Cars & Autos | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 12:45 pm

Audi mission to the moon: AUDI AG supports the German Team at Google Lunar XPRIZE

Audi is taking off for the moon – together with the Part-Time Scientists. Nearly 45 years after NASA’s Apollo 17 completed the last manned mission to the moon, the cooperating partners have selected the old landing site of Apollo 17 as the new target. The group of German engineers in...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 12:42 pm

Bentley Confidentially Submits Registration Statement

Bentley Systems, Incorporated today announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct an initial public offering of its Class B common stock. The offering is expected to commence after the SEC completes its...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 12:29 pm

GCC countries form 30% of the patients out of the 120 countries catered by Apollo hospitals

Apollo Hospitals, Asia’s pioneering healthcare provider, has stated that GCC states alone accounts for 30% of the traffic of medical patient flow to Apollo institutions in India out of the 120 countries that it caters to. This fact corroborates the fact that India’s medical tourism...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 12:21 pm

Oman Air Launches Sindbad Mobile App For Frequent Fliers

Oman Air has today announced the launch of its latest initiative designed to enhance the travel experience of their frequent fliers even further: the Sindbad mobile app for Android and iPhone.   The Sindbad app is an addition to the existing Oman Air mobile app and comes packed with...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 12:07 pm

For the second year in a row Ericsson announces winners of “smart schools” competition in Egypt

Ericsson announced the final winners of its “Smart Schools” competition 2015 in Egypt for the second year in a row covering new areas across Egypt and reaching out to five governorates: Giza, Qalioubeya, Minya, Qena and Port Said. Ericsson organized this competition in cooperation...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 8:19 am

Greenstone Equity Partners collaborates with TIMU to raise capital from GCC investors for clean energy projects in Africa

Greenstone Equity Partners, one of the largest independent fund placement firms in the Middle East, announced its collaboration with TIMU Energy Holdings, a Mauritius-based investment company, to raise capital from GCC investors for the development of clean energy projects in...

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Government | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 4:46 am

King orders quality services for pilgrims

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has ordered all government departments to ensure that there are quality services provided for pilgrims at the Two Holy Mosques over the final days of Ramadan. At a Cabinet meeting held at Al-Safa Palace in Makkah on Monday night, the king said the...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 4:36 am

ETIHAD AIRWAYS CHOOSES OKTA TO PROVIDE IDENTITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES IN THE CLOUD

Etihad Airways and Okta today announced a strategic technology partnership to integrate Okta’s identity and access management platform into the airline’s existing security infrastructure. This partnership will enable the airline to oversee its global data network of customers, ...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 3:48 am

Nazaha probes social security claims

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) is racing against the clock to unravel the circumstances surrounding the enrollment of 107,000 beneficiaries on the lists of social insurance without legal entitlements. These beneficiaries are currently receiving SR300 million a month from the...

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Government | Wednesday 8 July, 2015 3:47 am

Prince Faisal launches program for orphans

Prince Faisal bin Salman, governor of Madinah and chairperson of the board of directors of the Takaful Welfare Society for Orphan Care in Madinah, has inaugurated a project to reconstruct houses of orphans. According to the Takaful program, 195 residential units will be built for families of...

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