Business & Money | Wednesday 26 October, 2016 12:55 am

Aramex Scales Up Branch Office Performance and Connectivity with Silver Peak SD-WAN Solution

Silver Peak, the leader in broadband and hybrid wide-area network (WAN) solutions, today announced that Aramex, a leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions, has deployed the Unity EdgeConnect SD-WAN solution, to scale up the organisation’s branch office...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 4:08 pm

GOIC took part in the GCC-France Economic Forum in Paris

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) took part in the GCC-France Economic Forum held at Salons Hoche in Paris on the 18th and 19th of October, 2016. The forum was organised by the Federation of GCC Chambers (FGCCC) in collaboration with the Franco-Arab Chamber of Commerce...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 4:01 pm

CashBasha Wins Startup Istanbul 2016 Challenge

CashBasha, a regional e-commerce technology firm founded by Jordanians, recently won the Startup Istanbul 2016 Challenge, coming in first place out of 2,700 startup companies who applied to be part of the event across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. More...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 3:55 pm

Saudi Transport Ministry Participates in Arab Transport Ministers Meeting

Saudi Minister of Transport Sulaiman Al-Hamdan leads a delegation to the 57th meeting of the Executive Bureau of the Council of Arab Transport Ministers, to be held in Alexandria, Egypt, on Monday. Hamdan also heads Transport Ministry delegates at the 29th convention of the Council of Arab...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 3:16 pm

QFB participates in the IMF meetings and receives the ‘Best Up-and-Coming Islamic Financial Institution 2016’ award

Qatar First Bank L.L.C. (Public) “QFB”, a leading Shari’ah compliant bank based in Qatar and listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE), along with leading financial authority figures from Qatar, GCC and international banks, has participated at the annual meetings of each of the...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 2:46 pm

M&A activities drove equities, focus shifts to earnings

Written by Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist at FXTM Equity markets began the week on a positive note with M&A activities, positive earnings, and better than expected data from the Eurozone and U.S. all boosting appetite to risk.   The merger between AT&T and Time Warner...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 2:43 pm

First Siemens Integrated Drive System (IDS) in the Middle East

A new Siemens Integrated Drive System (IDS) at Qatar Steel’s Rolling Mill #1 will raise annual output by up to 3.7 percent and is expected to reduce troubleshooting time by up to 20 percent.   The IDS, installed for the first time in the Middle East, is a unique technology from...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 2:05 pm

Global sustainability experts share blueprint for future green development at 5th EmiratesGBC Congress in Dubai

The fifth EmiratesGBC Congress, organised annually by the Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), commenced today at Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai with international experts in sustainable development for the built environment presenting actionable insights for strengthening energy and water...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 2:00 pm

Siemens is continuously building partnerships to advance education and training in line with Vision 2030

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is determined to build a thriving, and more importantly, a knowledge based economy. Vision 2030 is providing the momentum to propel the nation towards a new era of prosperity and the government is therefore working side-by-side with the private sector in fields such as...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 25 October, 2016 12:31 pm

Riyadh named sixth fastest growing travel destination in the world

Reinforcing its reputation as a rising business and tourism hub, Riyadh has been named the sixth fastest growing travel destination in the world, according to the Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index 2016 which was released recently. Riyadh – with a compounded annual growth rate of...

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