 11:15 am

Commodities market forecast – until end 2015

Background: A broad basket of commodities has fallen to the lowest level in 16 years thereby wiping out all the gains that were made during the Chinese boom years during the first decade of this millennium. The main trigger for this weakness has not been due to slowing demand but more due to...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 5 September, 2015 10:13 am

Guide to Choose the Right Travel Bag (from American Tourister)

As wonderful as it is, traveling can become a stressful experience if not properly planned. A sure way to decrease the stress whilst traveling is to ensure one is using the best travel luggage suited to the needs of the travel. Among the biggest challenges that most travelers face is how to fit...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 4:36 am

KSA ‘exciting place to do business’

Senior Saudi and US government officials and business leaders explored trade and investment opportunities at a series of business meetings in Washington this week. The talks took place on the sidelines of the visit of Custodian of The Two Holy Mosques King Salman to Washington. A huge delegation...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:35 am

iPads for smart school students

The Educational Services Department of the Royal Commission for Jubail (RCJ), represented by Al-Rowad Smart Secondary School, has distributed iPad to all new students at the beginning of the new school year. Mohammed Al-Hajri, director of the Educational Services Department, said: "This...

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Healthcare | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:34 am

Meningitis shots a must for Haj workers

The Ministry of Health has launched a program to vaccinate all public and private sector workers on Haj duty this year. Launching the program at the ministry’s headquarters here on Thursday, Tarif Al-Ama, undersecretary for treatment services at the ministry, outlined the importance of the...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:19 am

Introducing 6th Generation Intel® Core™, Intel’s Best Processor Ever

Today Intel Corporation introduced the 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processor family, the company’s best processors ever. The launch marks a turning point in people’s relationship with computers. The 6th Gen Intel Core processors deliver enhanced performance and new immersive...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:07 am

CIOs in Saudi Need to Heed Five Signs Indicating it’s Time to Upgrade IT Network

How old is the equipment running the organization’s IT network? Older than 5 years? Do recurrent network outages occur? Is there a struggle with poor quality voice and video communications? Is it too costly to maintain the organization’s legacy equipment? Is there trouble scaling up...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 September, 2015 3:04 am

Veeam Drives Double Digit Revenue Growth in Saudi Arabia

Highlighting the growing interest of Saudi Arabian enterprises in data center availability technologies, Veeam® Software, the innovative provider of solutions that deliver Availability for the Modern Data Center™, has reported a 40% growth in its number of new customers in the ...

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