Business & Money | Thursday 9 April, 2015 3:28 pm

SABIC announces global application development focus to advance additive manufacturing technology

Leveraging its global technology centers in Saudi Arabia, the Americas, Europe, and Asia, SABIC has announced that it is expanding the company’s application development focus in additive manufacturing technology. The move further underscores SABIC’s commitment to this evolving technology that...

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Business & Money | Thursday 9 April, 2015 3:22 pm

Hiring in the creative and media industry in Saudi Arabia is booming

The Monster Employment Index is a monthly gauge of online job posting activity in Middle-East based on a real-time review of tens of thousands of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career Web sites and online job listings. The Index does not reflect the trend ...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 9 April, 2015 3:04 pm

First Acer Windows 8.1 Phone Launched

Acer recently unveiled the Liquid M220 smartphone, first ever Liquid smartphone to run on the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system. “We are proudly introducing our first Windows Phone 8.1 and simultaneously announcing its future upgradability to Windows Phone 10,” said ST Liew, Smartphone...

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Business & Money | Thursday 9 April, 2015 2:59 pm

Middle East online shopping brand Namshi appoints Havas Worldwide Middle East for its creative outreach

Following an in-depth search and intensive deliberations, Namshi, the Middle East's most happening online fashion and footwear destination, has appointed Havas Worldwide Middle East as its creative communications agency for the region.The region's premier luxury, retail and fashion agency will work ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 9 April, 2015 2:50 pm

Swissport wins 2nd ground services license in Saudi airports

Swiss company Swissport has won the second license to provide ground services at Saudi Arabia’s airports, the Saudi General Authority for Civil Aviation announced.Swissport will be working alongside the Saudi Ground Services Company, which is currently the only one handling ground services in the ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 9 April, 2015 2:25 pm

The Abraaj Group and TPG invest in leading Saudi restaurant group, Kudu

The Abraaj Group (“Abraaj” or “the Group”), a leading investor operating in global growth markets, and TPG, a leading global private investment firm, today announced the completion of an investment into Kudu, a Saudi Arabian restaurant group with multiple sites and brands across the...

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Business & Money | Thursday 9 April, 2015 1:55 pm

Thomson Reuters publishes GFMS Gold Survey 2015

Gold prices have bottomed in local currencies, but not in dollarsThomson Reuters today released “Gold 2015”, the 49th in the series of annual Surveys, looking at the shifts and developments in the global gold markets, their fundamentals and their drivers, over the year and setting the scene for ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Thursday 9 April, 2015 1:41 pm

King Salman to open ‘Diriyah Gate’ project

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman will Today inaugurate a project to develop Al-Bujairi district — the gateway to the historic area of Diriyah. The project is a part of the scheme to develop Diriyah and highlight its cultural value by creating facilities at its main entrance. The area ...

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Environment & Energy | Thursday 9 April, 2015 10:08 am

Shell confirms agreed £47bn bid for UK gas producer BG Group

Takeover of the company would be one of the biggest deals in the oil and gas sector in the last 20 yearsOil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a £47bn takeover of gas group BG in one of the biggest deals seen in the oil and gas sector in the last 20 years. It will create a company worth more than...

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Technology & IT | Thursday 9 April, 2015 9:43 am

Fortinet Wins ‘Network Security Vendor of the Year’

Honour at Network World Middle East Awards 2015 Fortinet® (NASDAQ: FTNT) – a global leader in high-performance cyber security, today announced that it has been honored with the 2015 Network Security Vendor of the Year award by Network World Middle East magazine. The award was presented at the...

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