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Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge officially launched in Saudi Arabia
Tourism & Hospitality | Friday 18 March, 2016 5:23 am
Parallel to the unpacked event in Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress last month, the S7 and S7 edge were released in Saudi Arabia yesterday, while Samsung gave the Saudi consumers the unique opportunity to meet and experience the new devices including technologies that are part of an...
More than 2,800 Saudi businessmen visited the 118th Canton Fair
Business & Money | Thursday 17 March, 2016 11:58 pm
The promotional campaign for the China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) was launched on 16 March 2016 in Saudi Arabia, in the presence of Mr. Hakel Wen, international VIP Service Executive at the China Foreign Trade Center, during a press conference held at the Intercontinental Hotel in...
NWC: SAR4 billion worth of projects to develop Jeddah infrastructure
Environment & Energy | Thursday 17 March, 2016 6:27 am
NWC is continuously developing the services and infrastructure of the water and environmental services sectors in Jeddah in line with its strategic plan to increase operational capacity and coverage in populated areas, meet the increasing demand for water and provide its services according to the...
Labor minister launches outreach service for incoming expat workers
Business & Money | Thursday 17 March, 2016 5:05 am
The Ministry of Labor launched an expatriate outreach service at King Khaled International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh on Tuesday to help new incoming expatriate workers to the Kingdom facilitate their successful stay in the Kingdom. Labor Minister Mufrej Al-Haqabani inaugurated the service in the...
SR3.6bn financing for Jeddah Economic City Project
Business & Money | Wednesday 16 March, 2016 6:11 am
Alinma Jeddah Economic City Fund has secured Shariah compliant financing of up to SR3.6 billion from Alinma Bank recently. Formulating the financial model of the project with Alinma Bank was finalized based on a financing strategy that fulfills the project’s needs in accordance with the...
Al-Haqbani admits failure in Saudization in some sectors
Business & Money | Wednesday 16 March, 2016 5:08 am
Minister of Labor Mofrej Al-Haqbani admitted on Tuesday that the ministry has failed to implement Saudization in some sectors. He attributed this mainly to the lack of coordination and non-involvement of some agencies. He made the remarks after launching an awareness program for the newly...
Haramain rail test runs positive
Business & Money | Wednesday 16 March, 2016 3:08 am
Test runs have proved that there is no need to change the present track of Haramain high speed railway that links the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah via Jeddah. “Not any of these tests have showed the need to change the track of Haramain rail,” a senior official of the Saudi...
NWC: Strategic projects in Makkah worth SAR1.8 billion
Environment & Energy | Tuesday 15 March, 2016 3:32 pm
NWC has implemented a series of development projects in Makkah as part of its strategic plans to develop the infrastructure and increase the operational efficiency of both the water and environment services sectors in line with the highest quality and performance standards. All these projects are...
Saudi Aramco, GE and TCS celebrate 2nd anniversary of  Riyadh All-Women Center for Business Process
Technology & IT | Tuesday 15 March, 2016 3:16 pm
Tata Consultancy Services, (NSE: TCS; BSE: TCS) along with its partners Saudi Aramco and GE (NYSE: GE), today celebrated the 2nd year anniversary of its Riyadh All-Women Center for Business Process and IT Services and the milestone of hiring 1,000 highly skilled employees.   The second...
Trade Ministers from South Africa and Saudi Arabia Inaugurate ACWA Power’s Solafrica Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power Project
Environment & Energy | Tuesday 15 March, 2016 1:45 pm
Trade Ministers from South Africa and Saudi Arabia jointly inaugurated the Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project, which has been developed by a consortium led by ACWA Power in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, marking the official launch of the R5 billion project. South...
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