Beauty & Style | Sunday 18 September, 2016 1:39 pm

Participants at region’s 3rd annual Fine Watchmaking Exhibition announced

For the third consecutive year, Salon des Grandes Complications will become a meeting place for watchmaking collectors and aficionados in the heart of Dubai. Held at DIFC from 7-10th November 2016, the exhibition is set to showcase a plethora of specialities, featuring traditional heritage brands, ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 18 September, 2016 1:10 pm

PwC strengthens Saudi presence with the appointment 0f Riyadh Al Najjar as Country Senior Leader

PwC, the world's leading professional services network, has appointed Riyadh Al Najjar as the Country Senior Leader in Saudi Arabia. Al Najjar’s appointment comes with a host of endorsements within the Saudi Leadership; as a result of his track record of supporting Saudi transformation...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 18 September, 2016 7:53 am

Jeddah airport ‘to face overcapacity problem’

King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah will experience an overcapacity of 22.5 million passengers by the end of the year, an airport official has estimated. Turki Al-Zeeb, the manager of public relations and media at the airport, said an operational intensity of 31 million passengers is...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 18 September, 2016 7:17 am

Samsung to resume Galaxy Note 7 sales in South Korea from Sept. 28

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd said on Friday it would resume selling new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones to South Korean customers from Sept. 28, as it rushes to complete the costly recall and salvage second-half sales for the device. Analysts have cut their earnings expectations for the South Korean tech ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 18 September, 2016 7:15 am

Dubai’s hotel and leisure shows bolster Tourism Vision for 2020

MAJID Saif Al Ghurair, Chairman of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, on Saturday morning cut the ribbon to launch the 2016 hosting of Dubai’s The Hotel Show and The Leisure Show. The leading events for the hospitality and leisure industry in the Middle East and Africa –...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 18 September, 2016 7:00 am

‘Net’ gain for 95% homes in Kingdom

Ninety-five percent of homes in Saudi Arabia are connected to the Internet, following Singapore (98.8 percent) and Qatar (96 percent). This has been revealed by a report of the United Nations Broadband Commission. Iceland retained the highest percentage of Internet users at 98.2 percent, followed ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 17 September, 2016 2:54 pm

Dubai hotel and leisure shows open today

GUESTS attending Dubai’s Hotel and Leisure Shows starting this Saturday can now have their three day experience propelled to new heights after the co-located events formed a partnership with two of the city’s top hotels – one of which is the tallest in the world. dmg events...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 17 September, 2016 2:50 pm

GE to invest $1.4 billion in 3D printing acquisitions

US conglomerate General Electric announced that it intends to buy two European companies that specialize in 3D printing — Arcam AB of Sweden and SLM Solutions Group of Germany — for $1.4 billion. The two companies would be put under GE’s aviation division, it said in a...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 17 September, 2016 2:15 pm

Oil prices fall to multi-week lows on oversupply jitters

Crude oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Friday to multi-week lows as swelling Iranian exports reinforced fears of a global glut, while gasoline rallied on refinery and pipeline outages. Falling US equity prices and a rising dollar also weighed on crude futures and other industrial commodities ...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 17 September, 2016 10:13 am

iPhone 7 generates brisk sales around the world

Apple's iPhone 7 launch generated trademark queues and brisk sales in stores around the world on Friday, but excitement mixed with frustration due to supply shortages that left many fans empty-handed. Buyers queued up outside stores in Australia early on Friday to become some of the first...

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