Government | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 7:31 am

Competition to promote local products

Riyadh Gov. Prince Faisal bin Bandar will open the Top 100 Saudi Trademark awards ceremony on May 17 at the Riyadh Marriott Hotel.“He will also give awards to the winners and the event is expected to engender healthy competition among local brands,” said Usamah M. Al-Kurdi, the spokesperson.The ...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 6:45 am

Nissan AVM tech to go underwater for deep sea exploration

Nissan is providing its unique Around View Monitor (AVM) technology to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) and Topy Industries, Ltd., through a joint development project that may help uncover the mysteries of the oceans. The joint development contract with JAMSTEC...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 6:36 am

Aon Risk Solutions celebrates Business Insurance’s 2015

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc (NYSE: AON), congratulates its clients that were recognized by Business Insurance’s 2015 Risk Manager of the Year awards program. Kathleen M. Ireland from IBM Corp. took top honors as the 2015 Risk Manager of the Year along with...

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Business & Money | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 1:19 am

3M Announces First-Quarter Results

Company Posts Sales of $7.6 Billion and Earnings of $1.85 per ShareFirst-Quarter Highlights:• Organic local-currency sales growth of 3.3 percent• Positive organic local-currency growth in all business groups and geographic areas• Operating income margins of 22.8 percent, up 0.9 percentage...

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Environment & Energy | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 1:13 am

Gulf Petrochem to launch first Indian focused real estate fund

• GP commits US$10 million as seed capital to Fund; aims to raise US$100 million• DIFC’s Exempt Fund tailored to provide professional and institutional investors with unique and tax efficient access to diversified portfolio of professionally managed ‘Grade A’ real estate assets in...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 12:38 am

Oman Air Hosts Major Gulf Flight Safety Council Meeting In Muscat

Oman Air has hosted a major meeting of the (GFSC) which was held at the Golden Tulip Hotel, Muscat The event was well-attended by representatives from the Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA), the Royal Oman Police, the Royal Air Force of Oman and Oman Airports Management Company (OAMC)....

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Tourism & Hospitality | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 12:17 am

Al-Hamdan Leads a High-Level Delegation to Meeting of the Directors General of Civil Aviation in the Middle East

A high-level Saudi delegation is participating in the third meeting of the Directors General of Civil Aviation in the Middle East, held from April 27 - 29, 2015 in Doha, Qatar.The Saudi delegation, led by H.E. Suleiman bin Abdullah Al-Hamdan - President of the General Authority for Civil Aviation,...

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Technology & IT | Wednesday 29 April, 2015 12:12 am

GBM launch VersaStack TM Solution to the Gulf

Gulf Business Machines (GBM), the leading provider of customized IT solutions in the Gulf, launched VersaStackTM Solution in partnership with IBM and Cisco at a series of exclusive events in the UAE this week.VersaStackTM Solution is the world’s first integrated infrastructure based on the IBM...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 28 April, 2015 3:20 pm

JOTUN PARTICIPATES AT THE JEDDAH JOB FAIR

Jotun, the Kingdom’s Number One paint manufacturer, established a major presence as a Silver sponsor at the recent job fair held at the Jeddah Hilton on March 25-27, joining a number of successful companies aiming to increase the percentage of Saudi employees on their payrolls.One of the...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 28 April, 2015 3:17 pm

Ooredoo and Paris Saint-Germain Extend Football Training Programme

Ooredoo and Paris Saint-Germain continue to expand their football coaching programme for young people across the MENA region, with the latest “Paris Saint-Germain Academy brought to you by Ooredoo” taking place in Algeria last weekend. Since the launch in 2014, Ooredoo and Paris Saint-Germain...

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