Business & Money | Sunday 18 October, 2015 3:59 pm

Bahrain real estate sector demonstrates resilience, in uncertain economic environment

Although residential rents have remained stable across the popular expatriate areas, there has been an increase in demand particularly for housing in the northwestern areas of the country, including Sar, Budaiya and Jasra, with many compounds achieving full occupancy, stated the Q3 2015 Bahrain...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 October, 2015 3:54 pm

Loud Art "Reinterprets Contemporary" in Khobar

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 October, 2015 1:50 pm

KSA holds investments opportunities for construction sector

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA) construction industry is expected to continue its growth for the next few years, fuelled by massive construction projects, particularly around social and transport infrastructure that offer multi-billion-Saudi Riyals opportunities to contractors and...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 October, 2015 4:59 am

Saudi Agriculture 2015 concludes on successful note

Following the successful opening of Saudi Agriculture 2015, the exhibition concluded on a high note after receiving favorable opinions and feedback from the exhibitors, notable dignitaries and trade visitors. An internal survey conducted during the four-day-long event reinforces the importance of...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 October, 2015 2:10 am

Meltwater and Sprout Social partner to offer Intelligent Social Engagement

Meltwater, a global leader in media intelligence solutions, has announced a partnership with Sprout Social, a leader in social media management and engagement. The new partnership will enable businesses to engage intelligently with their audience based on insights extracted from news and social...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 October, 2015 2:03 am

GFH to acquire $125 million US industrial real estate portfolio

GFH Capital, the subsidiary of GFH Financial Group, Saturday announced that it has agreed to acquire an Industrial Real Estate portfolio in the United States in a deal worth $125 million. The portfolio includes 18 income producing assets diversified across six states with an overall occupancy rate ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 17 October, 2015 11:39 am

Taqeem participates in Restatex Al-Sharqiya Exhibition

THE Authority for Accredited Valuers (Taqeem) participated in the Al Sharqiya Exhibition for real-estate, housing and constructional development (Restatex Al-Sharqiya 2015), which was held in Al Zahran International Center for Exhibitions and Conferences, under the aegis of Eastern Province...

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Business & Money | Saturday 17 October, 2015 10:27 am

Shoura Council finds labor recruitment process opaque

A committee of the Shoura Council has been briefed regarding the complaints submitted about the recruitment process; chiefly, the high costs of recruiting domestic help in the Kingdom in comparison to neighboring countries. After close consideration, the committee confirmed that there is a lot...

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Business & Money | Friday 16 October, 2015 3:39 am

Nitaqat: Saudis in private sector up to 1.7 million

The number of Saudis working in the private sector during 2015 rose to 1.7 million, up from about 700,000 in 2011, while the number of Saudi women working in the sector reached about 400,000 employees, up from only 50,000 four years ago. Ibrahim Al-Mouaikel, director general of the Human Resources ...

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Business & Money | Friday 16 October, 2015 2:43 am

Top French firms and sovereign fund acquire $150 million of KHC shares

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), met Laurent Fabius, French minister of foreign affairs in Riyadh.  The meeting was also attended by Mohammed Fahmi, KHC’s CFO, Hassna Alturki, executive manager for International Relations to the chairman, Fahad bin...

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