Technology & IT | Tuesday 10 March, 2015 1:08 am

New Retina MacBook release

Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage on 9 March at the company's Spring Forward Apple Watch event to unveil the latest development in its MacBook line-up, simply named the New MacBook to create an all-new notebook line, rather than MacBook Pro or MacBook Air (those got their own, smaller updates)....

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Business & Money | Tuesday 10 March, 2015 12:21 am

Jeddah Deputy Mayor Officially Inaugurates The Big 5 Saudi

Jeddah Municipality Deputy Mayor, Eng. Abdullah Mohammed Al-Qarni last night officially inaugurated The Big 5 Saudi – international building and construction show, which celebrates its 5th anniversary this year. The event runs every day from 4:00 -10:00pm at Jeddah Centre for Forums and Events...

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Business & Money | Monday 9 March, 2015 3:32 pm

NADEC Inaugurates New Food & Beverage R&D Innovation Center

NADEC Foods, one of the leading food, dairy and beverage companies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), today announced the inauguration of its new Research and Development (R&D) Innovation Center in Haradh City, Saudi Arabia. The state-of-the-art center will serve as a hub for the...

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Technology & IT | Monday 9 March, 2015 12:34 pm

STC and Cisco Collaborate to Build Three New Data Centers

The Saudi Telecom Company (STC) and Cisco announced today that they will strategically collaborate to build three new data centers in response to growing market needs to accelerate and streamline cloud adoption in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The deployment, which will represent the largest Cisco...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Monday 9 March, 2015 8:32 am

Saudia undergoes safety auditing by IATA

An expert team from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) inspected the facilities of Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) on the ground as well as on its flights for the purpose of safety auditing.The team included experts of operation safety, aircraft piloting, maintenance and evaluation...

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Business & Money | Monday 9 March, 2015 7:58 am

German firms urged to explore new opportunities in KSA

Saudi Arabia and Germany are seeking to develop their economic ties, the SPA news agency reported after talks in Riyadh between officials from the two countries.“The amount of trade and joint investments does not reflect the economic potential of both countries’ economies,” said Finance...

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Business & Money | Monday 9 March, 2015 7:53 am

Grow local talents, Fakeih tells firms

Labor Minister Adel Fakeih urged private sector companies and public sector institutions to focus on developing talents of local human resources.Representing Fakeih, Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) Gov. Ali Al-Ghafis delivered the keynote address at the Third Edition of the...

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Culture & Education | Sunday 8 March, 2015 4:01 pm

SABIC and ExxonMobil participate in High Institute for Elastomers Industries graduation class

SABIC and ExxonMobil participated in the first graduation ceremony of the High Institute for Elastomers Industries (HIEI) in Yanbu on March 4. Patronized by Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Madinah, the ceremony was attended by Prince Saud bin Abdullah bin Thenayan Al-Saud,...

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Business & Money | Sunday 8 March, 2015 3:58 pm

Al-Jasser Said: “Bank Albilad Grows Rapidly with 117 Owned Branches”

H.E Mr. Khaled Bin Sulaiman Al-Jasser, CEO of Albilad Bank has inaugurated the initiation of bank’s business at Al-Mubarraz Branch Headquarters in Al- Ahsa Province – Eastern District and Al-Qunfudah Branch - Makkah Al-Mukarramah District in the presence of H.E Mr. Fadha Bin Bain Al-Baqmi,...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 8 March, 2015 2:06 pm

Riyadh Travel Fair 2015 to Be Largest Ever Travel Trade Gathering in KSA

ASAS Exhibitions – organiser of the annual Riyadh Travel Fair – has confirmed that the 2015 edition of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s biggest travel and tourism exhibition will be the largest to date, with a robust increase of 20% in the number of exhibitors compared to that held in 2014. The...

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