Business & Money | Monday 15 May, 2017 1:03 pm

Arabia CSR Network successfully conducts Middle East’s first ever training on global standards for sustainability reporting

The Arabia CSR Network (ACSRN) has successfully conducted the Middle East's first round of training for Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards for Sustainability Reporting. Held recently in Dubai, ACSRN, a certified training partner of GRI, offered the three-day course in English, covering ...

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Business & Money | Monday 15 May, 2017 9:49 am

The International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) Signs US$ 450 Million Socioeconomics Development Framework Agreement with the Government of Burkina Faso

  On the side-lines of the Islamic Development (IDB) Group 42nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors held in Jeddah during the period from 14th to 18th of November 2017, the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) has signed a three -Years US$ 450 million socioeconomic...

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Business & Money | Monday 15 May, 2017 9:41 am

GAC Group unveils new Management appointments

Global shipping, logistics & marine services provider GAC has announced a new round of management appointments at Group and individual company level.   To sharpen the Group’s commercial focus, a new Group Sales Management structure has been put in place with two dedicated Group ...

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Business & Money | Monday 15 May, 2017 9:38 am

Arab Luxury World 2017 launches its first global student competition

Arab Luxury World 2017, the Middle East’s leading luxury business conference, has launched its first ever Global Student Competition to showcase the views of the next generation about what the future holds for the luxury goods and services market. The competition will culminate at the...

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Business & Money | Sunday 14 May, 2017 1:38 pm

17th Airport Show opens in Dubai tomorrow

  “The aviation industry expansion in the Middle East continues to surpass average global growth rates. Future projections are equally promising and are behind the ongoing and considerable investment in aircraft, technology and infrastructure.”   These words came from ...

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Business & Money | Sunday 14 May, 2017 10:20 am

LG ANNOUNCES FIRST-QUARTER 2017 FINANCIAL RESULTS

LG Electronics Inc. (LG) today announced first-quarter 2017 revenue of USD 12.70 billion, an increase of 9.7 percent from the same period last year. LG nearly doubled its operating income to USD 798.3 million with the Home Appliance & Air Solutions Company posting its highest quarterly...

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Business & Money | Sunday 14 May, 2017 9:16 am

King Faisal Center to host terrorism forum

 King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies will hold an anti-terrorism forum next Sunday. Saud Al-Sarhan, secretary-general of the center, said the forum, sponsored by the Islamic Military Alliance, would be held at the InterContinental Hotel in Riyadh. “Titled ‘The ...

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Business & Money | Saturday 13 May, 2017 1:30 pm

Nakheel awards AED1.5 billion contract to build The Palm Gateway triple tower and beach complex

Dubai master developer Nakheel has signed a construction contract worth nearly AED1.5 billion for The Palm Gateway, a new, three-tower residential, retail and beach club complex at the foot of the world-famous Palm Jumeirah. Nakheel has appointed Shapoorji Pallonji Mideast LLC to carry out the...

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Business & Money | Saturday 13 May, 2017 1:22 pm

Alinma CEO highlights corporate governance, best practices in meet

ALINMA Bank CEO, Abdulmohsen Al-Fares, recently participated in the General Auditing Bureau’s 14th annual seminar, where he spoke about applying corporate governance and best practices in public sector institutions. The event, which was held at Intercontinental Hotel in Riyadh, featured a...

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Business & Money | Saturday 13 May, 2017 1:11 pm

Taqdeer Award starts awareness campaign for companies in Dubai

Taqdeer Award has launched an awareness campaign about the award for companies across Dubai, marking the beginning of the second edition of the award. More than 60 companies attended the first session of the campaign, which focusses on construction, manufacturing, electrical and mechanical...

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