Business & Money | Sunday 3 January, 2016 1:20 pm

CBRE GROUP WELCOMES MAGIC PLANET TO ENMA MALL BAHRAIN

CBRE Group, Inc. today announced the opening of the 22nd Magic Planet , in the MENA region at Enma Mall in Bahrain. The leading children’s entertainment and play centre is the second outlet in Bahrain; the first Magic Planet in Bahrain was opened in August 2008 in Manama.   Magic...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 3 January, 2016 11:21 am

SAP Activities Highlight the Importance of Private Sector Engagement in Humanitarian Crises

Highlighting the pivotal and proactive role the private sector can play in emergency response, SAP Middle East and North Africa (SAP MENA), an enterprise software company, has carried out a variety of activities with the aim of responding to the worst displacement crisis since World War...

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Technology & IT | Sunday 3 January, 2016 11:11 am

ERICSSON and Careem to highlight innovation during the change-makers forum

Magnus Olsson, Co-founder and CEO, Careem, will deliver a keynote speech about the ideas that changed the world at Ericsson’s Change-Makers Forum that will be held in Dubai UAE on January 10th , 2016 at the Sofitel The Palm under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al...

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Business & Money | Sunday 3 January, 2016 11:04 am

DAMAC Properties’ Most Awaited Promotion Back For Dubai Shopping Festival 2016

Luxury real estate developer DAMAC Properties’ renowned shopping festival promotion has been announced for the Dubai Shopping Festival 2016.    The most awaited yearly DSF promotion is offering new buyers of selected villas or apartments in Dubai the opportunity to live a full ...

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Environment & Energy | Sunday 3 January, 2016 11:02 am

Wind and solar power soar in spite of bargain prices for fossil fuels

Wind and solar power appear set for a record-breaking year in 2016 as a clean-energy construction boom gains momentum in spite of a global glut of cheap fossil fuels. Installations of wind turbines and solar panels soared in 2015 as utility companies went on a worldwide building binge, taking...

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Business & Money | Sunday 3 January, 2016 10:59 am

Oil prices could hit record lows in 2016: BP chief

Struggling oil producers could suffer even more pain in 2016 with further plunges in already record-low prices, has BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley warned. “A low point could be in the first quarter,” Dudley told BBC radio. Oil prices fell by 34 percent in 2015, battered by prolonged...

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Healthcare | Sunday 3 January, 2016 10:56 am

First dialysis center opens in Madinah

 After many years of waiting, more than 1,000 kidney failure patients in Madinah have realized their dream of having a dialysis center matching global standards in their city. The dialysis center, set up through a national program that facilitates for kidney patients treatment inside the...

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Business & Money | Sunday 3 January, 2016 10:55 am

Maaden begins initial production at Barrick copper JV

Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Maaden) has began initial production of copper at its joint venture affiliate with Canada’s Barrick Gold Corp, the Gulf’s largest miner said in a bourse statement. Maaden Barrick Copper Co, owned equally by the pair, will have an estimated annual production...

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Tourism & Hospitality | Sunday 3 January, 2016 10:51 am

New tourism laws from Ramadan

 The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage (SCTNH) and the tourism committee of the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) organized a workshop on new regulations on monuments, museums and urban heritage to educate public and private partners, investors and...

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Government | Sunday 3 January, 2016 9:48 am

Starting from today… The real estate valuation profession is only for Taqeem members

The resolution of the Saudi Authority for Accredited Valuers (Taqeem) will enter into force starting from 1/1/2016, which decrees the necessity of getting the Authority's temporary membership for the real estate people who have the right to practice the profession, no later than the end of the...

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