Business & Money | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:54 am

Makkah forum targets investment surge in Saudi Arabia

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal will open the first Makkah Economic Forum on Sunday. The two-day event, under the theme “From Vision to Prosperity: Invest in Makkah,” will be held at the Jeddah Ritz-Carlton. The forum is organized by the province in cooperation with the Jeddah,...

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Government | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:51 am

Local pilgrims’ Haj registration starts in mid Ramadan

The registration process for domestic pilgrims to perform Haj will begin in mid-Ramadan on May 30 and will last till July 13 (end of Shawwal), the Ministry of Haj and Umrah announced on Saturday. Citizens and residents intending to perform Haj this year can register through...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:48 am

Saudi Aramco awards 16 local firm deals worth $7 billion

Saudi Aramco said on Saturday it awarded 16 local companies deals worth more than 26 billion riyals ($6.93 billion) as part of a drive to expand the kingdom’s industrial base and manufacture a bigger share of products domestically.   The 10-year purchase agreements, signed on May...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:45 am

Michael Dell Kicks Off Dell Technologies World 2018

Dell Technologies Chairman and CEO Michael Dell kicks off one of the IT industry’s premier events, Dell Technologies World 2018. An expected 14,000 visitors gather this week to experience how the industry leading Dell Technologies businesses will play a fundamental role in helping them...

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Cars & Autos | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:39 am

Al Majid Motors Company launches its largest ever showroom to celebrate 30 years of Kia in the UAE

Al Majid Motors Company,the automotive division of the Juma Al Majid Holding Group and an exclusive distributor for Kia Motors in the UAE, has launched its largest ever Kia Sales and After-Sales Centre on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road near Tasjeel Village in Sharjah. The state-of-the-art...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 May, 2018 3:34 am

NAMA Takes Its Women's Empowerment Outreach Efforts to Educational, Municipal and Community Institutions across Sharjah

NAMA Women Advancement Establishment (NAMA) has recently concluded visits to leading academic institutions, municipal councils and ladies club branches across Sharjah, introducing its three affiliates and their programmes, which are designed to empower and develop women and accelerate their...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 May, 2018 2:57 am

Technology key economic enabler

As Saudi Arabia welcomes a series of reforms and initiatives as part of its on-going economic diversification drive, Mastercard, a leading technology company in the global payments industry, has further reiterated its commitment to bringing to the Kingdom cutting-edge payment technologies that will ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 5 May, 2018 1:30 pm

Saudi Arabia and Egypt seek increased trade, cooperation

Trade and coordination of joint positions in international and regional forums were highlighted during the 16th Saudi-Egyptian Joint Committee meeting that concluded in Riyadh on Thursday.  Following a series of bilateral meetings over the past two days, five working groups were formed to ...

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Government | Saturday 5 May, 2018 1:03 pm

More than 100 Saudis take part in special program Umrah trip

The first trip of the Umrah and visit program for the children of martyrs, people with special needs and orphans, organized by the Department of Public Relations in Makkah Governorate, departed from Jeddah to Makkah and Madinah on Friday.   The purpose of the trip was to enable...

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Culture & Education | Saturday 5 May, 2018 7:10 am

UAEBBY and Goethe-Institut Gulf Region Announce 7th Edition of ‘Books – Made in UAE’

The UAE Board on Books for Young People (UAEBBY) and Goethe-Institut Gulf Region have announced that the 7th edition of their annual cultural collaboration, ‘Books – Made in UAE’, will focus on silent books, highlighting their effectiveness as a mine of information and...

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