Business & Money | Saturday 14 February, 2015 11:36 am

Microsoft targets more mobile-productivity app purchases

Microsoft CEO Officer Satya Nadella has a new strategy to make the company a purveyor of popular mobile applications: Acquire them.The software company is planning over the next few months to buy mobile-productivity applications that work on Apple and Google operating systems, according to people...

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Government | Saturday 14 February, 2015 11:29 am

Work on Riyadh Metro tunnel to start in 2 months

Work on the tunnel for the first line of the Riyadh Metro is expected to start after two months with the arrival of the spare parts of the tunnel boring machine (TBM) imported from Germany.“The spare parts for the TBM have arrived. Assembling the TBM takes two months,” said a source whose...

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Business & Money | Saturday 14 February, 2015 11:01 am

NCB Capital Launches AlAhli Freestyle Saudi Equity Fund

NCB Capital, the region’s leading wealth manager and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s largest asset manager has launched the AlAhli Freestyle Saudi Equity Fund. The fund is an open-ended Shariah-compliant fund that aims to achieve superior growth in capital through a more concentrated investment...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 13 February, 2015 8:02 am

New campaign aims to improve fuel efficiency

The Saudi Center for Energy Efficiency at King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) will launch a campaign to increase public awareness to reduce vehicles’ fuel consumption. The campaign will kick off Feb. 15 and will also tackle drivers’ behavior to optimize fuel use behind the...

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Government | Friday 13 February, 2015 7:57 am

Shoura Council calls for more judges and courts

A drop in the number of judges and the high number of vacancies at the Justice Department has led to the accumulation of unresolved court cases, especially in the most populated regions, the Shoura Council revealed.Shoura members urged the Ministry of Justice to fill vacant jobs in judiciary, as...

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Government | Friday 13 February, 2015 7:55 am

Fingerprinting gains speed with more centers, mobile e-service

Riyadh Passport Department deployed Wednesday two mobile units offering e-services at two major locations.One was in King Khaled University Hospital at King Saud University’s main campus and the other at King Saud Medical Complex (formerly Al-Shumaisy Hospital) in southeast central part of the...

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Government | Friday 13 February, 2015 7:51 am

Kingdom prays for rain

On a directive from Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, istisqa (rain prayer) was performed in all parts of the Kingdom on Monday with the participation of governors of the regions and their deputies and senior government officials. The sermons of the day pointed out that misdeeds...

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Environment & Energy | Friday 13 February, 2015 7:48 am

Sandstorm blankets Riyadh

A massive sandstorm swept through the capital on Thursday, hampering visibility and causing traffic snarls and is expected to last for two days.The dust storm, caused by strong winds, also affected other parts of the country including Makkah and Madinah, Al-Arabiya reported. There has been no...

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Business & Money | Friday 13 February, 2015 7:44 am

Drowsy driving put to sleep 4,000 motorists in one year

Recent statistics released by Riyadh’s General Directorate of Traffic show that 4,000 people died because of drowsy driving in Saudi Arabia in 2014.According to a study carried out by the directorate, 70 percent of these accidents occurred on highways, 40 percent of them on the Jeddah-Madinah...

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Technology & IT | Friday 13 February, 2015 12:38 am

STC Advanced Solutions sponsors the 20th National Computer Conference

STC Advanced Solutions, the leading provider of advanced, turnkey and reliable Information Technology (IT) solutions, has announced that it sponsored the 20th edition of the National Computer Conference, which was held on February 11 and 12, 2015 at the Princess Nora University Conference and...

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