Business & Money | Saturday 23 January, 2016 1:21 pm

Projects in Jeddah worth billions ‘progressing well’

Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has said here that he was pleased with the progress made on development projects in Jeddah worth billions. There were 857 projects worth SR74 billion earmarked for the region over the past number of years, with some having already been completed.  Prince ...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 23 January, 2016 1:15 pm

Kingdom, Bahrain boost civil aviation cooperation

Saudi Arabia has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bahrain to strengthen civil aviation links and cooperation between the two countries. The MOU, signed by Bahrain’s Transportation and Telecommunications Minister Kamal Bin Ahmed Mohammed and President of Saudi Arabia’s...

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Business & Money | Saturday 23 January, 2016 1:09 pm

Qotuf AlRiyadah a 5 Day Intensive Boot Camp

The 30 finalists from the Jeddah Entrepreneurs Meet and Competition congregated in Jeddah this week to attend an intensive five-day boot camp hosted at Qotuf AlRiyadah.  Arriving from Buraidah, Onaizah, Makkah, Tabuk, Hail, AlAhsa, Riyadh and Jeddah 30 budding entrepreneurs representing the...

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Cars & Autos | Saturday 23 January, 2016 1:05 pm

Japanese Consul General selects Infiniti Q50 as vehicle of choice

The supremacy of Infiniti Q50 among compact luxury sedans in its class bears another record when no less than Consul General Matahiro Yamaguchi of Japan in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia purchased one.    The Infiniti Q50 powered by a 3.7-liter V6 fuel economy engine was delivered to...

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Business & Money | Saturday 23 January, 2016 1:00 pm

Engines at full throttle as inaugural Automechanika Jeddah 2016 gets set for grand opening

The keys are in the ignitions and engines at full throttle, as the final countdown begins to the inaugural edition of Automechanika Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s only dedicated automotive aftermarket trade show.   More than 170 exhibitors from 27 countries are set to line-up this week at...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Saturday 23 January, 2016 12:57 pm

Hilton Worldwide Expands to 100 Countries and Territories, Capping Record Year of Growth

Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) has expanded its footprint to 100 countries and territories around the world by raising the Hilton flag at the Hilton N’Djamena in Chad. In 2015, the company’s strategic focus on organic growth, led by 12 clearly-defined, market-leading brands,...

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Environment & Energy | Saturday 23 January, 2016 11:23 am

Oil prices jump 7% as cold weather boosts energy demand

Global equity markets and oil prices climbed for a second day on Friday, providing some relief to bruised investors as frigid weather across the United States and Europe boosted energy demand. Oil, which had tumbled during a recent rout in world markets, jumped about 7 percent and traded above ...

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Cars & Autos | Saturday 23 January, 2016 3:43 am

The Audi lunar quattro

Audi is taking on an entirely new type of challenge: a mission to the moon. The company is assisting the Berlin-based engineering group “Part-Time Scientists” in the “Google Lunar XPRIZE.” This space travel competition was organized for engineers and business enterprises...

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Business & Money | Friday 22 January, 2016 2:46 pm

Rimini Street Announces Record Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2015 Financial Results

Rimini Street, Inc., the leading independent provider of enterprise software support services for SAP SE’s (NYSE:SAP) Business Suite and BusinessObjects software and Oracle Corporation’s (NYSE:ORCL) Siebel, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, E-Business...

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Business & Money | Friday 22 January, 2016 2:43 pm

Prince Khaled briefed on SR74 billion projects in Jeddah

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah and adviser of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, was briefed on 857 development projects worth a total of SR74 billion allotted to the Jeddah governorate. These projects included those that have been implemented, under various phases of implementation or...

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