Business & Money | Sunday 26 June, 2016 12:43 pm

Doha Bank steps up its digital game with the launch of revamped mobile banking app

Taking a further step forward in its digital transformation plan, Doha Bank has introduced a number of new features to its best-in-class mobile banking application to offer an even more seamless and convenient digital banking experience to its customers. The enhanced app has been launched just...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 26 June, 2016 12:27 pm

Cloud Computing Is More Than Just A Tech Shift

Cloud computing delivers significant benefits in terms of tangible business metrics such as simplified and flexible IT environment, right sizing of IT requirements, and pay per use consumption model. These benefits are applicable whether the use case is a large enterprise with thousands of...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 June, 2016 12:22 pm

Saudi’s federal healthcare goals to drive job demand, according to the latest Monster Employment Index

Saudi Arabia’s healthcare sector is showing promising growth, with job demand for skilled healthcare professionals leading the charts above all other sectors, with an increase of 18 per cent year to date in May 2016, according to the latest Monster Employment Index.  The rise in demand...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 June, 2016 12:20 pm

Karcher to Introduce New Deep-Cleaning Carpet Machine

Karcher, the world leader in innovative cleaning technology solutions will introduce a new deep-cleaning and intermediate cleaning carpet machine, the BRC 40/22, to the Middle East market in September. The machine has been shortlisted for the International Sanitary Supply Association (ISSA)...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 June, 2016 12:15 pm

Deloitte: Mobile consumers check their phones over 80 billion times a day

Deloitte’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) practices highlight the increasing trends for connectivity and mobile phone usage across the board in Deloitte’s  latest report entitled: Global Mobile Consumer Trends. Both intensity in usage and ownership rates are...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 June, 2016 12:04 pm

Brexit - Two major shocks for UK -comment by Villamin and Gautry of UBP

 Economics: Brexit should drive the economy into a technical recession in H2-16 and in 2017 (-3%/-1% range), due to lower consumption and a fall in capex. The unemployment rate is expected to rise next year (by probably 1/1.5 point from the current 5%). As the current account deficit is...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 26 June, 2016 12:01 pm

Phase 1 of Redwood Park at Jumeirah Golf Estates Officially Sells Out

Jumeirah Golf Estates, the leading residential golf community, is pleased to announce that Phase 1 of its Redwood Park development has officially sold out to a mix of local and international buyers.   As Jumeirah Golf Estates continues its ambitious growth plans and international sales...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 26 June, 2016 11:59 am

DAMAC Properties Awards 25 Contracts Worth AED 3 billion in First Half of 2016

DAMAC Properties today announced that it awarded 25 construction and consultancy contracts worth AED 3 billion in the first half of 2016. Contract awarded include the main packages for more than 2,678 villas within its luxury lifestyle community; AKOYA Oxygen, as well as the main package for...

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Business & Money | Sunday 26 June, 2016 11:53 am

At MIT, Al-Falih focuses on Kingdom’s long-term future

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) hosted Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources Minister Khalid Al-Falih for a wide-ranging discussion on Friday about Saudi Arabia’s long-term directions in economic and human development. The event convened a group of leaders from academic...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 26 June, 2016 11:48 am

Prince Khaled to lay foundation stone for renovation of 8 historic mosques in Jeddah

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah province, adviser to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and chairman of the Tourism Development Council in the region, is scheduled to lay the foundation stone for the renovation of eight historic mosques in Jeddah governorate on Sunday night, the Saudi Press...

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