The tenth anniversary edition of the Euromoney Saudi Arabia Conference is set to be its most significant yet, with a host of international and regional senior banking executives taking part during a period of intense interest in the Kingdom’s economic development. 2015 is shaping up to be a...
The K9 Security Inspection Department presented a police dog show at the Abu Dhabi Pet Show in Yas Island last Friday. The participation embodies the keenness of the Abu Dhabi Police to promote communication with society.Colonel Jamal Habash, Head of the K9 Security Inspection Department said that ...
Venchi the luxurious Italian chocolate stores announced the grand opening of its new flagship store in Jeddah, to be the new destination for chocolate lovers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, that provides a rich variety of the finest natural chocolate gourmet. The grand opening was in presence of...
Jeddah’s traffic problems can be solved only by a massive transit system in the city, said Maj. Gen. Waslullah Al-Harbi, director of Jeddah Traffic.“If such alternative traffic projects were fully implemented, as much as 70 percent of Jeddah’s road congestion would disappear,” Al-Harbi told ...
In a unusual and generous gesture, Saudi employees shared their two-month salary bonus with 250 cleaning workers.Once the gift was received, employees of the Al-Rawda municipality in Riyadh, organized a special party in which they shared the bonus with cleaning workers of the company contracted to...
Teradata Corp. (NYSE: TDC), the big data analytics and marketing applications company, today announced that it completed the acquisition of RainStor, a privately held company specializing in online big data archiving on Hadoop. This acquisition strengthens Teradata’s enterprise-grade Hadoop...
Data protection has always been a challenge, even when data flow was, more or less, confined to a closed network system. Now, we have the BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) era in which your employees and contractors basically feel they should be able to use whatever device they want to create...
Saudi Arabia’s inflation fell to 2.2 percent in January, according to official data.The Central Department of Statistics released the January consumer price data on Thursday, showing inflation at its lowest level since at least September 2012, when the current data series began.Prices of housing...
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company (KHC), received Prince Charles, the prince of wales, and an accompanying delegation in Riyadh at Kingdom Resort.The meeting began as Prince Charles thanked Prince Alwaleed for his hospitality and warm welcome.Prince Charles and Prince...
Net profits of the listed retail firms grew by 10 percent to SR2.7 billion by the end of 2014 compared to SR2.5 billion in 2013, according to a financial report.The profit growth was mainly driven by the increased profits of five companies, namely Jarir Marketing, Saudi Automotive Services Co....
