Technology & IT | Sunday 15 November, 2015 7:09 am

Virgin Mobile celebrates launch anniversary

Virgin Mobile is celebrating one year of making mobile better in Saudi Arabia by offering sought after premium numbers at half price for a limited time. All Virgin Mobile customers can also get up to double the credit they pay for, as well as free calls to other Virgin Mobile numbers during the...

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Healthcare | Sunday 15 November, 2015 7:00 am

Sultan Al Qasimi witnessed NCD Alliance Forum launch

His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah witnessed the inauguration of the global forum on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) held under the patronage and presence of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of His...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 15 November, 2015 6:50 am

Low temperatures forecast for many parts of Kingdom

Presidency of Meteorology and Environmental Protection (PMEP) announced on Saturday that various areas of the Kingdom will experience low temperatures in the coming days. “Temperatures are expected to drop significantly, ranging from four to seven degrees starting on Sunday,” said PMEP ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 15 November, 2015 6:40 am

GOIC and KIET discuss partnership and industrial diversification During a workshop

The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC) in collaboration with Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade (KIET) held a workshop on partnership for industrial diversification, job creation and continued growth between GCC countries and the Republic of Korea at the...

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Government | Sunday 15 November, 2015 5:52 am

Private firms to hire ‘Mosque Watchers’

The government and private entities are introducing a new job category called “Mosque Watchers.”  The purpose of the job is to protect places of prayers, mostly at commercial centers. The job will also be a separate “wage category” under the private sector. The...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 14 November, 2015 1:27 pm

Mobily CIO Summit recommends using the “M2M” technology to raise productivity of energy and utilities sectors

Mobily has concluded the fifth edition of “Mobily CIO Summit” recently, under the title of "A New Era in Business Efficiency" in Istanbul city with a remarkable presence of senior officials and specialists of information technology in both public and private...

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Business & Money | Saturday 14 November, 2015 1:21 pm

Dulsco, a home grown UAE company touches the 80 year milestone

Dulsco, a regional leader in human resource solutions and waste management services, has touched the 80 year milestone this year. Dulsco was set up in 1935 as a stevedoring company. During its initial years of operation, the company used to provide stevedoring services to ships at the anchorage and ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 14 November, 2015 4:11 am

SABIC gets CLO magazine award

A learning initiative, jointly designed by SABIC and Penn State University’s Smeal College of Business for the benefit of SABIC employees, has been recognized by Chief Learning Officer magazine with the 2015 Gold (highest-level) award in the category of “Excellence in Academic...

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Technology & IT | Saturday 14 November, 2015 4:08 am

Facebook tests vanishing messages

Facebook users in France were able to send vanishing missives with its smartphone Messenger application, ramping up the challenge to Snapchat. “We’re conducting a small test in France of a feature that allows people to send messages that disappear an hour after they’re...

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Business & Money | Saturday 14 November, 2015 4:07 am

G-20 nations ‘spend $452bn a year to prop up fossil fuels’

The G-20 group of major economies spend $452 billion per year supporting fossil fuel industries, despite their primary role in causing climate change, according to a study. The report, which comes ahead of a crunch UN meeting in Paris to try to forge a global deal to avoid disastrous levels of...

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