Environment & Energy | Thursday 17 October, 2019 10:42 am

Emirates GBC honours winners of the 2019 MENA Green Building Awards

Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), an independent forum aimed at conserving the environment by strengthening and promoting green building practices, honoured the winners of the 2019 MENA Green Building Awards. The annual awards, which recognise the sustainability champions in the Middle ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 17 October, 2019 8:01 am

AL-TALAYI Co. Ltd. celebrates 70 years of partnership with BRIDGESTONE- the World`s number one tire manufacturer

The renowned partnership between Al-Talayi Co. Ltd., the sole distributor of Bridgestone tires in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Bridgestone has just turned 70 years old, making it one of the longest international partnerships in KSA. On that occasion, Al-Talayi management announced a big...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 17 October, 2019 4:00 am

Samsung Galaxy partners with YouTube to deliver an uninterrupted viewing and listening experience

Samsung Galaxy customers have an exciting reason to celebrate – Samsung Gulf Electronics has partnered with YouTube to offer up to four months of free, uninterrupted, ad-free access to YouTube Premium and its new music streaming service, YouTube Music. As a result of this partnership, Samsung ...

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Healthcare | Thursday 17 October, 2019 3:30 am

CPhI Middle East & Africa pharma event completes second successful year in the UAE capital

CPhI Middle East & Africa 2019, the global pharmaceutical showcase held in Abu Dhabi, has concluded after welcoming 234 exhibiting companies and over 3,100 visitors, from 98 countries.   His Excellency Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance, opened the event on 16 ...

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Business & Money | Thursday 17 October, 2019 3:20 am

Saudi Post Advances Five Places in the UPU's Integrated Index for Postal Development

The Saudi Post has advanced five places in the Universal Postal Union's Integrated Index for Postal Development (2IPD) for 2019, ranking 68th globally and fourth in the Arab world, as it previously ranked 73 in 2018. The Index measures the state of postal development in each of the 172 member...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 17 October, 2019 3:00 am

Huawei Announces Q3 2019 Business Results

Huawei today announced its business results for the third quarter of 2019. During the first three quarters of this year, Huawei generated CNY610.8 billion in revenue, an increase of 24.4% year-on-year. The company's net profit margin in this period was 8.7%.[1]   Huawei has...

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Business & Money | Thursday 17 October, 2019 2:26 am

Shoura seeks study on keeping expat and dependents fee at same level for 2020

The Shoura Council on Wednesday called for coordination among the relevant authorities to carry out study on the possibility of keeping the expatriate fee on companies and dependents fee on expatriates for the fiscal year of 2020 at the same level of what is being charged for the current...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 17 October, 2019 2:00 am

Cisco Empowers Students to Connect, Create and Share with Classroom of the Future

Cisco hosted a group of school children for a book reading as part of their online safety awareness campaign.   During GITEX Technology Week 2019, Cisco unveiled its Classroom of the Future technology, designed to boost co-creation and collaboration between students, teachers and...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 17 October, 2019 1:00 am

Accor steps up commitment to reducing food waste across the MEA portfolio on World Food Day

 Accor, a world-leading augmented hospitality group, has teamed up with Diversey, a hotel industry total solutions provider with the aim of tackling food waste in hotel kitchens across its Middle East and Africa (MEA) portfolio in partnership with Winnow.   The partnership,...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 16 October, 2019 4:31 pm

Umm Al Emarat Park reveals exciting line-up of events

As temperatures cool down in the nation’s capital, Umm Al Emarat Park is set to welcome guests all season long for an exciting line-up of events featuring food, sports, music, cultural performances and live entertainment shows, all held in the crisp open air. From the fan-favorite Ripe...

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