Government | Tuesday 8 November, 2016 4:39 am

Rain-seeking prayer Thursday

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has called for the performance of Istisqa (rain-seeking) prayer all over the Kingdom on Thursday, the Royal Court said in statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency on Monday. The King urged all the people to supplicate to Allah Almighty for...

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Business & Money | Tuesday 8 November, 2016 2:15 am

Saudi govt to settle dues with private sector companies before year-end

A package to clear all the government dues owed to private sector firms before the end of 2016 has been announced.  This is part of a raft of measures and procedures approved during a meeting of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs (CEDA), chaired by Deputy Crown Prince ...

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Business & Money | Monday 7 November, 2016 4:51 pm

Dr. Rashid Bin Ahmed Bin Fahad Opens Gulfood Manufacturing 2016

The 2016 editions of Gulfood Manufacturing, the Speciality Food Festival, SEAFEX and the newly-named Yummex Middle East – running at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) until Wednesday 9 November - were inaugurated today by His Excellency Dr. Rashid Bin Ahmed Bin Fahad, UAE Minister of State,...

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Culture & Education | Monday 7 November, 2016 4:42 am

KACST predicts a sharp rise in Saudi Arabia’s ICT spending

The volume of Kingdom’s spending on information and communications technology (ICT) remains the highest in the Gulf region. Anas Al-Faris, program director at the Joint Centers of Excellence, said here Sunday that Saudi Arabia has spent SR111.98 billion in 2014, up over the previous...

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Business & Money | Monday 7 November, 2016 4:09 am

Sloanes KSA Showcases Award-Winning Bayat Plaza at Cityscape Jeddah

Sloanes Real Estate Brokers, a subsidiary of the SABBAN Group of Companies, today unveiled the latest construction updates of Bayat Plaza at Cityscape Jeddah.   After announcing the project in last year’s edition of the conference, Sloanes welcomed the exhibition visitors to...

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Environment & Energy | Monday 7 November, 2016 3:46 am

OPEC members will stick to output deal, says Algeria

Algeria’s Energy Minister Nouredine Bouterfa said on Sunday he was confident OPEC members would stick to a deal made in Algiers in September to cut output, saying the group’s technical committee was working on applying the deal. “There will be no return on the Algiers agreement....

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 7 November, 2016 2:44 am

Saudia set to receive its first B777-300ER plane

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) will receive on Wednesday its first Boeing B777-300ER aircraft which is supplied with new and luxurious compartments for the first class passengers. A special function to mark the occasion will be held at Boeing›s main offices in Seattle and will be...

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Technology & IT | Monday 7 November, 2016 1:40 am

KACST to host 4th Saudi international IT meet

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman is sponsoring the 4th Saudi International Conference on Information Technology on Sunday. The venue of the conference is the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology in Riyadh. The conference seeks to put forward the appropriate and supportive...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 November, 2016 11:50 am

Gulfood Manufacturing ‘Comes of Age’ With Largest Outing to Date

The third edition of Gulfood Manufacturing, the Middle East’s biggest food manufacturing, processing and packaging, logistics, cold chain and materials handling exhibition, opens at Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) tomorrow(7th November 2016) with an impressive 20 per cent...

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Business & Money | Sunday 6 November, 2016 11:40 am

Tawuniya provides the medical insurance services for all ICT companies in Saudi Arabia

The Company for Cooperative Insurance (Tawuniya), the pioneer insurance company in Saudi Arabia, has succeeded in winning the medical insurance contracts of ICT companies working in Saudi, after renewing the medical insurance contract with Saudi Telecom Company (STC) recently, which is considered...

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