Business & Money | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 11:14 am

Aramco awards $18bn contracts to raise Marjan and Berri oilfields output capacity

Saudi Aramco has awarded 34 contracts with a total value of $18 billion for the engineering, procurement and construction of the Marjan and Berri increment programs. The company plans to boost the Marjan and Berri fields’ production capacity by 550,000 barrels per day of Arabian Crude Oil and ...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 10:41 am

Collinson triples its investment in India to redefine the airport experience

Collinson, a global leader in customer benefits and loyalty, today announces a multi-million-dollar investment into India to fuel additional growth of Priority Pass™, its world-leading airport experiences programme. Priority Pass will double its lounge portfolio in India over the next three...

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Government | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 10:19 am

“Governments and Vendor Community need to Collaborate to Bring Smart Cities to Life,” says Expert from HPE Aruba

There is a lot of discussions and demos of smart city technologies today that are enhancing the connectivity of everyday services. At the same time there are so many barriers to creating a truly smart city.  What we are currently witnessing is disparate connected services; a patch of Wi-Fi...

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Sports | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 10:06 am

MANCHESTER CITY Announces Global Trophy Tour to Celebrate Historic Season Across Both Men’s and Women’s Teams

To celebrate making football history by becoming the first English football club to lift six trophies across both its men’s and women’s teams in the same season, Manchester City will be taking its silverware on the road to celebrate with fans around the world. Alongside the back-to-back ...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 8:26 am

Time to shift focus to decentralised solar energy, report urges gov’t

While Jordan ranked one of the top three emerging markets in terms of clean energy investment in 2018, according to Bloomberg rankings, it needs to shift its focus to decentralised solar energy, an approach which remains largely untouched, according to a report released at Tuesday's...

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Healthcare | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 8:19 am

Officials mull raising tobacco prices after WHO report

The government will be looking into raising the price of smoking-related products, particularly argileh, in an effort to “cut down on smoking rates”, it said  “Shisha, vapes and electronic cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular, possibly more so than cigarettes,...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 12:00 am

Corporate treasurers in EMEA are looking beyond their banks for innovation, according to Finastra

New research from Finastra has revealed that the market dominance of banks in the delivery of corporate treasury services is under threat from non-bank market entrants. According to its survey of 380 corporate treasurers from enterprises across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), 70 percent...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 12:00 am

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts to Expand Bay Area Portfolio with Addition of Second Hotel in San Francisco

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, the world’s leading luxury hospitality company, has been selected by an affiliate of Westbrook Partners, a privately-owned, fully integrated real estate investment management company, to manage its hotel in the 345 California Center building in San...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 12:00 am

Two billion user logs leaked by smart home vendor

A Chinese smart home solutions provider has been leaking billions of logs from devices managed via the company’s cloud platform, exposing a range of sensitive information about their users. The database – which was found sitting an ElasticSearch server with no password protection...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 10 July, 2019 12:00 am

Badir launches first business accelerator to support Hajj and Umrah sector

King AbdulAziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), represented by the Badir Program for Technology Incubators and Accelerators, officially launched the first business accelerator specialised in supporting and developing the works of entrepreneurs and projects participating in the recently-held ...

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